BOSTON — The trading deadline paid immediate dividends for the last-place Phoenix Coyotes. East-leading Boston is still waiting for its newest players to pitch in.

If the Phoenix Coyotes were going to make sure Thursday's long-anticipated meeting with eight-place Edmonton still had any meaning, they had to first survive Tuesday's last five minutes against the hard-working Boston Bruins.

The only ones not surprised by the Phoenix Coyotes' fast start is the Phoenix Coyotes.

Marco Sturm's overtime goal Friday gave the Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park, a memorable ending at one of sports' most recognizable landmarks.

BOSTON — What is the Stars' identity this season? It appears nobody knows. Are they a high-flying offensive unit that can score goals and control the puck?

A mob of runners and many well wishers flocked to Tempe on Saturday for the ninth annual Pat's Run to honor one of Arizona's finest and pay respect to the victims of Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon.

BOSTON - It took six tries and a rally from a third-period deficit for the second straight game, but the Coyotes finally have a three-game winning streak.

When you have overcome as much as Phil Kessel has, nothing as trivial as a point streak will get you off your game.

BOSTON - It took six tries and a rally from a third-period deficit for the second straight game, but the Coyotes finally have a three-game winning streak.

BOSTON - It took six tries and a rally from a third-period deficit for the second straight game, but the Coyotes finally have a three-game winning streak.

NEW YORK — Six NHL teams will open the 2010-11 season in Europe, the fourth straight year the league will begin play overseas.

A player agent and a minor league general manager were the candidates the Coyotes interviewed Wednesday in their search for their next GM.

Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said recently one of his priorities this offseason would be to add some toughness up front. He can cross that item off his shopping list after acquiring enforcer Brian McGrattan from the Ottawa Senators for a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft Wednesday.

On Jan. 22, Priest Willis slipped on a pair of powder blue football gloves, aligned his hands in the sign of a ‘U’ and confirmed to the college football world what everyone long suspected: He was verbally committing to UCLA.

Looking to add more muscle and toughness to the organization, the Coyotes are close to signing former Boston Bruins left wing and agitator Doug Doull to a two-year, two-way contract, with an official announcement likely to come early next week.

BOSTON - The Coyotes hadn't registered a point in this city in seven years and captain Shane Doan hadn't scored a point against the Bruins in his entire career.

The Coyotes acquired forward Nate DiCasmirro and a fifth round draft choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Boston Bruins in exchange for goaltender Alex Auld.

Two days after acquiring Nick Boynton in a trade, the Coyotes locked up the All-Star defenseman long term.

July 6, 2004

Daymond Langkow now knows an arbitrator's knife can cut both ways. In the summer of 2001, the Coyotes went to the arbitration table with their workhorse center and watched Langkow more than double his salary from his first two seasons in Phoenix — collecting a total of $4.2 million.

MONTREAL - Forward Oleg Saprykin walked around the Coyotes’ locker room Monday in street clothes and with a brace on his left leg, but the limp he had Sunday night as a result of a knee injury suffered against the Boston Bruins was gone.