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CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks rookie forward Brandon Saad is hoping for No. 11 to be his lucky number again. Saad scored his first career NHL goal in his 11th regular season game. Now entering his 11th NHL playoff game, he and the Blackhawks are l...

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CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook doesn't look at the total number of power plays he and his teammates have killed in the playoffs as a whole number. For Seabrook, each kill is its own entity, and he believes that's the reaso...

Jeff Gordon's 700th career start -- coming Saturday at Darlington -- is meaningful beyond the number. That he's still competitive makes it truly special.

With the Stanley Cup playoffs set to begin on Tuesday night, here is a by-the-numbers guide of things to keep an eye on: 2 -- Anaheim's seed in the Western Conference. The Ducks were also a 2-seed in the 2007 playoffs, when they won their first (a...

With a mind-boggling 10-game losing streak and the inability to buy a goal, the Devils have to be wondering: Are we cursed? After all, veteran goaltender Martin Brodeur is stuck on career win No. 666 and hasn't been able to make the number budge s...

Bruins president Cam Neely was on Boston sports radio station 98.5 The Sports Hub on Tuesday afternoon and was asked about his team's acquisition of forward Jaromir Jagr. * What did he see in Jagr?: "Offensively, he's put up numbers year after...

The St. Louis Blues are a much better team on the back end after the acquisitions of Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. But they're a little heavy in the numbers back there, as well, with nine defensemen on the roster. So you can expect the Blue...

The St. Louis Blues are a much better team on the back end after the acquisitions of Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. But they're a little heavy in the numbers back there, as well, with nine defensemen on the roster. So you can expect the Blue...

Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal with 2:43 to play, Jonathan Quick made 20 saves and the Los Angeles Kings continued their dominance of St. Louis with a 4-2 win over the Blues on Thursday night.

The pressures of winning in the NHL get greater and greater as the regular season begins to wind down and the playoff crunch begins. The recent firing of Tampa Bay Lightning bench boss Guy Boucher is evidence of that. A number of this season's top ro...

College free agent Danny DeKeyser and agent Don Meehan will huddle in Toronto on Tuesday to field offers from a number of NHL clubs interested in signing the defenseman, but the New York Rangers will not be among the teams making an in-person pitch, ...

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CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Michael Frolik's numbers probably don't suggest he warrants a chance on the team's top line beside Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad. Frolik has scored just once this season, and that goal came in the first peri...

Forty-somethings Jaromir Jagr and Ray Whitney scored 4:22 apart in the third period, lifting Dallas to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night for the Stars' fourth straight win at Staples Center.

Here's a breakdown of Wednesday's Western Conference marquee matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Anaheim Ducks. • The Blackhawks (24-2-3) lead the Ducks (21-3-4) by five points in the Western Conference. The Ducks have one game in ...