National Hockey

DENVER — Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov is sick and may not start a pivotal game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed free-agent forward Andrew Sturtz to a two-year entry-level contract starting next season.

TORONTO — Imagine the fallout if the NHL was hacked and its star players — think Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid — had their home addresses, phone numbers and other personal information made accessible online.

When the Calgary Flames meekly lost their sixth straight game in regulation Monday — the culmination of an epic stumble that finally and officially put the club out of its misery — Canada was left with just two potential entries for this spring's Sta

Vancouver head coach Travis Green had to do a double take when he saw defenceman Alex Biega doing post-game TV interviews.

DALLAS — Alexander Radulov sent a sigh of relief through the arena on Tuesday night. Radulov scored 40 seconds into overtime as the Dallas Stars beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 to end an eight-game winless streak.

WINNIPEG — Brandon Tanev will have to watch video of himself celebrating his first NHL career hat trick because he can't remember what he did.

NASHVILLE — Kyle Turris scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Nashville Predators over the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Tuesday night to snap a three-game skid. The win clinched the Predators home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.

EDMONTON — It quickly became apparent which team was still fighting for a playoff position and which was already out of the race.

NASHVILLE — The checklist for the Nashville Predators is getting shorter as the regular season winds down. Kyle Turris scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Predators over the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Tuesday night to snap a three-game skid.