http://www.nhl.com/rssNEWS IN ENGLISHNHL Enterprises, L.P. (c) 2012 NHL. All Rights Reserveden-usWed, 22 Feb 2012 15:55:56 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618413Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford removed Tuomo Ruutu from any further trade talk on Wednesday when he reportedly re-signed the right wing to a four-year, $19 million extension. The agreement wasn't too surprising considering Chi...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618413http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618343COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:11:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618343http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618342COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded centre Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would give Co...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:05:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618342http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618341COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded center Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney.The deal, announced on Wednesday by Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson, would gi...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:01:03 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618341http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618340PHOENIX - The Phoenix Coyotes have acquired centre Antoine Vermette from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Curtis McElhinney plus a pair of draft picks.Vermette, 29, had eight goals and 19 assists, plus 12 penalty minutes, in 60...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618340http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618339TORONTO - While the Maple Leafs mull over their big league goaltending options, Mark Owuya is doing his bit to be noticed in the minors.Leafs goaltending guru Francois Allaire already likes what he sees in the young Swede."Mark is making great pro...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618339http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618338Rick Nash wears the "C" on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the gr...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:51:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618338http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618335Rick Nash wears the "C'' on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the g...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:05:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618335http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618334Rick Nash wears the "C" on his jersey as captain of Columbus. These days, the letter stands more for, coveted.The NHL trade deadline is Monday and no player has been dangled as bait like Nash, the Blue Jackets' 27-year-old star forward, and the gr...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:01:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618334http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618374The Detroit Free Press is reporting the Detroit Red Wings could announce a two-year contract extension for forward Todd Bertuzzi as soon as Thursday. Bertuzzi, 37, has 12 goals, 17 assists and a plus-21 rating in 54 games this season, most of whc...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:05:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618374http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618333Brendan Shinnimin easily broke the 100-point barrier on Tuesday.Shinnimin — who needed four points to reach 100 going into the game versus Everett — had a six-point night with three goals and three assists to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 7-2 v...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618333http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618332KENNEWICK, Wash. - Brendan Shinnimin easily broke the 100-point barrier on Tuesday.Shinnimin — who needed four points to reach 100 going into the game versus Everett — had a six-point night with three goals and three assists to lead the Tri-City A...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:24:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618332http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618331CALGARY - The Edmonton Oilers broke an ugly streak in a big way Tuesday.Sam Gagner and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers erupted for four unanswered goals in the second period to stun the Calgary Flames 6-1.Calga...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:15:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618331http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618329PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Winterhawks put on another offensive show Tuesday night to move into top spot in the Western Hockey League for the first time all season.Brendan Leipsic had his first WHL hat trick to go along with two assists in Port...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:44:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618329http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618323WINNIPEG - Ondrej Pavelec's teammates and coach were feeling sorry for him on Tuesday.The Jets goalie moved up, down and sideways in turning aside a season-high 50 shots against the Philadelphia Flyers, but it ended with a 5-4 overtime loss for Wi...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618323http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618319Los Angeles 3 1 0 0-4Phoenix 0 3 1 0-5First Period-1, Los Angeles, Doughty 6 (Brown, King), 6:18. 2, Los Angeles, Loktionov 3 (Martinez, Greene), 12:32. 3, Los Angeles, Brown 14 (Mitchell, Richards), 14:44.Second Period-4, Phoenix, Vrbata 29 (Hanz...Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618319http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618318CALGARY - Sam Gagner scored once and added two assists Tuesday as the Edmonton Oilers erupted for four unanswered goals in the second period to stun the Calgary Flames 6-1.Jordan Eberle, Ryan Smyth, Taylor Hall, Ales Hemsky and Eric Belanger had t...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:55:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618318http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618317Edmonton 1 4 1-6Calgary 1 0 0-1First Period-1, Calgary, Hannan 2 (Byron, Kolanos), 9:12. 2, Edmonton, Eberle 26 (Gagner, Potter), 18:48.Second Period-3, Edmonton, Hemsky 5 (Hall, Horcoff), 8:09. 4, Edmonton, Belanger 3 (Eager), 12:21. 5, Edmonton,...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:51:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618317http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618315CHICAGO - Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk is expected to miss two weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove fragments from his right knee.Datsyuk is the Red Wings' leading scorer with 59 points."Pav's been out before and h...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:35:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618315http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618313CHICAGO (AP) - Detroit Red Wings star Pavel Datsyuk is expected to miss two weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove fragments from his right knee.Datsyuk is the Red Wings' leading scorer with 59 points."Pav's been out before ...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:31:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618313http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618309PEORIA, Ill. - Derek Nesbitt and Brett Sterling scored in the shootout Tuesday as the Peoria Rivermen defeated the Abbotsford Heat 4-3 in the American Hockey League.Phil McRae, Adam Cracknell and Brennan Evans had the goals in regulation for Peori...