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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Associated Press</bylineMeta></div>NEW YORK &#8212; New York Rangers forward Martin St. Louis is retiring after 16 NHL seasons, seven All Star selections and one Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.St. Louis made the announcement Thursday, roughly a month after helping the Rangers reach the Eastern Conference finals, where they lost to the Lightning in seven games. He had 21 goals and 31 assists this past regular season, but had one goal and six assists in 19 playoffs games.The 40-year-old St. Louis was uncertain whether he would return for another season after the Rangers were eliminated, but it was clear that New York was not going to bring the hard-working 5-foot-8 veteran back.St. Louis had 391 goals and 642 assists in 1,134 regular-season games with the Calgary Flames, Lightning and Rangers. He won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004 and the Art Ross Trophy twice (1994, 2013) as the league&#8217;s top scorer.He also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL&#8217;s Most Valuable Player, and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the NHL players association&#8217;s Most Outstanding Player in 1994.&#8220;I have had the good fortune of working with some incredible players and trainers throughout my career who I am grateful to also call good friends,&#8221; St. Louis said in a statement.&#8220;I am also thankful to all of the fans who have supported me through the years; it has meant so much to me. I have dedicated my life to being the best player I could be and now want to turn more of my focus to my three boys. I look forward to this next chapter of my life and the time I will have with my family.&#8221;Caps get Sochi shootout star Oshie from BluesARLINGTON, Va. &#8212; T.J. Oshie is looking forward to joining Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom with the Washington Capitals, who acquired the Sochi Olympics shootout star from the St. Louis Blues on Thursday for Troy Brouwer.&#8220;I&#8217;d feel kind of like a kid in a candy store, I guess, playing with that caliber of player,&#8221; Oshie said on a conference call.As part of the swap of right wings, Washington also will send AHL goalie Pheonix Copley and a third-round pick in next year&#8217;s NHL draft to St. Louis.Oshie had 19 goals and 36 assists in 72 games last season, his seventh in the NHL, all with St. Louis. He is best known for scoring four times during a shootout to lead the United States to a victory against Russia at the 2014 Olympics.Condra signs 3-year contract with LightningTAMPA, Fla. &#8212; Free agent right wing Erik Condra has signed a three-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.Condra appeared in 68 games with the Ottawa Senators last season, finishing with a career-high nine goals and 23 points.In 299 career games with the Senators, who selected him in the seventh round of the 2006 NHL draft, he has 33 goals and 87 points.Voynov pleads no contest in domestic abuse caseTORRANCE, Calif. &#8212; Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor stemming from a domestic violence incident with his wife after a Halloween party.Voynov entered the plea Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to a count of corporal injury to a spouse. Lawyers said terms of the plea call for three years of probation.The Russian Olympian had been charged with corporal injury to a spouse with great bodily injury after an argument at a party attended by other Kings players.Prosecutors say Voynov choked and hit his wife and pushed her into a TV in their Redondo Beach bedroom. A cut over her eye required eight stitches.

Rangers’ Martin St. Louis announces retirement