New York Rangers and Norway forward Mats Zuccarello suffered a non-displaced fracture in his hand during the Sochi Olympics and will be assessed by Rangers team doctors back in New York on Thursday. Boomer Esiason . An MRI on Wednesday confirmed the injury. Zuccarello played in three games for Norway at the Olympics and was held without a point. Norway went 0-3 in the preliminary round and was eliminated by Russia in the qualification stage. The 26-year-old Zuccarello is leading the Rangers in scoring with 15 goals and 28 assists in 58 games this season. The Rangers return to action next Thursday at home against the Chicago Blackhawks. Darqueze Dennard . </br></br> Apparently this took place at a soccer stadium for a club match in Brazil. A.J. Green Bengals Jersey . "Its time that you look at it," chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel said, setting the stage for a rigorous first day of cross-examination of Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with premeditated murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp three times through a toilet door at his home.GLENDALE, Ariz. - Even if this was not a "must" win, the Calgary Flames played like a worried team. Olli Jokinen capped Calgarys three-goal outburst in the first period and the Flames defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Thursday night. Fighting for playoff position, the Flames broke a four-game losing streak, and moved within two points of eighth place Dallas in the Western Conference. "We were definitely desperate," said captain Jarome Iginla, who scored and added an assist. "We know whats at stake and played a complete game. The guys competed hard and in the third period; when it counted, we applied good pressure." The loss was the first for Phoenix at home since falling to Anaheim in late January, and ended a Coyotes run of 11-0-1 in the last 12 games. Phoenix goalie Mike Smith had only one loss in his last 12 games before he was outplayed by Calgarys Miikka Kiprusoff. Kiprusoff made 29 saves. The Flames had lost their last four games. "We wanted to force the issue," said forward Matt Stajan. "I thought we had strong penalty killing and Kiprusoff came up with big saves. That was the difference." Fighting for playoff position, the Flames made a strong statement with three goals in a span of 3:17 late in the first period. Scores from Mike Cammalleri while short-handed, from Curtis Glencross and from Jokinen lifted the Flames. Iginla hit the empty net for the final Calgary goal. Goals from Raffi Torres and Michal Rozsival brought Phoenix within one, but the Coyotes could not get the equalizer. The Calgary goals all resulted from Phoenix mistakes in its own end. First, Cammalleri converted Iginlaas pass into his 15th of the season. Domata Peko. Less than two minutes later, Glencross picked up the Flames second short-handed goal of the season when he skated around Ray Whitney and put the puck between Smiths right skate and the right post. Jokinen then took the puck off Keith Yandles stick and his backhander dropped in behind Smith to give the Flames a commanding lead after the first 20 minutes. "We gave them three goals early and when you do that, its tough to come from behind," said Phoenix captain Shane Doan. "Weve come-from-behind too many times this season, and when that happens, you tend to get burned." Still, the Coyotes did not waste much time in making a response: two goals in a span of 2:21. Less than a minute and a half into the second period, Torres tipped in a shot by Yandle and then Rozsival, crashing in from the left point, blasted a 20-footer behind Kiprusoff at 3:48. In the closing minutes of the period, Whitney had two opportunities to tie the game, First, he failed to convert on a breakaway, and on a late power play, he hit the left post behind Kiprusoff. In the end, the Phoenix mistakes cost the Coyotes to drop their first game in regulation since that 4-1 loss to Ducks Jan. 31. "You just cant make those kinds of errors and expect to win," said Coyotes coach Dave Tippett. "We pushed back, but ultimately when you dont deserve to win, you dont win." NOTES: Cammalleris goal was his fifth in 19 games since being traded from Montreal. ... Calgary D Jay Bouwmeester played in his 560th straight game, ninth on the all-time list. . Rozsivals goal was his first since last March 24 against Columbus. ' ' '