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:25:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618309http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618306Vancouver 0 1 0-1Nashville 0 2 1-3First Period-None.Second Period-1, Nashville, Fisher 18 (Suter, Erat), 5:42 (pp). 2, Nashville, Kostitsyn 15 (Fisher, Gill), 13:16 (sh). 3, Vancouver, Weise 4 (Malhotra, Lapierre), 16:52.Third Period-4, Nashville,...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:01:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618306http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618302NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Mike Fisher scored a power-play goal and added two assists as the Nashville Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday night.Sergei Kostitsyn and David Legwand also scored for the Predators, who have won two straight. D...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:45:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618302http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618301Detroit 1 0 0-1Chicago 0 1 1-2First Period-1, Detroit, V.Filppula 17 (Kindl, Hudler), 2:22 (pp).Second Period-2, Chicago, Hayes 5 (Bickell, Keith), 7:45.Third Period-3, Chicago, Kruger 7 (Brunette, Hayes), 1:53.Shots on Goal-Detroit 9-16-7-32. Chi...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:41:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618301http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618291TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos had a big game right after saying goodbye to a popular teammate.The all-star forward scored his league-leading 41st and 42nd goals of the season and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618291http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618290COLUMBUS, Ohio - San Jose couldn't overcome its slow start on Tuesday night.Jeff Carter had three goals — two on the power play during Columbus' four-goal first period — and the last-place Blue Jackets handed the Sharks their season-high fourth st...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618290http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618289WINNIPEG - Ondrej Pavelec's teammates and coach were feeling sorry for him on Tuesday.The Jets goalie moved up, down and sideways in turning aside a season-high 50 shots against the Philadelphia Flyers, but it ended with a 5-4 overtime loss for Wi...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618289http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618288Anaheim 0 2 0-2Tampa Bay 2 1 0-3First Period-1, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 41 (Malone, Purcell), :28 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 42 (B.Clark, Purcell), 17:58.Second Period-3, Anaheim, Koivu 11 (Ryan, Fowler), :40. 4, Tampa Bay, Purcell 15 (Stamkos, Gilroy...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:11:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618288http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618287Dallas 1 0 2-3Montreal 0 0 0-0First Period-1, Dallas, Garbutt 1 (Dowell, Petersen), 14:12.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Dallas, Ribeiro 13 (Daley, Fistric), 4:32. 3, Dallas, Wandell 4 (Vincour), 5:09.Shots on Goal-Dallas 16-11-9-36. Montreal ...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:11:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618287http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618282PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma took a playoff-like approach to a February meeting with the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers.Marc-Andre Fleury sent a message with his glove, Evgeni Malkin delivered one with his pa...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:05:02 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618282http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618280Philadelphia 1 2 1 1-5Winnipeg 1 2 1 0-4First Period-1, Winnipeg, Byfuglien 9 (Stapleton, Little), 12:31 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Giroux 23 (Hartnell, Carle), 15:50.Second Period-3, Philadelphia, Hartnell 28 (Simmonds, Timonen), 1:09 (pp). 4, Winnip...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:01:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618280http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618279San Jose 0 2 1-3Columbus 4 1 1-6First Period-1, Columbus, Umberger 10 (Clitsome, Brassard), 4:55. 2, Columbus, Carter 13 (Prospal, Letestu), 6:51 (pp). 3, Columbus, Nash 20 (Brassard, Umberger), 15:18. 4, Columbus, Carter 14 (Prospal, Savard), 19:...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:01:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618279http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618275TORONTO - Pads still strapped on his legs, Jonas Gustavsson was a lonely figure in the Maple Leafs' dressing room Tuesday night.The Toronto goalie misplayed a shot by New Jersey defenceman Mark Fayne in overtime that was going wide but instead wou...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:55:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618275http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618274New Jersey 2 1 0 1-4Toronto 1 1 1 0-3First Period-1, New Jersey, Sykora 14 (Henrique, Taormina), 9:44. 2, New Jersey, Clarkson 23 (Elias, Sykora), 14:16. 3, Toronto, Connolly 9 (Franson, Crabb), 14:32.Second Period-4, Toronto, MacArthur 18 (Kulemi...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:51:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618274http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618273N.Y. Islanders 0 0 1-1Buffalo 1 1 0-2First Period-1, Buffalo, Myers 6 (Roy, Pominville), 1:21.Second Period-2, Buffalo, Vanek 22 (Roy, Pominville), 3:41.Third Period-3, N.Y. Islanders, Nielsen 13 (Parenteau, Poulin), 14:52.Shots on Goal-N.Y. Islan...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:41:01 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618273http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618232N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0-0Pittsburgh 0 2 0-2First Period-None.Second Period-1, Pittsburgh, Malkin 33 (Letang, Dupuis), 1:05. 2, Pittsburgh, Sullivan 11 (Malkin, Cooke), 11:14 (pp).Third Period-None.Shots on Goal-N.Y. Rangers 6-12-9-27. Pittsburgh 11-9-1...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:41:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618232http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618231Jonathan Huberdeau was in on every point the Saint John Sea Dogs scored Tuesday.Huberdeau had a goal and three assists as Saint John stretched its winning streak to 12 with a 4-3 defeat of the Halifax Mooseheads in Quebec Major Junior Hockey Leagu...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:24:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618231http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618229TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier is out indefinitely because of broken right hand.The Lightning said Tuesday night, during the first period of their game against Anaheim, that Lecavalier has a non-displaced fractur...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:41:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618229http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618227OTTAWA - If the Ottawa Senators are going to make a push for the post-season, it's more than likely going to be with their current cast of players.General manager Bryan Murray says he has been working the phones with the trade deadline less than a...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:45:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618227http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618258 The Detroit Red Wings' search for defensive help has brought Kyle Quincey back to where he started his NHL career. The Wings acquired defenseman Kyle Quincey from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday in a three-way trade. The Lightning, run by f...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:10:00 ESThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=618258