ST. PAUL, Minn. — The first period finally wasn’t the Minnesota Wild’s problem … but the second was.

After getting off to their best start in three games, the Wild gave up three goals the next period before their rally fell short 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday for another head-scratching loss to one of the Eastern Conference�...Read more

SEATTLE — The Kraken’s bottom-six forwards combined for the first four goals as resurgent Seattle beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 and swept a weekend back-to-back.

The fifth goal came courtesy of Bobby McMann, Seattle’s only trade-deadline pickup, who scored his third goal in just two games with the Kraken.

McMann’s debut was delayed a ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks were their own worst enemy on Sunday against the Ottawa Senators.

A host of giveaways, including one on a goal by Drake Batherson with less than seven minutes left in the third period, proved to be the Sharks’ undoing in a sloppy 7-4 loss to the Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre.

With the game tied 4-4, Sharks ...Read more

The St. Louis Blues' point streak ended at seven games with a 3-2 loss to the Jets on Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg.

Dalibor Dvorsky and Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues as they lost in regulation for the first time since Feb. 28 against the New Jersey Devils. Jordan Binnington made 13 saves.

Haydn Fleury, Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights used a three-goal first period to kickstart a dominant 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

The Knights (31-22-14) took a 3-0 lead with three goals in 3:27 thanks to Pavel Dorofeyev, Rasmus Andersson and Keegan Kolesar.

Dorofeyev scored twice for the second straight game, and...Read more

There was a McCann and a McMann to keep track of in Saturday’s Kraken game, but they made it worth the trouble. Both wingers scored at least once in Saturday night’s 5-2 road win over the NHL’s last-place team, the Vancouver Canucks.

Bobby McMann’s long-awaited debut sparked the Kraken, who had lost four straight games.

Rust was a non-...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — For almost 35 minutes Saturday, it was shaping up to be a very bad night for the Penguins.

The Islanders and Blue Jackets both won, putting Pittsburgh in a more precarious position in the Metropolitan Division standings. And the Penguins were trailing the Utah Mammoth by two goals.

But two of the unlikely heroes of this ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers are knocking on the door.

In a chippy game that had a playoff vibe, the Flyers were only able to collect a point against a team standing in their way of the postseason, with the Columbus Blue Jackets defeating them in a shootout, 2-1.

Philly’s winning streak ends at two games, but its point streak ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning might not have been the best team on the ice Saturday night at Benchmark International Arena against the Hurricanes, but they put themselves in a position to earn their second straight win going into the third period.

Playing against a Carolina team with the most points in the Eastern Conference, Tampa Bay was ...Read more

Macklin Celebrini scored twice, Mario Ferraro and Collin Graf each added second-period goals, and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 25 saves as the San Jose Sharks overcame an early injury to earn a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at Bell Centre.

Celebrini scored a first-period goal and one in an empty net with 2:03 left in ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ryan Hartman looked up, waiting for the video evidence to show how that last shot of his didn’t go into the net.

He had the puck on his stick and a sprawled Igor Shesterkin in the Rangers crease. But instead of his backhand connecting with the open net, the puck fluttered through the crease above Shesterkin.

Oh, and the ...Read more

The Bruins may have played better games in their seven-game road losing streak than they did on Saturday in Washington. But results are all that matters at this time of the year and the B’s got the result they needed, finally.

Fraser Minten was the only player to score in a nine-round shootout to lift the B’s to a 3-2 victory over the ...Read more

The Boston Bruins may have played better games in their seven-game road losing streak than they did on Saturday in Washington. But results are all that matters at this time of the year and the B’s got the result they needed, finally.

Fraser Minten was the only player to score in a nine-round shootout to lift the B’s to a 3-2 victory over ...Read more

SEATTLE — Nathan MacKinnon made up for lost time.

Two days after being ejected against the Edmonton Oilers, MacKinnon returned to the ice with a vengeance. The Colorado Avalanche star had a goal and three assists Thursday night to help his club roll past the Seattle Kraken, 5-1, at Climate Pledge Arena.

The NHL rescinded MacKinnon’s game ...Read more

Coach Bruce Cassidy thought the Vegas Golden Knights were due for a breakout. Part of that was finding a way to get a lead and extend it.

It had been awhile since they did that, but the Knights got the offensive outburst they needed in a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.

The Knights (30-22-14) put five goals ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Only two teammates are top five in goal scoring in the NHL, and they’re on the Wild.

Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy continue to trade tallies, but the duo couldn’t prevent a stinker against the Flyers, who rallied for a 3-2 win in a shootout on Thursday at Grand Casino Arena.

Boldy buried his 37th goal on the power play...Read more

SEATTLE — Nathan MacKinnon did get an apology, sort of, from the NHL after all.

The league rescinded MacKinnon’s game misconduct from Tuesday night, the Colorado Avalanche star told The Denver Post on Thursday.

“I think (general manager Chris MacFarland) asked them to review it, from what I know, and they took it away,” MacKinnon said....Read more

San Jose Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic picked a perfect time to have one of his best games of the season.

With the Sharks looking to get back into a playoff position, the timing was right for Tyler Toffoli and William Eklund to find the back of the net again, too.

Nedeljkovic stopped 38 of 40 shots, and Michael Misa, Toffoli and Eklund each ...Read more