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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -If team captain Shane Doan finishes his new five-year, $22.5 million contract with the Phoenix Coyotes, he could be one of the few professional athletes to spend his entire career in the same organization.It's a franchise, th

The Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks turned key victories into leaps to first place.Shea Weber scored twice and Tomas Vokoun made 22 saves to give Nashville a 5-0 home win over the San Jose Sharks that vaulted the Predators back on top of t

Vancouver 1 1 0 1-3Minnesota 0 2 0 0-2First Period-1, Vancouver, Naslund 19 (Morrison, Salo), 9:49 (pp). Penalties-Koivu, Min (hooking), 8:06; D.Sedin, Van (boarding), 11:18; Veilleux, Min (cross-checking), 17:04; Green, Van, major (fighting), 1

Detroit 0 0 3-3Dallas 0 1 0-1First Period-None. Penalties-Ribeiro, Dal (tripping), 7:14; Schneider, Det (roughing), 20:00.Second Period-1, Dallas, Ribeiro 8 (Jokinen, Robidas), 6:34 (pp). Penalties-Filppula, Det (holding), 5:24; Langfeld, Det (inte

San Jose 0 0 0-0Nashville 2 0 3-5First Period-1, Nashville, Dumont 12, 6:22. 2, Nashville, Weber 9 (Arnott), 10:02. Penalty-Grier, SJ, double minor (cross-checking), 14:00.Second Period-None. Penalties-Cheechoo, SJ (boarding), 3:57; Michalek, SJ

Chicago 1 1 2 0-4Pittsburgh 1 2 1 0-5Pittsburgh won shootout 2-0First Period-1, Chicago, MacDonald 3 (Vrbata, Kukkonen), 8:29 (sh). 2, Pittsburgh, Petrovicky 3 (Moore, Ruutu), 10:32. Penalties-Lapointe, Chi (slashing), 6:44; Seabrook, Chi (hookin

Montreal 1 1 0-2New Jersey 0 3 2-5First Period-1, Montreal, Souray 19, 15:46. Penalties-Murray, Mon, major (fighting), 6:53; Janssen, NJ, major (fighting), 6:53; Plekanec, Mon (delay of game), 11:17; Bonk, Mon (interference), 18:21.Second Period

Florida 0 0 0-0Ottawa 1 1 2-4First Period-1, Ottawa, Phillips 8 (Vermette, Kelly), 8:21. Penalties-Semenov, Fla (hooking), 5:40; Fisher, Ott, major (fighting), 10:11; Gratton, Fla, major (fighting), 10:11; Roberts, Fla (slashing), 13:30.Second Peri

St. Louis 1 1 2-4Columbus 1 1 0-2First Period-1, Columbus, Nash 15 (Vyborny, Fritsche), 8:25. 2, St. Louis, Guerin 26 (Cajanek, Weight), 18:55. Penalties-Mayers, StL (goalie interference), 8:59; Zherdev, Clm (tripping), 9:34; Backman, StL (trippi

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Montreal goalie Cristobal Huet left the Canadiens game against New Jersey in the second period after sustaining a lower body injury on Wednesday night.Huet fell awkwardly in his net after giving up a power-play goal to De