PITTSBURGH -- After 50 games and about four straight months of hockey, it's time for the Penguins to take a break -- and a well-deserved one.

All-Star weekend and a bye week will give the team about 10 days of rest between games, the longest significant stretch away from the ice this season. While this off time isn't exactly the midpoint, it ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Wild will spend their nine-day hiatus in between games out of a playoff spot but before their season paused for the NHL All-Star break and the ensuing bye week, the team moved a bit closer to a berth.

Now only five points separate the Wild from the second wild-card seed in the Western Conference after they shrugged off ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks blew a chance to pull within one point of the final Western Conference wild-card spot on Tuesday when they gave up four second-period goals and lost 4-3 to the Panthers in Joel Quenneville's triumphant return to the United Center.

The Hawks' five-game win streak came to an end in their final game before the All-Star ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- In the coming days, Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry will make the trek to St. Louis to play in his first-ever All-Star Game.

It's a well-deserved honor. Over the first 50 games of the season, Jarry became one of the NHL's unlikely leaders in save percentage and goals-against average. Along the way, his emergence was one of the ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Teuvo Teravainen is headed to Finland. Sebastian Aho and Lucas Wallmark are going to the Bahamas, Warren Foegele to the Cayman Islands and Andrei Svechnikov to Mexico.

But before the NHL All-Star break, before their bye week, the Carolina Hurricanes had a game to play. And at times Tuesday against the Winnipeg Jets, some of the...Read more

CHICAGO -- Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith got into a prolonged scrap Tuesday just as the Blackhawks were starting their morning skate at the United Center.

It wasn't clear what precipitated the scrap or when it began, but with reporters in the stands, Toews and Keith began wrestling and had to be separated by assistant coach Sheldon Brookbank....Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The rivalry might have lost some of its luster in recent years because of the Flyers' slippage, but it's still a major event whenever these teams meet.

And, to hear the Flyers talk, Tuesday's meeting at the Wells Fargo Center will be much different from the Pittsburgh Penguins' blowout win in October.

"We like to think we've ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane became the fourth player to score 1,000 points in a Blackhawks uniform when he hit the milestone in the third period of the Blackhawks' 5-2 victory -- their fifth straight -- over the Jets on Sunday night at the United Center.

Kane, 31, had an assist on Brandon Saad's goal to join Hall of Famers Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull ...Read more

VANCOUVER -- Joe Thornton skated through the neutral zone and caught up to Brandon Sutter before he delivered a shoulder-to-shoulder check that laid out the Vancouver Canucks forward. Sutter then skated across the ice back toward Thornton, only to receive a short left hand to the face for his troubles.

It all took place at the end of a ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby had two beautiful assists, Matt Murray settled down after a shaky start, and the Penguins rallied from three goals down to secure a satisfying 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins Sunday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena.

The Penguins took the lead with 7:25 left in the third period. Malkin barreled into Bruins blue-liner ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- How tight is the race for the two Eastern Conference wild-card spots?

Heading into Sunday, just two points separated the four teams battling for those positions. That means those teams, including the Flyers, need to be playing with lots of desperation over the final two-plus months.

After a rather listless loss to visiting ...Read more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Bob Boughner wanted the San Jose Sharks to empty their tanks in their last game before they begin their bye week.

Instead, the Sharks put forth another dismal offensive display, with Aaron Dell's performance the only reason Saturday's game with the Vancouver Canucks didn't get completely out of hand.

Dell ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Right after he scored his second goal of the night, Travis Konecny looked at James van Riemsdyk and yelled, "What a pass!"

It sure was.

Konecny and van Riemsdyk hooked up for the Flyers' first two goals, made Alain Vigneault look like a genius, and led the way in a 4-1 win over the limping Kings.

Joel Farabee scored for the ...Read more

TORONTO -- Blackhawks fans not only will have a chance to see Patrick Kane pick up his 1,000th career point Sunday at the United Center, they'll welcome home the NHL's hottest team.

Drake Caggiula scored 21 seconds into the game, Jonathan Toews had two goals and two assists and Brandon Saad scored in his first game back after missing a month ...Read more