NHL Northeast

(Reuters) - Boston goaltender Tim Thomas blunted Pittsburgh's potent offense as the Bruins extended their incredible turnaround with a 3-1 win over Sidney Crosby's Eastern Conference-leading Penguins on Monday.

(Reuters) - The Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins continued their red-hot streak with a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, notching up their 13th victory in their past 14 games.

(Reuters) - The Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins continued their red-hot streak with a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, notching up their 13th victory in their past 14 games.

(Reuters) - Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is returning to the team's lineup on Friday for the first time since suffering a concussion nearly three weeks ago.

(Reuters) - The Anaheim Ducks fired coach Randy Carlyle following a slump-ending 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday as the franchise searches for a new direction for a team that has grown stagnant.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins capped off a near-perfect November with a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, extending their unbeaten run to 13 games.

(Reuters) - National Hockey League teams are worth an average $240 million, a five percent rise on last year due to increased revenues, business magazine Forbes reported on Wednesday in its annual survey of the NHL.

(Reuters) - National Hockey League teams are worth an average $240 million, a five percent rise on last year due to increased revenues, business magazine Forbes reported on Wednesday in its annual survey of the NHL.

Maple Leaf Gardens, the legendary home of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs from 1931 to 1999, will reopen next May for the first time as an athletic complex for Ryerson University.

Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Phil Kessel, embarrassed as the last player taken in last year's draft of NHL All-Star Game players, leads fan voting totals released Tuesday for the 2012 All-Star Game.

(Reuters) - Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal has been fined $2,500 for high-sticking Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban, the National Hockey League said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty has been suspended three games for an illegal hit that left Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang with a broken nose, the National Hockey League (NHL) said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The slumping Washington Capitals moved to resuscitate their once-promising season on Monday by firing head coach Bruce Boudreau and replacing him with former team captain Dale Hunter.

(Reuters) - The struggling Carolina Hurricanes fired coach Paul Maurice on Monday and named former National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Kirk Muller as his replacement.

(Reuters) - Toronto took top spot in the Northeast division with a 5-2 victory over Anaheim on Sunday that sent the Ducks to their longest losing streak in six years.

(Reuters) - Toronto took top spot in the Northeast division with a 5-2 victory over Anaheim on Sunday that sent the Ducks to their longest losing streak in six years.

(Reuters) - Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang suffered a broken nose but battled on to score a controversial overtime goal that gave the Penguins a 4-3 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

(Reuters) - Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang bounced back from being bloodied by a hit to score a controversial overtime winning goal to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

His first goal at 7:28 of the second period was shorthanded, in which he mopped up Rich Peverley's deep rush to the net to tie the score, 2-2. He got the winner by beating Winnipeg goaltender Ondrej Pavelec from the right circle with a slap shot off a pretty point-to-point pass from Benoit Pouliot.

There were times last year when opponents such as Montreal made the Bruins look like elephants. Their forwards' legs were so heavy that the coaching staff introduced a tweak - they had to regroup deeper in the defensive zone to generate speed through center ice - to negate one of the club's major shortcomings.