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Detroit puts up banner No. 10

DETROIT -- The Red Wings raised the banner from their 2001-02 Stanley Cup championship Thursday night, placing it just below their other nine.

Just as he does every year, commissioner Gary Bettman attended the ceremony, held before Detroit's 3-2 home-opening loss to Montreal.

"It's always a great night," Bettman said. "It's great that we get to honor a championship franchise -- which this is, thanks to the commitment from the organization and the players."

The ceremony came a little more than four months after the Red Wings eliminated Carolina to win their third title in six years.

The Red Wings welcomed back a few people who aren't with the team: the retired Scotty Bowman and goaltender Dominik Hasek, who capped a spectacular career with his first Stanley Cup.

"I'm very excited to be back," Hasek said. "I got to spend a couple hours with my teammates this week, and it's been great. I'm happy to be back for one more game."

Captain Steve Yzerman, who will miss the first three months of the season after knee surgery, drew the loudest ovation from the soldout crowd at Joe Louis Arena.

In the game, Andrei Markov's goal at 9:52 of the third period gave the Canadiens a 3-1 lead that goalie Jeff Hackett (30 saves) made stand.

CAPITALS 2, HURRICANES 1: Peter Bondra and Jaromir Jagr scored in the second period and Olaf Kolzig stopped 37 shots for visiting Washington.

"It was playoff hockey," Kolzig said. "There's no secret that we're the two teams in the Southeast Division that people are picking to win. Not to take anything away from Tampa, Florida or Atlanta, but that's the way it is."

The Capitals have won their first three for the first time since starting 4-0 in 1997-98. Their wins have been by one goal. Meanwhile, the defending East champions have started slowly, going 1-3-0-1 in their first five games with just nine goals.

LEAFS 5, COYOTES 3: Shayne Corson scored twice and host Toronto ended a three-game losing skid. Alexander Mogilny had three assists for the Leafs, who have scored a league-best 20 goals.

WILD 3, STARS 1: Marian Gaborik scored twice for host Minnesota and Manny Fernandez had 33 saves.

Pascal Dupuis had two assists for the unbeaten Wild, which handed Dallas its first loss.

BLACKHAWKS 4, PANTHERS 1: Jocelyn Thibault stopped 14 shots, and four players scored for host Chicago. Kristian Huselius scored for the Panthers, who got 38 saves from Roberto Luongo.

BLUES 7, JACKETS 1: Eric Boguniecki and Keith Tkachuk each scored twice for St. Louis, which scored on three of their first five shots. The Jackets never have won in six games in St. Louis.

SABRES 4, RANGERS 4: Pavel Bure got his third goal in two games with 8:51 left to tie it for visiting New York.

Bure's wrist shot hit the far post and deflected in off the skate of goalie Martin Biron. Bure, who missed the first three games because of illness, has three goals and two assists in two games. Eric Lindros got his first two goals of the season for New York.

FLAMES 3, BRUINS 3: Chris Clark's unassisted goal with 19 seconds left in the second tied it for host Calgary.

FLYERS 3, ISLANDERS 3: Brad Isbister's goal with 2:08 left in the third tied it for visiting New York.

Michal Handzus, Jeremy Roenick and Todd Fedoruk each scored for the Flyers, who remained unbeaten. Philadelphia is off to a 2-0-2 start under new coach Ken Hitchcock.

'Sniper Caps' to be pulled

WASHINGTON -- The league plans to stop selling team hats known as "Sniper Caps" because of the deadly shootings in the Washington area.

In hockey lingo, a "sniper" refers to a team's top goal scorer. But with a sniper still on the loose in their region, the Capitals asked the league to remove the reference to the word from the team hat sold on the league's online store.

The Web site listed for sale a Capitals "Navy Sniper Fitted Cap."

BRUINS: Goalie Tim Thomas was recalled from AHL Providence.

LEAFS: Former owner Harold Ballard sexually propositioned a teenage boy who had already been victimized by two Maple Leaf Gardens employees, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Three new claimants have emerged with more accusations against employees of the Gardens, the former home of the Leafs, which has been scandalized with allegations of sexual abuse against young boys for years.

One of the alleged victims names Ballard, who died in 1990. The suit, claiming $1-million in damages, is against Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Maple Leafs and the NBA's Raptors.

WILD: Wing Matt Johnson was put on IR and replaced by Stephane Veilleux.

ONE RING'S TALE: Tim Horton's 1967 Stanley cup ring -- valued at $35,000 and originally belonging to the athlete-turned-restaurateur who co-founded a nationwide coffee and doughnut chain -- was reported stolen by Horton's wife in 1998. It was later sold to a pawn shop for $500, Toronto police said. Police charged the former boyfriend of Horton's wife. But Delores Horton, a key witness, died about two months before the trial was to proceed. The ring, which was up for auction, will be returned to the Horton family. Horton was killed in a car accident in 1974 at age 44.

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