Alex Ovechkin scored his conference tying 16th goal of the season in the Capitals' 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs Saturday night.
Ovechkin was stopped in the shootout, which led to the eventual Leaf win. The Caps' assists went to Mike Green and Brooks Laich.
Georges Laraque has a hearing scheduled Monday morning to discuss his knee-on-knee hit against Detroit's Niklas Kronwall.
With Kronwall out at least a month with a sprained MCL, Laraque will likely receive a suspension.
Niklas Kronwall will be lost for at least four weeks with a sprained MCL in his left knee.
Kronwall suffered a knee-on-knee hit from Montreal's Georges Laraque Saturday. Derek Meech will take his spot on the roster. The Red Wings don't plan to recall anyone from the minors.
Daniel Sedin (foot) will return to the Vancouver lineup on Sunday against the Blackhawks.
Sedin has been out action with a broken foot since Oct. 7 and is anxious to be back patrolling the wing with his brother, Henrik, again. Henrik Sedin did well in his twin's absence, notching 18 points in 18 games, but coach Alain Vigneault admitted that something was missing in his game without Daniel. "Yes, Henrik did get the same number of points, but his game and the way he gets his points, especially the time he spends in the other zone was not nearly as efficient as it is when his brother is there," said the Canucks' bench boss. "When they spend so much time in the other zone, the other team is spending energy defending without the puck. I think it will be real good to get his brother back. That's part of our game we expect and we need. It's going to be good to have those two guys back." Get him back in your lineup as soon as you can.
Matthew Lombardi scored a goal and added a helper as the Coyotes defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 Saturday night.
Lombardi's goal came on a power play in the first period. It was his first goal since October 22. Shane Doan also scored a goal and assisted once. Keith Yandle scored the other goal for Phoenix.
Nikolai Khabibulin was supposed to start Saturday's game against Chicago, but did not dress due to a back injury he aggravated in the morning skate.
He ended up being a late scratch and Jeff Deslauriers started the game instead, with the Oilers bringing up Torrie Jung to serve as his backup. Consider Khabibulin day-to-day for now.
Michael Cammalleri potted a couple of goals in regulation but was unable to beat Jimmy Howard in the shootout in Montreal's 3-2 loss to Detroit.
Andrei Kostitsyn assisted on both of Cammalleri's goals. Tomas Plekanec and Jaroslav Spacek each picked up two helpers as well. Georges Laraque returned to the Habs lineup and made a large impact after knocking Niklas Kronwall from the game after the two had a leg-on-leg collision.
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