National Hockey

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod had arthroscopic surgery Thursday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Injured Sept. 25 in an exhibition game against the New York Islanders, McLeod is expected to be sidelined 4-6 weeks.

Veteran defenceman Mark Streit is suddenly the odd-man out in the Montreal Canadiens' ongoing blue line shuffle. The Canadiens placed the 39-year-old on waivers Thursday three months after signing him to a one-year, $700,000 contract.

Philadelphia Flyers founder Ed Snider will be honoured with a 9-foot bronze statue outside the Wells Fargo Center. Snider founded the team in the 1960s and remained chairman until his death in April 2016. The statue will be unveiled on Oct.

WASHINGTON — Patric Hornqvist went right back to the net where he feels most comfortable and was in his element once again.

LOS ANGELES — Jaromir Jagr was already in his eighth NHL season when Matthew Tkachuk was born in 1997, and the 45-year-old star felt all of those extra years when he began his 24th season in the league with the Calgary Flames.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — John Gibson showed up on time for the start of the hockey game. His Anaheim Ducks teammates decided to wait until the second period to really get into the game.

WASHINGTON — Patric Hornqvist scored a power-play goal and assisted on another in his season debut to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday night in their first meeting since the playoffs.

DENVER — Alexander Kerfoot scored his first NHL goal with some part of his lower leg. Doesn't really matter which part — a first goal is a first goal and it's a "great feeling," he said.

TORONTO — Miles Wood and Pavel Zacha each scored twice and New Jersey added a rare 3-on-5 goal as the unbeaten Devils defeated Toronto 6-3 Wednesday night to end the Maple Leafs' perfect start to the NHL season.

WASHINGTON — Patric Hornqvist made his season debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Washington Capitals. Hornqvist was in the lineup Wednesday night after missing the first three games of the season following surgery on his right hand.