BOSTON -- Donald Audette scored three goals and Saku Koivu, sidelined most of the season by cancer, assisted on two of them as the Montreal Canadiens...

...lead in Game 4 Thursday night -- and made the first crucial mistake. O'Neill, demoted to the third line, pinned Donald Audette along the side boards in Montreal territory with a check three minutes in. As Audette tried to clear the puck it...

...Alberta -- Damian Rhodes made 27 saves as Atlanta beat Edmonton for its first win of the season. Per Svartvadet, Donald Audette and Jarrod Skalde, with an empty-netter, scored for the Thrashers. Svartvadet gave the Thrashers a 1-0 lead...

...said a deal was in the works. The Sabres, who last week retained the rights to 12 players, also faced losing four other unsigned players to unrestricted free agency, including late-season acquisitions Steve Heinze and Donald Audette.