TAMPA, Fla. — Time has flown by for Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman.

He remembers well the details of draft day in 2009 in Montreal, and his family being there when Tampa Bay selected him second overall. The franchise planned to team him with center Steven Stamkos, the top overall pick in the previous draft, as the building blocks of its ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jordan Binnington made sure he was the best show in town on Monday night in Vegas.

During a 2-1 Blues overtime win over the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena, Binnington was the best player on the ice, making 34 saves to lead St. Louis past the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Alexey Toropchenko scored in the first period to ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Let’s run it back.

After needing a shootout on Saturday night in Pittsburgh, the Flyers and Penguins again needed extra time to settle things.

And Flyers coach John Tortorella knew it would be a tough one. Sitting at the podium in Voorhees Monday morning, the bench boss stressed that the Flyers were not going to overthink ...Read more

MONTREAL — An uncharacteristic, own-zone giveaway by Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak with two opposing players lurking right in front of him was the first sign of pending disaster.

Not only did that turnover immediately produce the first of two Monday night goals by Sean Monahan, but it also foreshadowed an uphill Kraken climb rife with ...Read more

The first quarter of the Colorado Avalanche’s season has felt like a three-act play.

Colorado ripped off six wins in a row to begin the season, but players and coach Jared Bednar kept warning everyone that improvements were needed. Then came five losses in seven games, four of which were by four-plus goals.

The final act has looked more like...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Colorado Avalanche have been the NHL’s most-dominant team in the third period for much of this season, but this was a different challenge.

The Avalanche were playing for the third time in four nights Sunday, and the slightly earlier start time meant even less of a recovery in the back-to-back situation. Meanwhile, the ...Read more

BOSTON — Brad Marchand has served notice to the rest of the National Hockey League in a 24-hour span over the weekend.

He’s back.

After snapping an eight-game goal-less streak with the dramatic overtime winner against the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Saturday, the Bruins captain exploded for a natural hat trick in the span of 5:50 in the ...Read more

The Wild have won more in the last week than the past month.

Marco Rossi scored twice, Mats Zuccarello's three points extended his scoring streak and Marc-Andre Fleury was solid in a 4-1 dusting of the Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center that signaled three straight Wild wins for the first time this season.

They remain ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists for the second consecutive game as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

Jonathan Marchessault scored twice, including an empty-net goal in the final minutes.

Logan Thompson had 19 saves in the victory, losing out on the shutout when ...Read more

The Toronto Maple Leafs talked about exacting vengeance on Brad Marchand going into Saturday’s game at Scotiabank Arena. Marchand chose to be the hero instead.

With less than eight seconds left in a wild overtime, Joseph Woll stopped David Pastrnak on a breakaway, but Pastrnak stuck with it and tried to bank it off the leaping Woll. It got ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins lost to the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3 in a shootout, Saturday night.

They did rally to salvage a point. But this one left a sour taste in their mouths.

The Penguins, after giving up their latest short-handed goal, were 21 seconds away from a regulation loss when Jake Guentzel got his second goal of the night.

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Maybe later in the regular season the Red Wings will look back at their trip to Sweden as some sort of turning point.

It certainly has been lately, since returning from a two-game, two-loss trip to Sweden in the NHL Global Series.

The Wings (13-7-3) are 5-1-0 since then, the latest victory Saturday in Montreal, 5-4 in overtime. Jake Walman ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — After a successful three-game road trip in Canada, the Florida Panthers were hoping to carry that momentum back home.

It didn’t work out that way on Saturday, as the Panthers fell, 4-3, to the New York Islanders at Amerant Bank Arena to begin a three-game homestand.

Florida falls to 14-8-2 and has now lost each of its past ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes’ season of Jekyll and Hyde results continued Saturday, and the pendulum swung emphatically in the Canes’ favor.

Five different players scored goals, Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 21 shots and the Hurricanes, fresh off a disappointing and at times leaky overtime loss to the Islanders, locked down a 6-2 win...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard won the NHL’s rookie of the month award for November.

He posted six goals and six assists in 12 games, registering at least a point in eight of them.

Bedard was picked over other contenders, such as Calgary Flames center Connor Zary (3 goals and 7 assists in 13 games) and Philadelphia ...Read more

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes didn’t score on the overtime power play that Nick Bjugstad created, but he was credited with the game-winner just seconds after it ended.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar appeared to accidentally put the puck in his own net, as it slipped between goalie Alexandar Georgiev’s legs during a scramble...Read more