National Hockey

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have placed forwards Marcus Kruger and Josh Jooris on waivers. The team announced the move Thursday and can send either or both to its AHL affiliate in Charlotte upon clearing waivers at noon Friday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators knew Alex Burrows was facing a suspension, but 10 games caught them by surprise.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets got plenty of lucky breaks in their surprisingly successful 2016-17 season. Serious injuries were avoided, their power play was one of the NHL's best, and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky won the Vezina Trophy.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenceman Jake McCabe will miss between three and four weeks after having surgery to repair a thumb injury. McCabe had surgery on Wednesday, a day after he was hurt in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

LOS ANGELES — The third period has belonged to the Los Angeles Kings all season, and they showed it again with another furious finish against the Edmonton Oilers.

NEW YORK — Riley Nash and Zdeno Chara scored first-period goals and Patrice Bergeron added two in the second to help the surging Boston Bruins swamp the New York Rangers 6-1 on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — Frederik Andersen got the better of the Nashville Predators, again.

NEW YORK — The Boston Bruins have been winning every conceivable way recently. Against the sagging New York Rangers, they used stellar goaltending early and six straight goals to do the job.

NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Alexandre Burrows has been suspended for 10 games for serving as the aggressor in an altercation and kneeing New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall in Tuesday's 5-3 win.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild defenceman Jonas Brodin will miss the next three to four weeks recovering from a broken left hand. The Wild announced Brodin had surgery Wednesday.