National Hockey

Ottawa Senators forward Marian Gaborik is recovering after undergoing back surgery Thursday to repair a herniated disc. The 36-year-old Slovak, who has 21 points in 46 games this season, hasn't played since March 22.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Eric Staal was coming off his least productive NHL season since he was a teenage rookie with Carolina when Minnesota took a flier on him two summers ago to add some depth at centre .

While Henrik and Daniel Sedin are one of five sets of twins to play in the NHL, none of the others have come close to accomplishing what the Swedish duo did over their 17-season careers with the Vancouver Canucks.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Deep into their 80th game in a season riddled with injuries and setbacks, the Anaheim Ducks still weren't certain they were heading back to the playoffs.

ST. LOUIS — Duncan Keith scored a power-play goal with 8.5 seconds left and the Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Wednesday night to hurt the Blues' playoff hopes.

ST. LOUIS — Duncan Keith and the Chicago Blackhawks did their part to spoil the St. Louis' playoff chances. The star defenceman scored a power-play goal with 8.5 seconds left and the Blackhawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Wednesday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Three years after bottoming out, the Buffalo Sabres found a way to achieve a new low.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild rookie forward Luke Kunin has undergone surgery to repair a torn ACL is in left knee. The Wild said Wednesday the surgery was successful and was performed by Dr. Michael Stuart at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Taylor Hall had just scored two more goals in another big New Jersey Devils victory when his general manager asked him a simple question. "I said, 'Taylor, what'd you get tonight?'" Ray Shero recalled. "He goes, 'We got two points is what we got.

BROSSARD, Que. — The announcement Wednesday that forward prospect Nikita Scherbak will miss the last two games of the season with a concussion was just the latest bad news for the Montreal Canadiens.