National Hockey

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown has been fined $10,000 for cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Justin Schultz. The incident occurred at 6:36 of the third period of the Penguins' 3-1 win on Thursday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Aaron Ekblad scored 40 seconds into overtime to lift the Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday night, spoiling former coach Gerard Gallant's return to Florida.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Kesler deflected home Francois Beauchemin's shot for the tiebreaking goal with 7:39 to play and the Anaheim Ducks won their second Freeway Faceoff in seven days, beating the struggling Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Aaron Ekblad helped the Panthers get a big win and spoil former coach Gerard Gallant's return to Florida.

WASHINGTON — Two nights after Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien criticized his team's effort, the Canadiens made sure that didn't happen again. On Wednesday, Montreal lost 4-1 in Julien's return to Boston, where he had long coached the Bruins.

John 'Chick' Webster, believed to be the oldest living former NHL player, has died. He was 97. Webster died Thursday at his home in Mattawa, Ont., where he had resided since 1969.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Gerard Gallant now coaches in a place where home games are parties, practices are attended by hundreds of fans and he can't get into restaurants unnoticed. He hoped all that would happen in Florida.

NEW YORK — Rangers defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk will have surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out indefinitely. The prized free-agent acquisition, who signed a four-year, $26.

MONTREAL — Legendary hockey writer Red Fisher had his idiosyncrasies. He didn't talk to rookies because he felt they hadn't yet earned the right to talk.

OTTAWA — James van Riemsdyk has no problem with his goaltender calling out teammates. He said it's only those outside the team who are making a big deal of it.