The suddenly high-scoring Boston Bruins are showing no mercy, even for the departed goalie who led them to the Stanley Cup. Milan Lucic scored twice and the Bruins spoiled Tim Thomas' first game in Boston as a visitor with a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. ''I think I might've enjoyed myself watching the State of the Union more,'' said Thomas, not a big fan of President Barack Obama, who delivered the speech at the same time as the Bruins were beating the Panthers for the sixth straight time.

The Phoenix Coyotes will become the Arizona Coyotes starting in the 2014-15 season. The team has been known as the Phoenix Coyotes since moving to Arizona from Winnipeg in 1996. The team played its home games in downtown Phoenix before moving to Glendale in 2003, but kept the Phoenix name. Coyotes President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc said the ownership group, IceArizona, wanted to change the name so it could be recognized as a team for the entire state instead of just Glendale or Phoenix.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Defenseman Mark Fistric has agreed to a three-year, $3.8 million contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks.

The New York Rangers have quickly warmed to the challenge of playing outside in the chill of winter. Despite being the road team in both games at frigid Yankee Stadium, the Broadway Blueshirts made themselves at home in the ballpark in the Bronx and completed a sweep of the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. The Rangers rallied for the second straight game and topped the Islanders 2-1 on Wednesday night on Daniel Carcillo's tiebreaking goal 4:36 into the third period. On Sunday, the Rangers dug out of a 3-1 hole against the Devils and scored the final six goals.

Once the Chicago Blackhawks got rolling, there was little the Vancouver Canucks could do to stop them. Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Brandon Saad each had a goal and an assist in the second period as the Blackhawks' quick-strike offense scored four times in a span of 7:41 to rally from a 2-0 deficit and beat the Canucks 5-2 Wednesday night, snapping a four-game losing streak. It turned into a little bit of a track meet,'' Canucks assistant coach Mike Sullivan said. We had a 4-on-2 and 3-on-1 that we don't convert, then shortly thereafter one ends up in our net.'' Marian Hossa had the other goal in the second period for Chicago, while Saad added an empty netter late.