Columbus 0 0 2-2 Anaheim 0 0 0-0 First Period-None. Second Period-None. Third Period-1, Columbus, MacDonald 1 (Commodore, Hejda), 7:33. 2, Columbus, Peca 3 (Nash, Huselius), 17:26. Shots on Goal-Columbus 7-12-10-29. Anaheim 10-5-12-27. ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -Rookie Steve Mason became the first Columbus goalie to post shutouts in three consecutive games, and Craig MacDonald scored in his Blue Jackets debut, leading them to a 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Peter Mueller scored twice in a 2:05 span in the second period and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesday night. Olli Jokinen also scored, Shane Doan had a pair of assists, and Mikael Tellqvist ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kurtis Mucha stopped 31 shots to lead the Portland Winter Hawks to 4-2 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Wednesday night in the Western Hockey League. Killian Hutt, Oliver Gabriel, Riley Boychuk and Stefan Schneide...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Andrew Clark had two goals and an assist in the Brandon Wheat Kings' 3-2 victory over the Kootenay Ice in WHL action Wednesday night. Brandon (22-13-2-1) opened the scoring on a 2-on-1 break as Clark tapped in a pass nea...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. Burns took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Koivu and beat Evgeni Nabokov over the left shoulder. Owen ...

New Jersey 2 0 0-2 Dallas 1 2 1-4 First Period-1, Dallas, Eriksson 19 (Daley, Richards), 10:09 (sh). 2, New Jersey, Mottau 1 (Elias, Gionta), 17:30. 3, New Jersey, Clarkson 7 (Zubrus, Gionta), 19:36 (pp). Second Period-4, Dallas, Wilso...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Sergei Samsonov had two goals and an assist to lead the Carolina Hurricanes past the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-1 on Wednesday night. Joe Corvo also scored after Samsonov snapped out of a two-goals-in-10-games slump for the Hurr...

OTTAWA - John Tavares of the Oshawa Generals scored a hat trick in Canada's come-from-behind 7-4 win over the U.S. at the world junior hockey championship Wednesday. Canada (4-0) finished first in Pool A with the victory and earned a bye ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. Burns took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Koivu and beat Evgeni Nabokov over the left shoulder. Owen ...

Atlanta 1 0 0-1 Carolina 1 1 1-3 First Period-1, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 12 (Little, White), 10:23 (pp). 2, Carolina, Samsonov 6 (Staal, Babchuk), 19:35. Second Period-3, Carolina, Samsonov 7 (Ruutu), 16:49. Third Period-4, Carolina, Corvo 6 ...

Colorado 1 0 0-1 Phoenix 0 2 1-3 First Period-1, Colorado, Hensick 2 (Clark, Stewart), 8:12. Second Period-2, Phoenix, Mueller 7 (Hale, Doan), 10:36. 3, Phoenix, Mueller 8 (Doan, Reinprecht), 12:41. Third Period-4, Phoenix, Jokinen 12 (L...

EDMONTON - The Calgary Hitmen exploded for three quick goals and added an empty netter in the third period to erase a one-goal deficit and defeat the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-1 in Western Hockey League action on New Year's Eve. Chase Schaber ...

For several Major League players the last day of 2008 became their first day with a new team as the Hot Stove continued to percolate before the big ball dropped at Times Square, signaling the beginning of a New Year.

SARNIA, Ont. - Matt Clarke scored a power-play goal for London with just 27 seconds left in the third period as the Knights beat the Sarnia Sting 4-3 in the OHL teams' annual New Year's Eve game. Clarke's goal, his second of the game, was...