MONTREAL, Canada — The St. Louis Blues offense just needed a night in Montreal to cure its ills.

The Blues scored four goals on their way to a 4-3 win over the Canadiens Sunday night at the Bell Centre. It was just the second time in the past 12 games that St. Louis scored more than two goals in a game.

Brayden Schenn (two goals, one assist...Read more

Second-year San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini made sure the 100th game of his already stellar NHL career would be worth remembering.

Celebrini had a goal and two assists, and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 28 saves to lead the Sharks to an impressive 4-1 win over the host Carolina Hurricanes at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., ...Read more

Jack Eichel scored on a breakaway with eight seconds remaining in overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied to win their fourth straight game, 3-2, over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Sunday night.

Center Tomas Hertl tied it with 51.3 seconds left in regulation with the extra attacker after incidental roughing penalties on ...Read more

DALLAS — Three playoff teams. Two leading their respective divisions. One impressive road trip.

Although the Pittsburgh Penguins’ shootout woes continued during a 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center Sunday night, they finished a three-game road trip with five of a possible six points, two of those games against division...Read more

MIAMI — The Florida Panthers entered the weekend having lost five consecutive home games, their longest stretch of futility on home ice since 2020.

They ended their homestand with consecutive wins, a pair of needed victories they hope can be the beginning of a much-needed turnaround.

After a thrilling 7-6 overtime win against the Columbus ...Read more

SEATTLE — Red Wings 4, Kraken 3 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Seattle Kraken turned in a much cleaner effort on the heels of consecutive blowouts and kept Saturday’s game close, but dropped their fourth straight game in regulation.

The beleaguered Kraken penalty kill made it most of the way through its first appearance of the night,...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning’s second of three games against the Islanders over a stretch of 12 days played out much like many of the teams’ recent meetings. It was a tight-checking defensive struggle, fast-paced but with little space to create scoring chances.

Saturday night at Benchmark International Arena, the Lightning went into the ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins did not play their best game of the season Saturday, not by a long shot. But just enough opportunism in the offensive zone, defensive tenacity in their own zone and some very good goaltending by Jeremy Swayman (29 saves) led them to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at TD Garden.

After a shaky second period, ...Read more

Goaltender Akira Schmid recorded a 24-save shutout in his first start against his former team, and the Golden Knights won their third straight game 3-0 against the New Jersey Devils on Friday at Prudential Center.

Schmid was acquired in a trade with the Devils on June 29, 2024, along with right wing Alexander Holtz, for left wing Paul Cotter.

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CALGARY, Alberta — The Minnesota Wild keep finding themselves in tight games, but they’re not all flattering.

After blowing the chance to run up the score during four first-period power plays, including a four-minute look, the Wild were dumped 4-1 by the Calgary Flames on Thursday night at Scotiabank Saddledome to end their 12-game point ...Read more

The Seattle Kraken allowed three goals — a fourth just barely hugged the goal line — to the Edmonton Oilers and nearly came all the way back. And that was only Thursday’s first period.

Freddy Gaudreau scored his first goal in a Kraken uniform, but NHL superstar Connor McDavid had a goal in each period for his 13th career hat trick in a 9-...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a wild and exciting game that saw plenty of highlights, the Red Wings couldn't get the last one.

Columbus scored two goals in the shootout, none for the Wings, as the Blue Jackets defeated the Wings, 6-5, in a shootout.

The Wings dropped to 14-11-3 while opening this season-long six-game road trip.

Patrick Kane and Alex ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins have not played many stress-free hockey games this season. More often than not they are locked in a one-goal game when the third period rolls around.

But on Thursday, the B’s enjoyed what was a rarity for them — a relatively anxiety-free 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at TD Garden. Though the score was lopsided, it ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Evgeni Malkin hadn't scored in this building since March 3, 2022. He certainly made up for lost time in a big way.

The Penguins even got a helping hand in the process.

After the Penguins blew a three-goal lead to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, Malkin picked up his second goal of the game at 17:17 of the third period, the ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers have had their share of tough-luck losses as of late.

And then there was their result Thursday night.

After an overall stellar performance in net by Sergei Bobrovsky and from the defense in front of him, the Panthers gave up a goal late in regulation and ultimately fell, 2-1 in overtime, to the Nashville ...Read more