WASHINGTON - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Matt Stajan for at least a week after he was struck in the right eye with a soccer ball during a pre-practice warmup.
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EDMONTON - It has taken 34 games for the Edmonton Oilers to look the way head coach Craig MacTavish thought they would look at the beginning of the season.
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OTTAWA - University of Minnesota freshman Jordan Schroeder scored a pair of goals and also had an assist for the United States in a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic at the world junior championship Sunday.
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OTTAWA - It was only a matter of time before Russian sniper Nikita Filatov started filling the net at the world junior hockey championship.
Filatov scored his first two goals of the tournament Sunday as Russia stayed undefeated with a 5-2 win over Finland.
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WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin keeps right on scoring, and his Washington Capitals keep right on winning at home.Ovechkin scored two goals, including the tiebreaker with 10 seconds left in the second period, Brooks Laich also scored twice, and the Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 to improve their home record to an Eastern Conference-best 15-1-1.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Dustin Byfuglien led Chicago to its franchise-record ninth straight victory, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the Blackhawks' 4-1 decision over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.
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ST. LOUIS - Bobby Ryan scored on a power play with 7:11 to play, Scott Niedermayer had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the St.
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WASHINGTON - Hall of Famer Mike Gartner's No. 11 was retired by the Washington Capitals on Sunday night before their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, another of his former NHL teams.
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ATLANTA - It was business as usual for Michael Ryder and the Boston Bruins.Ryder broke a tie with 6:04 left, and the Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 on Sunday to extend their wining streak to eight games and tie San Jose for the overall NHL lead with 58 points.
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HAMILTON - David Desharnais scored in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Hamilton Bulldogs rallied to beat the Rochester Americans 4-3 in American Hockey League action Sunday.
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TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies were bruised but unbroken Sunday afternoon, taking advantage of a porous Manitoba Moose defence to win 4-1.The Moose threw big hits early and often, but were done in by quick offensive strikes by the home side, who beat the division leaders for the second day in a row.
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OTTAWA - Jamie Benn of the Kelowna Rockets scored a hat trick to lead Canada to a 15-0 thumping of Kazakhstan at the 2009 world junior hockey championship Sunday.
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OTTAWA - It was only a matter of time before Russian sniper Nikita Filatov started filling the net at the world junior hockey championship.
Source: The Hockey News
Scoring summaries from Saturday's NHL games:Canadiens 3 at Penguins 2First Period1. Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 7 (Plekanec, Gorges) 1:152. Pittsburgh, Dupuis 8 (Whitney, Crosby) 14:443.
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CALGARY - Rene Bourque scored his first career NHL hat trick Saturday night leading the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
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DENVER - Peter Budaj stopped all three shots in the shootout, and Wojtek Wolski scored the lone goal in the tiebreaker, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
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