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Detroit at Edmonton (9 p.m. EST). The NHL-leading Red Wings are just 1-7-1 in their past nine games.
-Vesa Toskala, Maple Leafs, made 31 saves for his third shutout as Toronto blanked Ottawa 5-0.
-Daniel Briere, Flyers, scored the clinching shootout goal in helping Philadelphia snap a 10-game losing streak, 4-3 over Buffalo.
Darcy Tucker scored two power-play goals and Matt Stajan had three assists as Toronto won for the fourth time in five games Monday night, 5-0 over Ottawa.
Philadelphia acquired high-scoring forward Vaclav Prospal from Tampa Bay on Monday night for minor-league defenseman Alexandre Picard and a 2009 conditional draft pick. Prospal has a career-high 29 goals and 28 assists in 62 games. The Lightning kept defenseman Dan Boyle, signing him to a six-year contract extension.
Center Peter Forsberg agreed to a prorated $5 million, one-year deal Monday with the Avalanche, a team he won two Stanley Cup championships with before their split following the league's lockout in 2004-05. ... Right wing Darren McCarty returned to the Red Wings, signing a one-year contract four years after he left Detroit for Calgary.
St. Louis signed defenseman Barret Jackman to a four-year contract extension Monday night, one day ahead of the trade deadline. Jackman, 26, a 1999 first-round draft pick, was due to become a free agent after the season. This season, he has two goals and six assists in 58 games.
Philadelphia forward Jesse Boulerice got into a fight Monday night on his first shift since serving a 25-game suspension for hitting a player across the face with his stick in October. The Flyers beat Buffalo in a shootout for a 4-3 victory.
Edmonton forward Ethan Moreau will miss the rest of the regular season after fracturing his left tibia in Sunday night's 3-2 victory over Colorado. Moreau has nine points in 25 games this season. ... Rangers defenseman Paul Mara was scheduled for facial surgery Monday and will be sidelined two weeks.
Nashville forward David Legwand was charged with driving under the influence. Legwand was pulled over near downtown on Feb. 15 after a police officer clocked him going 51 mph in a 35-mph zone in his 2006 Range Rover. Legwand signed a six-year deal for $27 million in December and ranks fifth on the Predators with 40 points.
``Do I feel I might get traded? Yeah. Do I know 100 percent? No.'' - Buffalo All-Star defenseman Brian Campbell, due to become a free agent after this season.
Capitals get Fedorov from Columbus, Huet from Montreal
February 26, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -Accustomed to being sellers at the NHL trade deadline, the Washington Capitals set out to help their playoff push with a flurry of deals Tuesday, including adding center Sergei Fedorov and goalie Cristobal Huet.
Washington got Fedorov, the 1994 Hart Trophy winner as league MVP, from the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenseman Theo Ruth, who was a 2007 second-round draft pick.
The Capitals picked up Huet, a 2007 All-Star, from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2009 second-round draft pick.
And, in yet another swap shortly before Tuesday's trade deadline, Washington acquired left wing Matt Cooke from the Vancouver Canucks for left wing Matt Pettinger.
The Capitals have jumped from last in the entire NHL in late November to within striking distance of first place in the Southeast Division. They headed into Tuesday night's game against the Minnesota Wild with a 28-27-8 mark for 64 points, five behind division leader Carolina.
Fedorov is 38 and in his 17th NHL season. He has nine goals and 19 assists this season.
The Russian, a six-time All-Star, has 470 goals and 663 assists in the NHL for Detroit, Anaheim and Columbus.
Ruth was chosen in the second round of the 2007 draft by Washington. He is a freshman at Notre Dame.
Huet went 21-12-6 with a 2.55 goals-against average for Montreal this season, splitting starts with rookie Carey Price.
The Capitals' top goalie has been Olie Kolzig, who is 21-19-6 with a 3.03 GAA.
Cooke has seven goals and nine assists in 61 games this season, his ninth in the NHL, all with Vancouver.
