NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN.
NBA: Fined Dallas F Josh Howard $5,000 and upgraded his foul in Thursday’s game against San Antonio to Flagrant Foul Penalty Two.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL: Fined Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish and Atlanta coach Bob Hartley $10,000 each for remarks following Friday’s games.
Calgary: Assigned C Dustin Boyd to Omaha (AHL).
Columbus: Recalled F Geoff Platt from Syrcse (AHL).
Detroit: Recalled C Valtteri Filppula from and assigned Brad Norton to Grand Rapids (AHL).
Edmonton: Assigned LW Alexei Mikhnov to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Ottawa: Suspended F Alexei Kaigorodov for refusing assignment to Binghamton (AHL).
Philadelphia: Recalled C Mark Cullen, D Martin Grenier and D Alexandre Picard from Philadelphia (AHL).
Washington: Recalled LW Tomas Fleischmann from Hershey (AHL).
