Lindy Ruff hasn’t asked ... against the Boston Bruins may cause Ruff to pitch him on the idea of staying there. Thompson earned his seventh career hat trick by producing three goals ...

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka had hat tricks, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves as Buffalo rolled to a 7-2 win over ...

With a little less than one-third of the season still to play, they’re out of a Stanley Cup playoff position, and the heat is now squarely on coach Lindy Ruff ... set an NHL hat trick record ...