National Hockey

OTTAWA — His coach may dislike the word, but Ottawa forward Zack Smith says the Senators are determined to act as spoiler over the next three weeks.

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators say forward Calle Jarnkrok will miss the rest of the regular season with an upper-body injury. The Predators updated Jarnkrok's status Thursday .

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Kirill Maksimov to a three-year entry-level contract.

A linesman orders Sean Couturier out of the faceoff circle and Claude Giroux shrugs before stepping in and winning the draw. Two centres on the ice at once is a nice luxury for the Philadelphia Flyers to have.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After losing three consecutive games in the heat of a tight playoff race, the Anaheim Ducks were not going to be choosy about who scored their goals or which team they beat.

LAS VEGAS — The New Jersey Devils are fighting for their playoff lives. And they're certainly playing like it.

EDMONTON — Resiliency was the watchword for the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.

NEW YORK — Although they will likely miss the playoffs for the first time since 2010, the New York Rangers are still scrapping for wins.

TORONTO — Curtis McElhinney was doing the usual work of a backup goalie at the end of the Toronto Maple Leafs bench midway through the second period Wednesday. Moments later — and to almost everyone's surprise — he was in the middle of the action.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild defenceman Jared Spurgeon will miss a minimum of four weeks due to a partial tear of his right hamstring, a big blow to a team trying to maintain control of a playoff spot with 12 regular-season games to go.