PITTSBURGH — If you've been watching the Penguins lately, you know that nothing is decided until it's decided. Four-goal, third-period leads disappear like smoke. One-goal leads with a tenth of a second on the clock and your team on the power play can vanish, too.

That is my first thought with news of an expected sale between the Fenway ...Read more

DETROIT — Out of jail for seven years, Michigan native Ben Johnson said he's "learned lessons the hard way" and seeks a second chance to play in the National Hockey League.

A high school hockey prodigy from Calumet, Mich., a village of 692 people in the Upper Peninsula, Johnson was sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a ...Read more

The Kraken have one win in their past 11 games after they failed to dispatch the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Floundering Seattle opened a four-game road trip with a 4-2 loss at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Flames goals leader Matt Coronato scored the winner with less than nine minutes to go in the third period. Pulling goaltender Joey ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks have created some excitement in recent weeks, enough to believe that they can make a run at their first playoff appearance since 2019.

That’s the good news. The other part of that equation is that if the Sharks make the postseason, they’ll likely have to face an elite team like the Dallas Stars in ...Read more

The Wild keep righting their early-season wrongs.

After the Blue Jackets spoiled the Wild’s home opener, the Wild snagged the rematch, 5-2, Thursday night at Columbus’ Nationwide Arena for their sixth consecutive victory.

Joel Eriksson Ek broke a 2-2 tie with 8 minutes, 10 seconds to go on a goal-mouth scramble that could have been ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning were without two of their top three scorers on Thursday night against the Kings. And at this point, a team that’s been riddled by injuries over the season’s first 10 weeks is just hoping to get to the holiday break without any more.

The Lightning’s revolving-door roster got two big pieces back Thursday — ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Flyers have been having better days lately, but they came up short on Thursday night, falling, 5-3, to the Buffalo Sabres.

The loss snapped the Flyers’ five-game point streak and is their first loss in regulation on the road since a 3-0 stinker against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 24.

Things started well for the ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ontario — The spark the Penguins sought away from PPG Paints Arena never appeared. In fact, they came out flat against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday and paid the price during a 4-0 loss at Canadian Tire Centre that stretched their losing streak to seven games.

The performance was actually worse than their winless five-game homestand...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins did a reasonably good job of shutting down Connor McDavid at 5-on-5 on Thursday night at TD Garden, but they learned the hard way that the Oilers captain can beat you in many ways.

McDavid had a primary assist on a power-play goal and scored a vintage he-makes-it-look-easy short-handed goal to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 ...Read more

MIAMI — Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett continued their recent offensive surges to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings Wednesday at Amerant Bank Arena.

Florida improves to 18-13-2 and have gone 6-1-1 in their past eight games. Also, with 38 points, the Panthers are now tied with the Montreal ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — It seems the Winnipeg Jets still can't beat the Blues in St. Louis.

In their first meeting against Winnipeg since their loss in the first round in the spring, the Blues beat the Jets 1-0 Wednesday night at Enterprise Center. Justin Faulk scored the lone goal for the Blues as Joel Hofer posted his third shutout of the season.

The ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Another Penguins ownership change appears to be imminent, as Fenway Sports Group is deep in discussions with the Hoffmann Family of Companies to finalize the sale of primary interest in the team, sources told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wednesday.

The deal — which requires approval from the NHL’s Board of Governors — has ...Read more

SAN JOSE – It doesn’t seem to matter who his linemates are or who is in the San Jose Sharks lineup. Macklin Celebrini still has a way of bringing everyone out of their seats.

It happened again on Tuesday as Celebrini assisted on goals by John Klingberg and Barclay Goodrow, then scored another highlight-reel goal of his own to lead the ...Read more

Notable: The Kraken turned in one of their most complete efforts in more than two weeks against the only team they’ve ever beaten in a playoff series. But the best team in the Western Conference could phone it in for the most part and still manage to win in Seattle, and that’s what Colorado (24-2-7) did on Wednesday night.

The Kraken have ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild are at their most depleted, but they sure aren’t playing like it.

Still riding the momentum from Quinn Hughes’ arrival, they dismissed Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, 5-0, on Tuesday night at Grand Casino Arena for a fifth straight win despite losing another player to injury.

Kirill Kaprizov set a ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins were slow to boil Tuesday but, as often happens at TD Garden these days, they found a way to get the job done.

After a shaky first period, the B’s shook off a one-goal deficit to get back on the winning track with a 4-1 win over the Utah Mammoth to improve their home record to 12-5.

Morgan Geekie led the way ...Read more

MONTREAL ― It feels like it’s been a long December already for the Flyers, having entered Tuesday with just two wins in seven games.

But the 2-2-3 record wasn’t indicative of how they’ve been playing of late, and on Tuesday night, it showed in a 4-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Flyers snapped a three-game losing streak — ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — When the Penguins returned home after taking five of six points on a road trip through Philadelphia, Tampa and Dallas, they were brimming with optimism, their season seemingly steadied after a frustrating November.

Ten days later, they probably can’t wait to get out of dodge.

The worst homestand in franchise history ended with...Read more