Nikolai Khabibulin makes 32 saves in Oilers’ 3-2 victory over Canadiens

October 10th, 2009 Canadiens-Oilers Sums Montreal 0 1 1—2Edmonton 1 2 0—3First Period_1, Edmonton, Comrie 2 (Gagner), 18:40. Penalties_D'Agostini, Mon (hooking), 3:57; Spacek, Mon (hooking), 10:13.

October 8th, 2009 Dawes, Jokinen give Flames 4-3 shootout winEDMONTON, Alberta — Nigel Dawes and Olli Jokinen scored in the shootout to give the Calgary Flames their second comeback victory in Edmonton this season, a 4-3 victory over the Oilers on Thursday night. With Edmonton holding a 3-2 lead, Calgary pulled goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and scored with 1.5 seconds left in regulation when Jay Bouwmeester's shot from the point was tipped in by Rene Bourque.

October 6th, 2009 Oilers win first game of season, beating StarsEDMONTON, Alberta — Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin picked up his 300th career victory and the Edmonton Oilers won their first game of the season with a 5-4 shootout win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Ales Hemsky scored the shootout winner.

October 4th, 2009 Moss scores with 48.7 seconds left to lift FlamesEDMONTON, Alberta — David Moss scored with 48.7 seconds left to lift the Calgary Flames over the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday night. Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin went out to corral a puck in the final minute but lost control of it and gave it to Moss, who easily score his second of the game.

October 1st, 2009 Gorges' OT goal lifts Canadiens over Leafs 4-3TORONTO — Montreal defenseman Josh Gorges scored with only 12.8 seconds left on the overtime clock, and Carey Price made 43 saves in the Canadiens' season-opening 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. The Canadiens were badly outshot and thoroughly outplayed through two periods, but found a way to hang around and win.

September 30th, 2009 Gilbert scores in OT to give Oilers winEDMONTON, Alberta — Tom Gilbert scored 1:57 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game winless skid with a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in the final preseason contest for both teams Sunday. Vancouver had tied it 1:16 into the third period as Christian Erhoff tipped a pass from Cody Hodgson for the Canucks' third power-play goal in as many opportunities.

September 30th, 2009 Canucks-Oilers Sums Vancouver 1 2 1 0—4Edmonton 3 1 0 1—5First Period_1, Edmonton, Comrie 2 (Hemsky), 7:47. 2, Vancouver, Wellwood 2 (Mitchell), 8:47.

September 26th, 2009 Canadiens score three in a row for comeback winMONTREAL — Gregory Stewart scored 5:36 into the third period and the Montreal Canadiens came back to score three unanswered goals in a 3-2 preseason win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Stewart beat Ryan Miller with a shot into the top left corner after Montreal overcame a 2-0 deficit with goals by Brian Gionta and Maxim Lapierre in the second period.

September 25th, 2009 Thomas, Bruins win second in 2 nightsOTTAWA — Drew Fata scored 7:16 into the third period and Tim Thomas made 35 saves in the Boston Bruins' 2-1 preseason win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night. Vladimir Sobotka won a faceoff in Ottawa's zone and Jeff Lovecchio fed the puck to the point, where Fata drove a slap shot through traffic past Pascal Leclaire.

September 24th, 2009 Bergeron gives Bruins shootout winMONTREAL — Patrice Bergeron scored in a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 preseason victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Bergeron slammed on the brakes after approaching from the right side and beat Jaroslav Halak with Boston's second attempt.

September 23rd, 2009 Glencross scores twice, Flames beat Oilers 5-3EDMONTON, Alberta — Curtis Glencross scored twice and Jarome Iginla had a power-play goal in the Calgary Flames' 5-3 exhibition victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Jason Jaffray and Fredrik Sjostrom also scored for the Flames (3-2-1), and Theo Fleury had an assist in his bid to land a spot on his old team after a six-year absence from the NHL.

September 18th, 2009 Panthers-Oilers Sums Florida 0 0 0—0Edmonton 0 4 0—4First Period_None. Penalties_Keefe, Fla, major (fighting), 1:54; Strudwick, Edm, major (fighting), 1:54; Jacques, Edm (slashing), 6:32; Keefe, Fla, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 8:37; Jacques, Edm, major (fighting), 8:37; McCabe, Fla (holding), 16:20.

July 21st, 2009 Canadiens sign G Curtis Sanford to 1-year contractMONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens' offseason makeover took another step with the signing of goalie Curtis Sanford to a one-year contract. The Canadiens announced the deal Monday.

July 2nd, 2009 Oilers sign G Khabibulin to replace RolosonEDMONTON. Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers are turning to another veteran goaltender.

June 1st, 2009 Reports: Canadiens to hire Martin as coachMONTREAL — Jacques Martin is reportedly the new coach of the Montreal Canadiens. The team scheduled an afternoon news conference Monday.