After a listless first period, the St. Louis Blues found their intensity and their scoring touch. Alexander Steen scored his team-leading 12th goal and Brian Elliott made 24 saves to help the streaking Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Friday night. With both teams waiting on the benches, the start of the game was delayed 30 minutes as former Coyotes captain Keith Tkachuk was inducted into the...

Overtime and home cooking added up to an early Christmas present for the Colorado Avalanche. Matt Duchene scored late in overtime and Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 29 shots to lead the Avalanche over the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Friday night. Ryan O'Reilly also scored for Colorado, which has won a team-record eight straight home games.

The Dallas Stars got off to a fast start, then held off Nashville's latest comeback bid. Vernon Fiddler, Loui Eriksson and Steve Ott scored during a span of 3:05 in the first period and Dallas went on to beat the Predators 6-3 on Friday night. "One of the keys was getting on them right away," Fiddler said.

The New York Rangers are in agreement that being in first place at the two-day Christmas break doesn't guarantee anything come April. But after three wins in four nights against Atlantic Division foes, the Broadway Blueshirts are more than happy to be on top of the pack. Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves in his second win over powerful Philadelphia this season, and rookie defenseman Stu Bickel had...

While blowing a three-goal third-period didn't thrill New Jersey Devils coach Peter DeBoer, watching his team in the shootout put him in a lot better mood. It usually has this season. Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias scored in the shootout and Martin Brodeur made an outstanding glove save on Alex Ovechkin as the Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 Friday night for their eighth shootout win...