National Hockey

NEW YORK — Riley Nash and Zdeno Chara scored first-period goals and Patrice Bergeron added two in the second to help the surging Boston Bruins swamp the New York Rangers 6-1 on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — Frederik Andersen got the better of the Nashville Predators, again.

NEW YORK — The Boston Bruins have been winning every conceivable way recently. Against the sagging New York Rangers, they used stellar goaltending early and six straight goals to do the job.

NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Alexandre Burrows has been suspended for 10 games for serving as the aggressor in an altercation and kneeing New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall in Tuesday's 5-3 win.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild defenceman Jonas Brodin will miss the next three to four weeks recovering from a broken left hand. The Wild announced Brodin had surgery Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Matt Duchene doesn't want to compare his season to Kyle Turris's, even if the two are indirectly linked together by a November trade. Turris returns to the Canadian city Thursday night when his Nashville Predators visit the Senators.

BROSSARD, Que. — The chances of making a late charge for a playoff spot are so slim the Montreal Canadiens don't really think about it much these days.

DENVER — With the core of Colorado's scoring attack sidelined, backup goalie Jonathan Bernier put together a stifling performance.

Before Gerard Gallant embarked on his journey to coach the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, he and former boss Doug MacLean sat down for breakfast and wondered what was ahead. "He didn't know what the situation was," MacLean said.

FRISCO, Texas — The first time Ken Hitchcock became the Dallas Stars coach more than two decades ago, his role and the setting were much different in a southern market that was still pretty fresh to hockey and the NHL.