Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin underwent surgery Thursday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He is expected to be sidelined about six months. Beauchemin was injured during a 4-3 overtime loss to Nashville on Nov. 14. He will be placed on long-term injured reserve.
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St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, out for the season after injuring his knee during a preseason team golf outing in September, had surgery to repair a damaged ligament. Johnson, the first overall pick of the 2006 draft, is expected to be ready for training camp next season. He tore two ligaments when his foot got stuck in a golf cart.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets recalled right wing Derek Dorsett from the club’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse. Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson announced the move Wednesday night. The 21-year-old Dorsett has one goal, one assist and 56 penalty minutes in 10 games with the Blue Jackets this season. He ranked among the NHL leaders in penalty minutes before he was sent down two weeks ago.
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Alex Ovechkin extended his goal streak to five games and added three assists, sending the Washington Capitals to a 6-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. The reigning NHL MVP had a power-play goal, and Tomas Fleischmann and Mike Green scored less than two minutes apart early in the first period with the man advantage.
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Roberto Luongo came out on top in his busiest night of the season, yet the goalie duel everyone expected against Henrik Lundqvist never materialized. Alex Burrows scored two of Vancouver’s five goals against Lundqvist, and the Canucks feasted on turnovers Wednesday night in a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
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Alex Burrows scored two of Vancouver’s five goals against Henrik Lundqvist, and the Canucks feasted on turnovers Wednesday night in a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers. The highly anticipated duel between Vezina Trophy favorites Lundqvist and Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo never really materialized as the New York netminder was gone 5:33 into the second period.
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Zdeno Chara and Chuck Kobasew each scored two goals, Marc Savard had a goal and three assists and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Wednesday night. The Bruins won their sixth straight at home and for the seventh time in the last eight games. Boston’s last regulation loss was Oct. 30 in Calgary.
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If there’s anything Pittsburgh Penguins fans are learning this season, it’s to not leave during the third period. Ever. Their season isn’t a quarter over yet, and already the Penguins (11-4-3) are playing overtime games at a remarkable pace. Half of their 18 games have gone to overtime, with Pittsburgh owning a 6-3 record.
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Forwards Mike Fisher and Chris Neil each will be out of the slumping Ottawa Senators lineup for several weeks because of injuries. Fisher, a center, strained a ligament in his right knee during a shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Monday night, the Senators fifth straight loss that dropped them to last place in the Eastern Conference.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve on Wednesday because of an ankle injury. Klesla has missed the last two games and will likely miss at least one more with what coach Ken Hitchcock called a high ankle sprain he sustained in Friday’s 6-1 win at Buffalo. A player on IR is ineligible to compete in games for at least a week.
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