National Hockey

WASHINGTON — Devante Smith-Pelly got up from his seat. The Washington Capitals forward had heard the unmistakably racist taunts from fans from inside the penalty box.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have placed veteran centre Tomas Plekanec on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. The Canadiens announced the move Friday. Plekanec suited up for his 1,000th NHL game on Oct.

BOSTON — Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to five games with an 8-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES — Zach Parise had a goal and an assist to reach 700 points in his NHL career, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

DALLAS — Devin Shore believes in linemate Tyler Seguin — and in the hockey concept of puck luck.

MONTREAL — A very discouraged Carey Price put all the blame on himself for Montreal's latest loss. Price gave up a season-high six goals as the Canadiens lost 6-5 in overtime to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.

Ottawa Senators head coach Guy Boucher isn't sure what constitutes goaltender interference anymore.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are happy to have Roberto Luongo back in net. Luongo made 26 saves in his second start since missing nine games with a knee injury to lift Florida over the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.

CHICAGO — Goals by Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin, Phillip Di Giuseppe and Calvin de Haan gave Carolina a four-goal lead early in the second period and the Hurricanes held on for a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night that spoi

TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson admitted the Lightning didn't have their best game. But his late goal and another strong outing by Andrei Vasilevskiy helped ensure another Tampa Bay victory.