Hockey : NHL 2009/2010

Marc Savard has been diagnosed with a grade two concussion and there is no timetable for his return. The Bruins medical staff will continue to monitor and evaluate the forward for up to five days before they offer an update on his prognosis. Savard left Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Penguins after being leveled by a blindside hit by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke. He has played just 41 games and has 10 goals and 23 assists.

The Nashville Predators have lost defensman Denis Grebeshkov for several weeks with a lower-body injury. He got hit in the groin with a shot during the Predators' 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. The blue-liner reportedly needed emergency surgery on one of his testicles after the game. The Predators have also lost Shea Weber to a suspected arm or hand injury, but hope he'll be back this week.

Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard left Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Penguins on a stretcher after being drilled by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke. Savard had just taken a shot from above the circles when Cooke raised his shoulder and struck Savard in the head. Cooke was coming from behind on the play and Savard did not see him. Savard, one of Boston's top players with 10 goals and 23 assists, suffered a concussion but was not transported to a hospital.

Wild forward Derek Boogaard was suspended for two games on Saturday by the National Hockey League for an incident during Minnesota's game against Edmonton on Friday. In the first period of Friday's contest, Boogaard was whistled for a kneeing minor when he collided with Ryan Jones. Boogaard is eligible to return to the lineup on March 11 against Detroit.

Montreal Canadiens center Maxim Lapierre has been suspended four games Friday for a hit on San Jose Sharks center Scott Nichol. Lapierre will lose more than $14,000 in pay, with the money going to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.

The Boston Bruins have traded defenseman Derek Morris to the Phoenix Coyotes and acquired defenseman Dennis Seidenberg from the Florida Panthers in separate deals before the NHL's trade deadline. Morris has three goals and 22 assists in 58 games for the Bruins this season. The Bruins sent forwards Byron Bitz and Craig Weller to Florida for Seidenberg. The Panthers also traded the rights to Ohio State defenseman Matt Bartkowski to Boston and got a second-round pick in the 2010 draft.

The Ducks acquired high-scoring defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday's NHL trade deadline for U.S. Olympic defenseman Ryan Whitney. Anaheim also acquired Aaron Ward from Carolina to bolster its struggling blue line, while the Hurricanes traded defenseman Andrew Alberts to Vancouver for a third round draft pick and forward Scott Walker to the Washington Capitals for another pick. The busy Ducks later swapped backup goalies with Calgary, trading Vesa Toskala to the Flames for Curtis McElhinney, and traded center Petteri Nokelainen to Phoenix for a sixth-round pick.

The Atlanta Thrashers acquired forward Clarke MacArthur from the Buffalo Sabres for third and fourth-round picks in the 2010 draft on Wednesday. He has played in 60 games this season and has totaled 13 goals, 26 points and 47 penalty minutes. MacArthur became expendable when the Sabres acquired forward Raffi Torres earlier Wednesday in a deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Phoenix Coyotes have acquired left wing Wojtek Wolski from the Colorado Avalanche for forwards Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter. Earlier Wednesday, Phoenix acquired defenseman Derek Morris from Boston, center Petteri Nokelainen from Anaheim and Lee Stempniak from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Vancouver Canucks also made a deal with the busy Coyotes, trading defenseman Mathieu Schneider to Phoenix for a minor league defenseman and 2010 conditional sixth-round draft pick.

Marian Gaborik missed Tuesday's game in Ottawa due to an unspecified lower-body injury. Gaborik, who leads the Rangers with 35 goals and 69 points, missed two of New York's last three games before the two-week Olympic break. The Slovakian right wing played through that injury during the Olympics and had four goals and one assist in seven games, including Slovakia's loss to Finland in the bronze medal game Saturday. Rookie defenseman Michael Del Zotto also missed Tuesday's game with an upper-body injury.