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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -New Jersey center John Madden was hit in the face by a shot in the first period of the Devils' game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday and had to leave the game.Madden put his stick down to deflect a power-play sho

DALLAS (AP) -Stars center Eric Lindros missed Sunday's game against Colorado with a lower-body injury.Lindros hasn't scored a goal since Nov. 20 against the Avalanche. He has played in 24 games since, and Sunday was the 12th game he's missed because

Atlanta 0 1 1-2Vancouver 1 2 0-3First Period-1, Vancouver, Morrison 13 (Linden, Cooke), 1:44. Penalty-Kovalchuk, Atl (holding), 17:40.Second Period-2, Vancouver, Naslund 18 (Moran, Ohlund), 9:02 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Morrison 14 (Salo, Linden), 9:12

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -It's one major injury after another for the Buffalo Sabres.Shortly after general manager Darcy Regier announced Saturday that forward Paul Gaustad was to miss the rest of the season with a sliced tendon in his left leg, Sabres de

Carolina 2 1 1-4Minnesota 4 0 1-5First Period-1, Carolina, Williams 29 (Commodore, Staal), :36. 2, Minnesota, Parrish 16 (Carney), 2:03. 3, Minnesota, Bouchard 15 (Hall, Koivu), 3:45. 4, Minnesota, Gaborik 15 (Parrish, Demitra), 10:05 (pp). 5, Mi

Los Angeles 0 3 1-4Nashville 0 0 1-1First Period-None. Penalties-Nichol, Nas (tripping), 1:42; Miller, LA (tripping), 10:29; Ward, LA (roughing), 20:00; Nichol, Nas (roughing), 20:00; Upshall, Nas (roughing), 20:00.Second Period-1, Los Angel

Pittsburgh 1 2 2 1-6Toronto 0 3 2 0-5First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Staal 21 (Ouellet, Malkin), 19:22. Penalty-McCabe, Tor (hooking), 13:54.Second Period-2, Pittsburgh, Staal 22 (Malkin, Nasreddine), 3:32. 3, Pittsburgh, Malkin 27 (Crosby, Gonchar),

Phoenix 0 0 2-2Florida 2 1 2-5First Period-1, Florida, Horton 18 (Gelinas, Allen), 9:10. 2, Florida, Jokinen 24 (Horton, Van Ryn), 12:39 (pp). Penalties-Sjostrom, Pho (tripping), :31; Laraque, Pho (hooking), 6:11; Ballard, Pho (cross-checking)

N.Y. Islanders 1 1 1 0-3Boston 2 0 1 0-4Boston won shootout 3-2First Period-1, N.Y. Islanders, Kozlov 20 (Campoli), 3:52. 2, Boston, Sturm 14 (Kessel), 7:14. 3, Boston, Bergeron 18, 11:04 (pp). Penalties-Witt, NYI (unsportsmanlike conduct),

Calgary 0 1 1 0-2Buffalo 0 1 1 0-3Buffalo won shootout 1-0First Period-None. Penalties-Tallinder, Buf (tripping), :48; Hamrlik, Cal (interference), 4:56; Roy, Buf (hooking), 10:47.Second Period-1, Calgary, Huselius 25 (Phaneuf, Hamrlik), 3:45