NEWARK, N.J. - Lightning rookie Steven Stamkos scored his 21st goal of the season Friday in New Jersey, tying the franchise rookie record for goals scored in a season set by Brad Richards in 2000-01. Stamkos needs one more in the final four games to break the team record. ...more

April 3, 2009

Martin Brodeur stands alone among NHL goaltenders. Brodeur posted his 552nd win and passed childhood idol and Hall of Famer Patrick Roy for the most career victories in league history. He made 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. ...more

March 18, 2009

Tampa Bay G Olie Kolzig mixed up his routine on days in which he plays by not only taking the ice but also speaking to the media following the team's morning skate in order to accommodate the number of Washington media members requesting to speak to him in his return to Verizon Center. ...more

November 11, 2008

Ryan Howard might win the NL MVP award, despite almost 200 strikeouts. Tim Duncan struggles with his free throws in crunch time. Martin Brodeur lets in the occasional soft goal. ...more

September 26, 2008

Hockeytown is halfway to hoisting the Stanley Cup again. With first-period goals from Brad Stuart and Tomas Holmstrom and another lockdown defensive effort, the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night. ...more

May 27, 2008

The glamour position in today's NHL no longer is distinguished by the finesse of Wayne Gretzky, the awe-inspiring end-to-end rushes of Bobby Orr, or even the grit of Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe. ...more

February 18, 2008

NHL Power Rankings ...more

February 3, 2008

On Jan. 17, 2004, the Lightning recorded a team-record 51 shots on goal in a game against the Florida Panthers. Tampa Bay lost. ...more

January 31, 2008

Marian Hossa scored on a break-in at 19 seconds of overtime after a defensive mistake, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored his NHL-leading 29th goal in the Atlanta Thrashers' 3-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. ...more

December 24, 2007

DEVILS 4, FLYERS 2: John Madden scored two goals and Martin Brodeur made 29 saves, including a game-turning penalty-shot stop, to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia. Arron Asham and Jamie Langenbrunner also scored for the Devils, who have won 10 straight from the Flyers in New Jersey. Philadelphia last won in New Jersey on March 9, 2004. Mike Richards and Daniel Briere scored for the Flyers, who have lost three straight for the first time this season. COYOTES 5, RANGERS 1: Back in the building where he played the final game of his Hall of Fame career eight years earlier, Wayne Gretzky stood behind the Phoenix bench for the first time in New York and coached his club to a rout of New York. Joel Perrault scored twice and added an assist in just his second game of the season, and Ilya Bryzgalov rode a strong start after a rare day off and made 34 saves. FLAMES 5, BLUES 3: Calgary's top line of Jarome Iginla, Kristian Huselius and Daymond Langkow combined for 12 points, and Calgary won its fifth in a row on the road with a victory over St. Louis. Iginla had two goals and two assists, Huselius scored a goal and added four assists and Langkow added two goals and an assist for the Flames, who end a season-long six-game road trip Tuesday night in Columbus. PANTHERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 1: Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester recorded a goal and an assist to end an eight-game stretch without a point, and Tomas Vokoun made 43 saves in Florida's victory over Chicago. Rostislav Olesz and Richard Zednik also scored for the Panthers, who are 3-1-1 in their past five games and handed slumping Chicago its second straight loss and sixth in its past seven. SHARKS 2, DUCKS 1: Joe Thornton beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere with a shot high to the stick side to lift San Jose to a shootout victory over Anaheim and spoil Scott Niedermayer's return to the Ducks. Thornton was the 12th shooter and just the fifth to score in the shootout. His goal gave the Sharks their first victory over Anaheim this season after the Ducks had won the opening two meetings. The Associated Press ...more

December 17, 2007