RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 31 -- Bates Battaglia scored the go-ahead goal in the second period Sunday night to boost the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, who...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 31 -- Alexander Mogilny and Scott Stevens scored 34 seconds apart in the first period Sunday night and the New Jersey Devils extended their unbeaten streak to six...

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 31 -- The Dallas Stars Sunday placed veteran left wing Kirk Muller on injured reserve and activated right wing Grant Marshall and defenseman Gerald Diduck....

DALLAS, Dec. 31 -- Joe Nieuwendyk recorded his first hat trick in nearly three years Sunday night and Mike Modano set up two goals as the Stars rolled to a 6-1 rout of the New...

DETROIT, Dec. 31 -- Steve Yzerman scored his second goal of the game with 4.3 seconds left Sunday night as the Detroit Red Wings blew a lead in the final minute before pulling...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 31 -- Lubomir Sekeras scored with 5:50 remaining and the potential tying goal was disallowed after a video review Sunday night as the Minnesota Wild extended their...

SAN JOSE, Dec. 30 -- Todd Bertuzzi scored three power-play goals for his first career hat trick Saturday night as the Vancouver Canucks beat up Evgeni Nabokov and the San Jose...

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30 -- The St. Louis Blues bounced back from their first loss in more than a month by rallying for a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes Saturday night as Dallas...

TAMPA, Dec. 31 -- Nik Antropov's controversial goal with 11 seconds left in the second period stood up as the game-winner Sunday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 31 -- A hitherto unkown group called as "the Martyrs of the Intifada (Uprising)" claimed responsibility Sunday for the attack near the Jewish settlement of Ofra in...

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 -- The Israeli government Sunday decided to sign the International Criminal Court Treaty, reversing an earlier decision not to do so....

Tokyo, Dec. 31 -- This week, warnings were issued by a Japanese doctor about a disease now prevalent among some aircraft passengers....

TOKYO, Dec. 31 -- Japanese officials plan to start the new year with a series of visits to nations that Japanese diplomacy has so far ignored, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper...

TOKYO, Dec. 31 -- Japanese officials plan to start the new year with a series of visits to nations that Japanese diplomacy has so far ignored, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper...

TOKYO, Dec. 31 -- As the Year of the Dragon finally exits from Japan, the populace are busy preparing for the Year of the Snake that's about to enter....