NHL

Shannon Szabados knows from her taste of the Southern Professional Hockey League to expect the unexpected this season.

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets’ leading scorer last season says there’s no mystery behind their failure to shine on home ice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Calgary escaped Nashville with two points, mostly thanks to Karri Ramo.

TORONTO – Stephane Robidas remembers what it was like to be a healthy scratch more than 20 times early in his NHL career.

TORONTO – When the Colorado Avalanche wore down, the Toronto Maple Leafs picked up the pace to win their second game in a row.

Nashville will host the NHL all-star game for the first time in 2016, sources told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.

ERIE, Pa. – Erie Insurance Arena shares locker-rooms with a minor-league baseball stadium and makes up the ballpark’s left-field facade. Across the street, adjacent to a tire warehouse, is a tiny tan building with red, white and blue trim that houses the Erie Otters offices.

CHICAGO – For much of the night, it looked as if Jonas Hiller was the only player on the ice for Calgary. The Chicago Blackhawks kept pressuring the veteran goaltender, and he turned them away over and over again.

TORONTO – Veteran forward Joffrey Lupul didn’t practise with the Maple Leafs on Thursday due to a lower-body injury and his status is in doubt for Toronto’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.

MONTREAL – The bottom line from the Montreal Canadiens’ rematch with the Boston Bruins was: 10 goals, no fights, but one late bit of nastiness from Milan Lucic.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jack Skille, Ryan Johansen and Matt Calvert scored goals and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Friday night.

TORONTO – Henrik Zetterberg called his game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night one of the worst of his NHL career. Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock saw evidence of that not long after.