Toronto Maple Leafs trade Wade Belak to the Florida Panthers
February 26, 2008
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Wade Belak to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in 2008.
Belak spent part of the past seven seasons with the Maple Leafs after originally being claimed off waivers from Calgary. He's played in 30 games this season, scoring one goal and racking up 66 penalty minutes that include six fighting majors.
Belak, who plays forward and defense, is earning $625,000 this season and will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
In 425 career games with Colorado, Calgary and Toronto, the 31-year-old has 29 points (8-21) and 1,096 penalty minutes.
Stars, Lightning swap forwards, goalies in 5-player trade
February 26, 2008
DALLAS (AP) -The Dallas Stars have acquired forward Brad Richards and goalie Johan Holmqvist from Tampa Bay for goalie Mike Smith, forwards Jussi Jokinen and Jeff Halpern, and a draft pick.
Tuesday's deal, completed hours before the trading deadline, was highlighted by Richards, the Lightning's fourth-leading scorer with 51 points (18 goals, 33 assists) in 62 games.
Holmqvist was the starter in Tampa Bay but will back up the Stars' Marty Turco. Smith challenged Turco as Dallas' starter earlier in the season but ultimately made just 21 starts to 47 for Turco.
Jokinen has 28 points in 52 games, and Halpern has 24 points in 64 games.
A list of Tuesday's NHL trades
February 26, 2008
TORONTO (CP) -- Trades made Tuesday ahead of the National Hockey League's deadline of 3 p.m. Eastern Time:
Atlanta traded Alex Giroux, C/LW, to Washington for Joe Motzko, RW.
N.Y. Islanders traded Marc-Andre Bergeron, G, to Anaheim for a third-round selection.
Phoenix traded Josh Gratton, LW, David Leneveu, G, and Fredrik Sjostrom, RW, to N.Y. Rangers in return for Marcel Hossa, LW, and Al Montoya, G.
Atlanta traded Marian Hossa, RW, and Pascal Dupuis, LW, to Pittsburgh for Colby Armstrong, RW, Erik Christensen, C, and Angelo Esposito, C.
N.Y. Islanders traded Chris Simon, LW, to Minnesota for a sixth-round selection in 2008.
Detroit acquired Brad Stuart, D, from Los Angeles in exchange for a second-round pick in 2008 and a fourth-round selection in 2009.
Toronto traded Chad Kilger, LW, to Florida for a third-round selection.
Los Angeles traded Jean-Sebastien Aubin, G, to Anaheim for a seventh-round selection.
Toronto traded Hall Gill, D, to Pittsburgh in return for second and fifth-round selections.
Tampa Bay traded Brad Richards, C, and Johan Holmqvist, G, to Dallas for Mike Smith, G, Jussi Jokinen, LW, and Jeff Halpern, C, and a fourth-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Buffalo traded Brian Campbell, D, and a seventh-round pick in 2008 to San Jose for Steve Bernier, RW, and a first-round pick in 2008.
Montreal traded Cristobal Huet, G, to Washington for a second-round draft pick in 2009.
Columbus traded Adam Foote, D, to Colorado for a conditional first-round pick in 2008 or 2009 and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2009.
Columbus traded Sergei Fedorov, C, to Washington for Theo Ruth, D.
Chicago traded Martin Lapointe, RW, to Ottawa for a sixth-round draft pick in 2008.
Vancouver traded Matt Cooke, LW, to Washington for Matt Pettinger, LW.
Toronto traded Wade Belak, RW, to Florida for a fifth-round draft pick in 2008.
Chicago traded Tuomo Ruutu, C, to Carolina for Andrew Ladd, LW.
Florida traded Ruslan Salei, D, to Colorado for Karlis Skrastins, D, and a third-round pick in 2008.
St. Louis traded Bryce Salvador, D, to New Jersey for Cam Janssen, RW.