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• Alex Ovechkin scored three goals as the Capitals hammered the Devils. Didn't see that coming, did you? • Jimmy Howard stonewalled the Predators. Boy, do the Predators ever miss Alexander Radulov. (I kid, I kid.) •&...

--Seriously, what's with the fights off the opening faceoff? The Red Wings and Blue Jackets were the latest to have glove-dropping (Lightning-Islanders and Penguins-Rangers were the others), with Jordin Tootoo and Jared Boll going at it three seconds...

-- Thomas Vanek had five points as the Buffalo Sabres dumped the Philadelphia Flyers, pushing Philadelphia off to an 0-2 start. The Flyers have looked sluggish to start the season. -- Patrick Marleau had two goals as the Sharks spoiled the Flames'...

Highlights and lowlights from Saturday, Day 1 of 99 of the NHL season: --Off the top: The defending Stanley Cup champion Kings were the ones with the ordinary goaltending against the Blackhawks; despite big expectations, we saw opening-day losses ...

Blackhawks captain and center Jonathan Toews talks to the media about the NHL lockout and how he feels for the fans of Chicago....

CBA Talks About 300 players and 29 of the league's governors will gather in New York for Wednesday's CBA meetings, according to the Globe and Mail. A healthy and enthusiastic Sidney Crosby is not optimistic a deal will get done anytime soon, acco...

Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has agreed to play with Magnitogorsk of the KHL if the NHL season is delayed by a lockout, according to a Russian report cited in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. J.P. Barry, Malkin's agent, confirmed that Malkin had spoken wi...

The Moscow Dynamo are apparently not chasing Capitals star Alex Ovechkin if there is a lockout, according to a report by Canada's Sportsnet. This denial of interest comes on the heels of a report in a Russian paper that the KHL champs would be pursui...

Former tough guy Georges Laraque, who last played for the Montreal Canadiens, was named Tuesday as the executive director of the new Canadian Hockey League Players Association, according to Canada's Globe and Mail. The union has yet to be certified b...

An NHL rules committee is convening Tuesday and Wednesday in Toronto to discuss the way hooking, holding and interference calls were handled in the 2011-12 season, according to Canada's Globe and Mail. "We've got lots of video clips to look at and we...

Wild winger Dany Heatley is suing his former agent and his former agent's parents, alleging that his funds were mismanaged and that unauthorized withdrawals were made from his bank accounts, according to Canada's Globe and Mail. "It's a sad tale of m...

Sharks' superstar center Joe Thornton is denying, through his agent, a report by TSN that he has signed a deal with Davos of the Swiss elite league. Thornton has apparently trained with Davos since the 2004-05 lockout, where he met his wife, accordin...

Our ESPN.com experts rank the top 25 individual playoff performances in NHL history.

1. Shot-blocking is bad for the game. I'm not exactly a John Tortorella apologist, but the crud going around that the Rangers' shot-blocking is bad for hockey is from people who just don't know the game. Hockey is a game of sacrifice; the Stanley Cup...

Battle of the goalies, not so much: Six goals in the first two periods? The offensive floodgates opened in a big way. Not exactly a white out, guys. That's a wrap: The Kings are off to the Stanley Cup finals and will be chilling in the California ...

Zach Parise is offensive: The Devils winger and captain found his range and can now stop answering questions about why he hasn't scored. The guy is dragging his team deeper and deeper into the playoffs, and making it tougher for him not to be re-sign...