NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The number of shots, both for and against, was much more flattering for the Wild.

Their power play continued to deliver, and the goaltending remained steady despite a different face taking over the crease.

But these positives couldn't overcome a string of costly lapses, and the Wild fell 4-2 to the Predators on Monday at ...Read more

MONTREAL -- The Detroit Red Wings made a mockery of themselves.

Fresh off a humiliation in Boston, they self-destructed in the second period Monday at Bell Centre en route to a 7-3 loss to the Canadiens. Six games in, the Wings remain in search of their first victory -- and the next stop is at Tampa Bay.

The Wings (0-4-2) have lost six games ...Read more

Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford had another solid practice Monday and remains on schedule to play in his first NHL game in nearly 10 months Thursday night against the Coyotes at the United Center.

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said the team will decide Wednesday whether Crawford will play for the first time since Dec. 23, when he was pulled in ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- For the third time this season, the Blues have failed to hold onto a third period lead. In a pair of overtime losses to Chicago, the Blues squandered 4-3 and 3-2 leads in the third.

Sunday at home against an injury-depleted Anaheim team, the Blues couldn't hold a 2-1 third period advantage in what became a 3-2 loss at Enterprise ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Brandon Saad isn't some shaky kid who needs a veteran to lift him up when he's down.

First of all, he has shown no sign to be down in spirit. Just within the Blackhawks lineup.

But Patrick Kane has a message for his teammate: He has been there before.

It has been awhile since Kane had to deal with coach Joel Quenneville dropping ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The text on the video board was different, looking like the lettering out of the Pac-Man arcade game -- a nod to the '80s-themed night at Xcel Energy Center.

But the scoreboard wasn't malfunctioning when it showed the Wild tied with the Hurricanes despite getting overwhelmed on the shot clock.

Carolina reached 30 before the ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ontario -- A redux near the Rideau Canal materialized in the opening minutes.

Adrian Kempe rang a shot off the post at Canadian Tire Centre just after puck drop and looked like he was going to follow up his brilliant, two-goal performance here last season with another.

Then the game settled in. The Kings' defense took a coffee break ...Read more

BOSTON -- The Detroit Red Wings couldn't even keep this one close.

Five games into their season, they are still searching for their first victory. Saturday's outing at TD Garden -- a hostile place for the Wings even in better times -- turned ugly in the second period and ended with an 8-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

As the losses have grown, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The anger that was in Claude Giroux's voice on Tuesday was replaced by frustration on Saturday. Who could blame the guy?

Marc-Andre Fleury robbed the Flyers with a handful of spectacular saves. His final one, on Giroux, sealed the game and a 1-0 win for Vegas over the Flyers. Fleury stopped 26 shots in all as top forwards James ...Read more

MONTREAL -- Even in the most depressing times of his career, Jack Campbell reserved a space in the back of his mind for nights like this.

When he put his game under a microscope in Texas and Idaho it was difficult to see much light, but Campbell never let his positivity flicker out.

"You always got to believe in yourself," Campbell said. "Once...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- On their third try, the Blues got their first win, with David Perron recording a hat trick in the first two periods in a 5-3 win over Calgary at Enterprise Center.

It was Perron's fourth career hat trick and his third with the Blues, the first since Oct. 22, 2016, also against Calgary. Two of the goals, his second and his third, ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ryan Kesler hacked at the bouncing puck, and then he hacked some more.

He hung around the net in his season debut and kept chopping until the puck popped past Antti Ranta, the first goal of the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 shootout loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday at Honda Center.

It took less than six minutes for Kesler to ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ontario -- One night after they allowed the most goals in a home opener in franchise history, the Flyers regrouped Wednesday behind a veteran right winger who was goal-less in the first three games.

Jake Voracek had five points and scored two goals, and Cal Pickard made 31 saves as the Flyers rebounded and defeated Ottawa, 7-4, at the ...Read more

WINNIPEG -- The game started out with the beaming smile from a 35-year-old who celebrated his 418th career goal like it was his first.

Ilya Kovalchuk's face lit up as Drew Doughty and teammates joined him in the corner for Kovalchuk's first goal with the Los Angeles Kings and first in the NHL since 2013. It could not have been much prettier: a ...Read more