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Kyle Arrington’s on the ball

xml feed TweetFOXBORO — Kyle Arrington’s unlikely and unpredictable career will come full circle on Sunday when the Patriots [team stats] cornerback lines up at Lincoln Financial Field. He’ll do so staring into the jersey of an Eagles team that first offered him a chance at the NFL. Arrington, then an undrafted free agent from [...]

Isles' DiPietro beats Canadiens in relief

TweetUNIONDALE, N.Y. — Rick DiPietro made 24 saves in relief of injured starter Evgeni Nabokov, and Matt Moulson scored a key goal in the New York Islanders’ 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. P.A. Parenteau, Jay Pandolfo, and Mark Streit also scored for the Islanders, who had lost four straight (0-3-1). New [...]

Enroth stops 34, Sabres blank Hurricanes 1-0

TweetRALEIGH, N.C. — Buffalo’s Jhonas Enroth recorded his first shutout of the season by making 34 stops to lead the Sabres to a 1-0 win over the reeling Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Jason Pominville scored for Buffalo, which lost top goaltender Ryan Miller to a concussion Nov. 12 against Boston. . Enroth, Buffalo’s second-round [...]

Sharks win 4-1, stretch Stars' skid to 5 games

TweetDALLAS — Brent Burns and Logan Couture each scored a power-play goal, Antti Niemi stopped 30 shots and the San Jose Sharks extended Dallas’ losing streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the Stars on Saturday night. Brad Winchester and Jamie McGinn added even-strength goals, while Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau contributed two [...]

Price's shutout stops Rangers' winning streak at 7

TweetMONTREAL — Carey Price made 17 saves for his second straight shutout, and the Montreal Canadiens ended New York’s seven-game winning streak with a 4-0 win over the Rangers on Saturday night. Brian Gionta scored twice and Erik Cole and Tomas Plekanec each had a power-play goal and assist for Montreal, which is on a [...]

Crosby scores in 1st period of season debut

TweetPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists through the first two periods of his season debut on Monday night against the New York Islanders. Crosby weaved past three New York defenders then beat Anders Nilsson with a backhand to give the Penguins an early 1-0 lead less than 6 [...]

Crosby solid in debut, Penguins top Islanders 5-0

TweetPITTSBURGH — The defining moment of Sidney Crosby’s dazzling season debut in the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 rout over the New York Islanders on Monday didn’t come on either of his two goals or his two assists. It didn’t come on the flash-bulb popping opening faceoff or the electric buzz his presence on the ice created. [...]

Schneider, Canucks blank Avalanche 3-0

TweetDENVER — Cory Schneider stopped 24 shots for his second career shutout, Manny Malhotra and Alexandre Burrows had early goals, and the Vancouver Canucks extended a run of dominance against Colorado with a 3-0 win on Wednesday night. Ryan Kesler added an empty-net goal at 19:30 of the third to round out the scoring. The [...]

Ott, Eriksson lead Stars past Kings

TweetDALLAS — Steve Ott scored at 2:56 of overtime, Loui Eriksson notched the tying goal in the final minute of regulation and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Wednesday night. With the teams even at 2, Stephane Robidas skated into the Kings zone and flipped a centering pass to [...]

WVU, Pitt coaches focus on now, not then

TweetMORGANTOWN – Dana Holgorsen didn't dip into whatever tape archives he might have this week to pull out old Tulsa games as a refresher course. Nor did Todd Graham spend a lot of time rehashing and studying games involving Houston and Oklahoma State. For starters, both men have pretty good memories, so they don't need [...]