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Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche demolish Jordan Binnington, Blues for ninth-straight win
DENVER — Ball Arena became Denver’s hottest New Year’s Eve party on Wednesday night, well before anyone was ready to ring in the new year.
The Colorado Avalanche finished the 2025 portion of their schedule by obliterating the St. Louis Blues, 6-1, an emphatic punctuation of what has been a surreal start to this campaign. Valeri Nichushkin...Read more
Bruins snap six-game losing streak with 6-2 win in Edmonton
The bleeding had to stop at some point for the Bruins, so why not do it with their best road win of the season?
That’s exactly what the B’ got on New Year’s Eve in Edmonton. They broke out of their scoring slump, getting a terrific performance from Jeremy Swayman and a timely star turn by David Pastrnak (2-1-3) to snap their six-game ...Read more
Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche demolish Jordan Binnington, Blues for ninth-straight win
Ball Arena became Denver’s hottest New Year’s Eve party on Wednesday night, well before anyone was ready to ring in the new year.
The Colorado Avalanche finished the 2025 portion of their schedule by obliterating the St. Louis Blues, 6-1, an emphatic punctuation of what has been a surreal start to this campaign. Valeri Nichushkin had a hat ...Read more
Red Wings close out year with 2-1 victory over Jets
DETROIT — The Red Wings closed out 2025 like they've done for most of the last three months — with a victory.
Before a festive New Year's Eve crowd Wednesday, which is usually the case in this annual tradition, the Wings defeated Winnipeg, 2-1.
Dylan Larkin (power play) and Mason Appleton scored first-period goals, and goaltender John ...Read more
Golden Knights close 2025 with disappointing defeat to Predators
LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights lost their third straight game in a 4-2 loss to the Nashville Predators at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday.
After starting their four-game homestand with a 7-2 win against the San Jose Sharks, the Knights lost the next three and were outscored 14-9.
Goaltender Akira Schmid made 15 saves, as the Knights (17-10-11) ...Read more
Celebrini, Eklund score in shootout as Sharks close out 2025 with a bang
SAN JOSE, Calif. — William Eklund and Macklin Celebrini both scored in the shootout to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday before a sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.
Yaroslav Askarov finished with 20 saves, including three in overtime. He also stopped both shots he faced in the shootout.
It is the ...Read more
Flyers pick up a 6-3 win over the Canucks in Rick Tocchet's return to Vancouver
As the Flyers skated around the rink for warmups, a fan held up a sign that read “Toccquit,” in reference to Flyers coach Rick Tocchet opting to leave the Vancouver Canucks and finding a home in Philly.
Whether it sparked the Orange and Black or not, the Flyers did what good teams do — defeat bad ones. And despite an iffy start, they ...Read more
Penguins dominate Hurricanes for second consecutive win out of holiday break
PITTSBURGH — The Penguins won their first two games of December. They won their final two, as well, after taking down the Hurricanes on Tuesday.
Just don’t ask about what happened in between.
The Penguins’ 5-1 victory over Carolina at PPG Paints Arena brought their record to 17-12-9 and maintained the momentum they built out of the ...Read more
Jared McCann scores in 2nd game back, but Seattle Kraken lose in shootout
Earlier this season, the Kraken couldn’t seem to avoid overtime. On Monday they needed it for only the second time since Thanksgiving.
The Vancouver Canucks survived OT and bested their hosts in a shootout, 3-2 at Climate Pledge Arena. Seattle has earned at least one standings point in five straight games.
There was some confusion as Kraken ...Read more
Celebrini briefly leaves game, but still leads Sharks past Anaheim Ducks
Macklin Celebrini scored a first-period goal and added two second-period assists for his 10th three-point game of the season as the San Jose Sharks held on for a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday at the Honda Center.
Mario Ferraro, Igor Chernyshov, William Eklund, and Zack Ostapchuk also scored for the Sharks, who won for the fifth time ...Read more
Takeaways: Marcus Johansson's four-point night lifts Wild past Golden Knights 5-2
LAS VEGAS — The Wild are out west for the rest of their season-long road trip, and they had no trouble adjusting to the time change.
They were ready from the get-go, scoring 26 seconds into the first and second periods — a franchise first — en route to a 5-2 rout of the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Marcus Johansson factored in all ...Read more
Bruins drop another, 2-1 in OT to Flames
The Bruins are finding new and painful ways to lose hockey games.
The B’s dropped their sixth in a row in a 2-1 overtime decision to the host Calgary Flames at the Saddledome, losing what was a very winnable game.
With the final second ticking off the clock, Jonathan Aspirot took a minor high-sticking penalty when his stick rode up to clip ...Read more
Avalanche power-play issues continue, but so does hot streak in 5-2 win vs. Kings
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche has continued to find different ways to win during this historic start to the 2025-26 campaign, but there won’t be a lot from this one on the season highlight reel.
Martin Necas and Brock Nelson scored during one strong surge late in the second period, while Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves as the Avs fended...Read more
Blues lose, 4-2, as Sabres pick up 9th consecutive win
ST. LOUIS — The Blues welcomed the hottest team in the league to St. Louis and exited Enterprise Center as the latest victim of the Sabres.
Buffalo won its ninth straight game in a 4-2 victory over the Blues on Monday night, denying St. Louis another chance to pull back to a .500 record. Instead, the Blues will sit at 15-17-8 heading into ...Read more
Connor Bedard skates before Blackhawks practice for 1st time since injuring his shoulder
CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard skated on the ice before practice Monday, the first time he has been in uniform since suffering a right shoulder injury Dec. 12 in St. Louis.
Hawks coach Jeff Blashill knew it would be hard to keep his star forward off the ice for an extended period. The timeline appears to remain that Bedard ...Read more
Jesper Wallstedt is Wild's man who doesn't know too much
At nearly every level of hockey, the puck is the same size, and the net is the same size, meaning that a goaltender’s job isn’t all that different from squirts to the NHL.
Still, pro goalies like Wild rookie Jesper Wallstedt have myriad resources at their disposal in terms of video and other scouting reports to help them learn opponents’ ...Read more
Edvinsson scores in overtime to lift Red Wings over Maple Leafs
DETROIT— Simon Edvinsson scored with 3:14 left in overtime Sunday night to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Little Caesars Arena.
It was Edvinsson’s fifth goal of the season on a night he came up big at both ends of the ice, helping the Wings bounce back from Saturday’s loss at Carolina.
After...Read more
Seattle Kraken down Philadelphia Flyers for fourth straight win
Kraken 4, Flyers 1 at Climate Pledge Arena
Notable: The Kraken blew Philipp Grubauer’s shutout bid with a minute and a half to go, but won their fourth straight game against the Philadelphia Flyers. There was more scoring in the final three minutes than in the rest of the game combined, as a 2-0 game morphed into a deceptive 4-1 final thanks ...Read more
Justin Brazeau's hat trick helps Penguins blitz Blackhawks out of break
CHICAGO — There was no late collapse for the Penguins this time. Only what they’ll hope is momentum built toward the rest of their season coming out of the Christmas break.
Despite losing nine of their previous 10, including a few games where they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, Justin Brazeau, Bryan Rust and others ensured the ...Read more
Lightning sweep back-to-back with home win over Canadiens
The Lightning were just 3.8 seconds from sweeping their weekend road-home back-to-back, then allowed a young, hungry Montreal team to climb back into the game.
Tampa Bay blew a three-goal, third-period lead, which included Juraj Slafkovsky’s overtime-forcing goal in the regulation’s final moments.
It was certainly tougher than it should ...Read more
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