NHL Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — The San Jose Sharks are heading home after dropping the last two games of what became a 2-2-1 road trip. Seth Griffith and Gregory Campbell each scored their first goals of the season in the third period as Boston rallied to beat the Sharks 4-3...

UNDATED (AP) — Daniel Briere (bree-EHR') couldn't have picked a better time to score his 300th NHL goal. Briere scored off a rebound with four-tenths of a second left in Colorado's 2-1 win at Boston. It was the first win of the season for the Avalanche, who opened with back-to-back losses to Minnesota and hadn't scored a goal in their first 143 minutes until Jamie McGinn tallied 3:28 into the seco

UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings raised their second Stanley Cup banner last night before one of their top rivals ruined the occasion. Antti Niemi (AN'-tee nee-EH'-mee) picked up his 28th career shutout by stopping 34 shots in San Jose's 4-0 victory at Los Angeles...

MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to a two-year contract extension with forward Dale Weise (wees). He was set to become a restricted free agent July 1 and will reportedly earn a total of $2 million over the next two seasons...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have extended the NHL season by at least one game. They avoided a sweep and forced a Game 5 in the Stanley Cup finals by topping Los Angeles 2-1 behind the superb goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist. The Rangers were outshot 41-19 in the game, including a lopsided 15-1 mark in the third period...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings took the longest way possible to reach the Stanley Cup finals, becoming the first NHL team to win three straight Game 7s in the same postseason. However, they are just one win away from a four-game sweep of the finals after Jonathan Quick gave his best performance of the series on Monday night...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Williams scored 4:36 into overtime after a turnover by Dan Girardi, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup finals opener. It's the third straight year that Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals has gone overtime. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers are in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since winning it all in 1994. The Blueshirts ended their 20-year drought by taking Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals 1-0 over the Montreal Canadiens...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks' bid for a second straight Stanley Cup is still alive after they outlasted the Los Angeles Kings in double-overtime. Michal Handzus (HAND'-zoos) scored at 2:04 of the second OT to lift the Hawks past the Kings 5-4...

MONTREAL, (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have managed to force a sixth game in the NHL's Eastern Conference finals after blowing a three-goal lead midway through Tuesday's 7-4 win over the New York Rangers. Rene Bourque (bohrk) had a hat trick and five of his teammates had at least two points to help the Canadiens win at home for the first time in the series...