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Philadelphia 0 0 0-0N.Y. Islanders 1 1 0-2First Period-1, N.Y. Islanders, Kozlov 19 (Poti, Tambellini), 8:13. Penalties-Witt, NYI (roughing), 11:01; Forsberg, Phi (roughing), 11:01.Second Period-2, N.Y. Islanders, Satan 18 (Hilbert, Sillinger),

Ottawa 0 1 1-2Buffalo 0 2 1-3First Period-None. Penalties-Biron, Buf, served by Briere (delay of game), 9:21; Phillips, Ott (hooking), 18:10.Second Period-1, Buffalo, Vanek 27, 11:21. 2, Ottawa, McAmmond 6 (Corvo, Eaves), 12:02. 3, Buffalo, Afinoge

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -Leading scorer Brian Rolston didn't practice Wednesday with Minnesota because of a lingering stomach virus that kept him out of the Wild's game at Dallas the night before.Rolston, whose 25 goals and 46 points are tops on the te

DENVER (AP) -Karlis Skrastins, on the verge of breaking Tim Horton's NHL record for durability by a defenseman, has never shied away from pucks or pain.A life of bumps, bruises and breaks attest to the 32-year-old's all-out style. He's constantly dr

NEW YORK (AP) -The NHL draft will be held June 22-23 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.The first round will be Friday night and broadcast live on VERSUS, with rounds two through seven held Saturday morning, the NHL said Wednesday.Angelo Esposito

Alex Ovechkin had yet to play professional hockey the last time the Washington Capitals won at home against the Los Angeles Kings.The second-year star is still learning about the NHL, including how to work his way out of slumps, but he's the biggest

PITTSBURGH (AP) -Nashville coach Barry Trotz doesn't want to play Pittsburgh in a couple of years. The way these growing-up-fast Penguins are performing, maybe he should amend that to a couple of months.With their four top players all 22 or younger

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -The Carolina Hurricanes suspended defenseman Anton Babchuk on Wednesday for failing to report to their American Hockey League affiliate in Albany.The suspension came the day after Babchuk was sent down and the Hurricanes activate

Buffalo 1 2 0 0-4Atlanta 1 1 1 0-3Buffalo won shootout 2-0First Period-1, Buffalo, Briere 22 (Paetsch, Drury), 8:01 (pp). 2, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 31 (Rucchin, McCarthy), 8:40.Second Period-3, Atlanta, Sim 14 (Slater, Sutton), 13:23. 4, Buffalo,

---At East Rutherford, N.J.N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 0-2New Jersey 1 1 0 0-3New Jersey won shootout 1-0First Period-1, New Jersey, Martin 2 (Gomez, Elias), 14:30. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Rachunek 3 (Nylander, Avery), 15:45 (pp). Penalties-Gionta, NJ, doub