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Caps' chase for 15 highlights Wednesday schedule
Wednesday, 02.10.2010 / 1:08 AM / Game Previews
By Brian Compton  - NHL.com Staff Writer
Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals' pursuit of the team's 15th consecutive victory highlights what promises to be an exciting eight-game schedule on Wednesday night.

Washington (41-12-6), which has built a 14-point lead in the Eastern Conference, will be looking for win No. 15 when it battles the Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Bell Centre. The game will be televised nationally in Canada on TSN and RDS.

Three games get under way at 7 p.m. ET. The Philadelphia Flyers hope to complete a home-and-home series sweep of the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center, while the New York Rangers host the Nashville Predators. Also, the Columbus Blue Jackets will look to improve to 3-0 under interim coach Claude Noel as they take on the San Jose Sharks at Nationwide Arena.

The New York Islanders, who ended a seven-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a 4-3 shootout win against Nashville, will battle the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena at 7:30 p.m. ET. Pittsburgh (35-22-2) trails New Jersey by two points in the Atlantic Division. The game can be seen on the NHL Network in the U.S.
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Lightning win fourth straight
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 11:58 PM / Roundup
By Brian Compton  - NHL.com Staff Writer
For the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won four consecutive games.

Martin St. Louis scored twice in the third period and Antero Niittymaki made 39 saves as Tampa Bay made it four in row for the first time since Nov. 2007 with a 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks at the St. Pete Times Forum on Tuesday night.

With the victory, Niittymaki improved to 7-0-1 in his last eight starts, helping the Lightning (26-21-11) move into sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

"He kept us in the game," St. Louis said. "Niitty made some big saves for us and I thought we came out strong and played some pretty good minutes in the third. We got some goals and we've been doing a good job playing with the lead in the third. Niitty, obviously, is the backbone of that."

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Lehtonen traded to Dallas
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 10:05 PM / 2010 Trade Deadline
NHL.com
Looking to bolster their goaltending situation for a playoff run, the Dallas Stars acquired goaltender Kari Lehtonen from the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night in exchange for defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy and a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Entry Draft.

Lehtonen, who was recalled from a conditioning stint in Chicago (AHL) on Feb. 7, posted a 1-1-2 record with a 2.67 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage in four outings with Atlanta's top affiliate.  He last played in an NHL game on April 11, 2009, when he made 33 saves in a win against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In four seasons with the Thrashers, Lehtonen posted a 94-83-17 record with a 2.87 GAA and a .912 save percentage in 204 games. He holds Thrashers franchise records by a goaltender in games played (204), wins (94), save percentage (.912) and shutouts (14).
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Olympics
Phaneuf to appear on NHL Live!
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 9:43 PM / NHL Network
NHL.com
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf will be among the guests on NHL Live! on Wednesday, scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio.

Phaneuf was acquired by the Leafs in a seven-player blockbuster with the Calgary Flames on Jan. 31. He has two assists in four games with his new team.

Also scheduled to appear to speak with co-hosts Rob Simpson and Stan Fischler are NHL.com's Dan Rosen, New Jersey Devils/Versus/NBC play-by-play announcer Doc Emrick and Kevin Allen of USA Today.

NHL Live! is broadcast from the NHL Store Powered By Reebok in New York City.
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Bolts sign free agent Parrish
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 4:57 PM / News
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Mark Parrish to a one-year, two-way contract, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today. Parrish has been assigned to the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League.

Parrish is a 5-foot-11, 200-pound forward from Bloomington, Minnesota. In 42 games with the Admirals this season, he has 12 goals and 25 points, tying him for second on the club in points and third in goals. He leads Norfolk in goals, points and plus/minus during the team's previous 26 games with nine goals, 20 points and a plus- 7 rating.

A veteran of ten National Hockey League seasons, Parrish has appeared in 704 career NHL games with the Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars, recording 216 goals and 169 assists in those games. Parrish, who appeared in the 2002 NHL All-Star Game, was originally a third round draft pick, 79th overall, of the Colorado Avalanche in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.  He is a six-time 20-goal scorer and reached the 30-goal plateau once.

