National Hockey

ST. LOUIS — The Blues will be casting a wide net in their coaching search. General manager Doug Armstrong fired Mike Yeo after Monday's 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

EDMONTON — Ken Hitchcock has put a brief retirement behind him to coach his hometown Edmonton Oilers, replacing the fired Todd McLellan.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Veteran Washington Capitals defenceman Brooks Orpik has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss four to six weeks. The team announced the surgery and time frame Tuesday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers fired coach Todd McLellan on Tuesday and replaced him with Ken Hitchcock with hopes of reviving a the team languishing in sixth place in the Pacific Division. McLellan was in his fourth season behind the Oilers' bench.

ST. LOUIS — Teammates and friends in the minors, Los Angeles Kings rookies Calvin Peterson and Matt Luff pulled off NHL firsts in the same game.

VANCOUVER — Eighteen games into the season and Winnipeg Jets right-winger Patrik Laine had only scored once at even strength. That changed on Monday.

ST. LOUIS — Rookie goalie Calvin Peterson earned his first NHL shutout and rookie forward Matt Luff scored his first goal for Los Angeles, as the Kings defeated St. Louis 2-0 Monday night, hours before the Blues fired coach Mike Yeo. St.

ST. LOUIS — Amid a disappointing showing that fell well short of Stanley Cup expectations, the St. Louis Blues fired coach Mike Yeo a quarter of the way into the season and named Craig Berube as his interim replacement. St.

CALGARY — Johnny Gaudreau equalled a career-high with four points on Monday night and with it all coming in the first period, he put his name in the Calgary Flames record book, too.

MONTREAL — Carey Price's late-game heroics were in vain.