The Wild fell apart late, and it led to their first loss of the season.

Owen Power capped off the Sabres’ 3-2 comeback in overtime on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center and snapped the Wild’s season-opening two-game win streak at the outset of a three-game road trip.

With 38 seconds left in 3-on-3 overtime, a wide-open Power skated in for the...Read more

DETROIT — The night began with loud boos directed at Dylan Larkin, but as the evening wore on there were a lot fewer.

Funny how that happens, after a player scores a goal, assists on another and starts a melee to end a period.

Quite a season debut for Larkin Tuesday, leading the Wings to a 5-3 victory over Ottawa. The victory ended a season-...Read more

CHICAGO — On Oct. 6, 2007, Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane and fellow rookie Jonathan Toews arrived at the United Center for their first home game under a cloud of expectations and anticipation.

They weren’t just highly drafted hopefuls — Kane the No. 1 pick that year, Toews the No. 3 selection in 2006. They needed to be the ...Read more

San Jose Sharks captain Macklin Celebrini missed Monday’s game against the Dallas Stars with a lower-body injury, and his teammates mostly looked helpless without him.

The Sharks were badly outshot and outchanced from the start and allowed four goals in the first two periods in what became a 5-0 loss to the Stars at American Airlines Center. ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Their flat season-opening performance in the past, the Tampa Bay Lightning have quickly gotten into the rhythm of the regular season. Playing for the third time in five days Monday, the Lightning won their second straight game, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers at Benchmark International Arena.

A 11-forward, seven-defenseman ...Read more

BOSTON — We are now four games into the 2026-27 hockey season, and we already have the Boston Bruins’ first stinker.

The Bruins took aim at their feet and fired away, losing to the Ottawa Senators, 4-1 and suffering their first home loss on Monday at TD Garden.

The B’s added more youth to the lineup with the insertion of defenseman ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, announced Monday that he will retire after this season — his 22nd in the league.

His rivalry with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, along with the frequent heated battles between the Penguins and Capitals, has been one of the NHL’s defining ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken’s major summer pickup, Mackie Samoskevich, had himself a night in his home debut. Samoskevich scored the Kraken’s first and fifth goals in a 6-1 drubbing of the Calgary Flames at Climate Pledge Arena.

Calgary is in the midst of a rebuild and widely expected to finish in the bottom two teams of the 32-team NHL....Read more

DETROIT — Some hockey games are mainly decided on what a team does on the power play. Score on it, and you give yourself an edge if play at even strength is even.

The Detroit Red Wings didn't do as well as Winnipeg did on the man advantage Sunday and it helped the Jets to a 3-2 win.

Kyle Connor (Shelby Township) scored two power-play goals ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Another announced sellout crowd at SAP Center watched the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in overtime on Saturday night. And no one wearing teal will complain about picking up another two points.

But the Sharks will want to clean a few things up before they begin a short two-game road trip next week.

Igor ...Read more

DENVER — Scoring more than two goals per period is a pretty foolproof way to win hockey games.

The Colorado Avalanche continued to bludgeon its way through the opening week of the 2026-27 season with a 6-1 win Saturday night against the St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena. Martin Necas scored twice, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves in a game ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers are still looking for their first win of the season, after losing 3-2 in overtime to the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes — and questionable officiating.

Owen Tippett was called for a slashing call in overtime, one of several debatable calls against the Flyers on the night, and former Flyers ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The sellout crowd roared for the Big Three. They roared even louder for No. 66. And then the Pittsburgh Penguins produced the loudest roars of all with an emphatic stretch of five unanswered goals in the home opener Saturday.

But the Montreal Canadiens punched back. Trailing 5-1 late in the second period, the visitors surged back...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild recovered from a sleepy start because the power play jolted them awake.

A pair of second-period goals against the short-handed Bruins galvanized the Wild to a 4-1 win on Saturday night in their home opener at Grand Casino Arena that kept them undefeated two games into the season.

On the power play, Kirill Kaprizov ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Getting back to Tampa for their home opener was seemingly the perfect antidote for the Lightning after their disappointing opening-night loss to the Rangers two nights earlier in New York.

Hundreds of fans showed up more than three hours before game time Saturday night, lining the blue carpet as players arrived. Even though ...Read more

MIAMI — The Florida Panthers have placed captain and top-line center Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve following his apparent left leg injury on Thursday against the San Jose Sharks.

Exactly how much time Barkov will miss is still unclear, according to the Associated Press which first reported the news Saturday, but placing ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — When it comes to the topic of the NHL expanding, the Dallas Stars are not first in line to talk about this subject.

Since moving to Dallas in 1993, the Stars have owned not just Texas but Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. The Stars are the only NHL franchise that does not have another team in its state or shares a border with...Read more