Parrish, 33, appeared in 44 NHL games last season with the Stars, recording eight goals and five assists. Parrish has appeared in 48 career AHL games with the Admirals, Bridgeport Sound Tigers and the Beast of New Haven, scoring 15 goals and 29 points.
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You'll kick yourself if you don't activate The Mule
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 2:38 PM / Fantasy Games
By Rocky Bonanno  - NHL.com Staff Writer
Fantasy Forecast for Tuesday, February 9

MONDAY'S ROUNDUP:

Where to begin? The news surrounding several big-name fantasy players is flying at a rapid pace as the last six days of NHL action come to a close before the Olympic break.

Let's start with something positive, and the fact that he's on one or two of my fantasy teams is not coincidental at all -- Johan Franzen will play for the Red Wings on Tuesday at St. Louis. Out since Oct. 8 with a torn ACL in his left knee, Franzen (3 games, 1-1-2, owned in 76 percent of all Yahoo! leagues) will play three games before the League shuts down.

"Really excited," Franzen told the Detroit News on Monday. "I had a good practice. This was my first practice actually being on a line so it was a lot more fun, did some more drills with some physical things in it. I needed that."

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Olympic sights we don't want to see
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 1:01 PM / Columns
By Paul Kukla  - NHL.com Correspondent
Sometime in the not-too-distant future -- Team USA playing Team Sweden. The U.S. defender sees an opportunity to make a big hit on the Swedish forward, he charges hard and just as he is about to make a big, open ice hit, Brian Rafalski pulls up before he catches Henrik Zetterberg with his head down.

Whew or boo? Two teammates playing against each other on the world's stage. It doesn't get any bigger than this, but I am glad the hit wasn't made.

You too? We could repeat the same scenario with different players -- Sergei Gonchar vs. Sidney Crosby or Ryan Kesler against Henrik or Daniel Sedin, the list of players can go on and on.

The last thing we as hockey fans want to see is an injury to any player during the Olympics. And we don't even want to think about a player injuring an NHL teammate who is now on an opposing team while the games are being played with a gold medal on the line.

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NHL to open '10-11 in Helsinki, Stockholm, Prague
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 12:45 PM / 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere
By Dan Rosen  - NHL.com Staff Writer
The NHL is expanding its foray overseas for the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere games.

What started as an experiment with the Kings and Ducks going to London to start the 2007-08 season has turned into three major events on the NHL schedule to start the 2010-11 season.

A record six teams will be opening next season in three different European cities.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks will play two games at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. The Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes will clash in Helsinki at Hartwall Arena, while the Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes open in Prague at O2 Arena.

The NHL has played regular-season games in all three arenas before, but never all in the same season.
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Biron to start in goal for Isles vs. Nashville
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 12:21 PM / News
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Martin Biron, the odd man out in the New York Islanders' goaltending rotation, is back in -- at least for one night.

Biron will get his first NHL start since Dec. 27 when he leads the Isles onto the ice for Tuesday's home game against the Nashville Predators. The former Buffalo Sabre and Philadelphia Flyer hasn't played since a 2-1 loss to the Flyers two days after Christmas.

"It has been a while but I felt really good the past couple of days so I'm just going to try and carry that on," Biron told the media after the morning skate.

The Islanders signed Dwayne Roloson and Biron during the summer to give them a pair of veteran goaltenders while starter Rick DiPietro rehabbed a knee injury that sidelined him for most of 2008-09. But Roloson earned the lion's share of the work until DiPietro returned on Jan. 8, and the two have split the job since then -- leaving Biron as an occasional backup or more often, a healthy scratch.

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AHL: Penguins' Jeffrey showing his versatility
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 10:31 AM / AHL Update
By A.J. Atchue  - Special to NHL.com
If you were to take a quick glance at Dustin Jeffrey's statistics from his last two seasons of junior hockey, you couldn't be blamed for pegging him as an offensive machine primed to take his point-producing talents to the next level.

But a funny thing happened in Jeffrey's development as he began his first full professional season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2008-09. His defensive play actually took on a greater importance, temporarily leaving offense on the back burner.

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2007 following a breakout 34-goal and 92-point season for Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), Jeffrey joined Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the spring of 2008 for a playoff run that culminated with a berth in the Calder Cup Finals.

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