The NHL suspended Buffalo Sabres defenseman Alexei Zhitnik for four games over a high-sticking incident during Tuesday night's game at Montreal. Zhitnik was penalized for hitting Montreal's Andrei ...

Alexei Zhitnik scored the game-winner with a slap shot on the power play at 2:18 of overtime, lifting Atlanta to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Friday night and giving the Thrashers ...

Islanders defenseman Alexei Zhitnik, who has missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain, has begged off the Russian Olympic hockey team. Zhitnik injured his right ankle on his final ...

Alexei Zhitnik rejected a long-term offer to re-sign with the Buffalo Sabres, becoming a free agent Thursday.

Islanders defenseman Alexei Zhitnik will miss at least two games because of an ankle injury sustained late in New York's victory over Washington on Tuesday.

The NHL suspended Buffalo Sabres defenseman Alexei Zhitnik for four games over a high-sticking incident during a game Tuesday at Montreal. Zhitnik was penalized for hitting Montreal’s Andrei … ...

Defenseman Alexei Zhitnik is out for the season with a broken left ankle, and forward Arron Asham is expected to miss up to four weeks with an ankle sprain.

Former NHLer Alexei Zhitnik is playing with Ukrainian team Arsenal in the CARHA World Cup and alongside many of his longtime friends.

The National Hockey League has suspended Buffalo Sabres defenceman Alexei Zhitnik for two games, without pay, for his knee-on-knee collision with Carolina Hurricanes forward Jan Hlavac on Thursday ...

Alexei Zhitnik’s confidence was shot. Last season he was coming off an all-star campaign and had been one of the Buffalo Sabres’ most potent weapons in their run for the ...