This was hardly a routine win for Daniel Alfredsson. Playing an NHL regular-season game in his native Sweden and skating off with his Ottawa Senators teammates after a satisfying victory could be a once-in-a-lifetime event. "This is an...

Wade Redden needed only two games to make his presence felt for the New York Rangers. The defenseman had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 and swept their two-game, season-opening series in...

Carolina Hurricanes forward Scott Walker is expected to be sidelined for six weeks after surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left hand. The surgery comes four days before the Hurricanes open the regular season Friday night against Florida....

The Columbus Blue Jackets assigned goaltender Dan LaCosta to their American Hockey League affiliate and released defenseman Richard Matvichuk from his tryout contract on Monday. The 35-year-old Matvichuk played for Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock...

The Vancouver Canucks traded defenseman Lukas Krajicek and minor-league forward Juraj Simek to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday for defenseman Shane O'Brien and right wing Michel Ouellet. Ouellet, with 54 goals in 187 NHL games with Pittsburgh...

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock admitted that Detroit is not yet in regular-season form. Don't worry. The Stanley Cup champions will get there soon enough. "We're not ready yet, but we will be," Babcock said. "The first 20 games is so vital in...

Columbus rookie Nikita Filatov had a regulation goal and then netted the shootout winner for the Blue Jackets, who rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Sunday night in the preseason finale for both teams....