SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers returned home and got Aleksander Barkov back from a weeks-long battle with an illness Thursday, but it was one of the least heralded Panthers who powered Florida to an impressive 5-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings in Sunrise.

Chris Tierney, playing in only his second game since getting called up from AHL ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — After a sluggish start in their last game against Detroit, the Lightning came out Thursday night focused on establishing themselves early against the Predators.

Their opening was much better, scoring two goals inside the game’s first three minutes. But they allowed the Predators back into the game before pulling out another ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Less than two weeks removed from suffering the second stroke of his career, defenseman Kris Letang is back in action.

During Thursday's practice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Letang sported a yellow sweater, signifying that he was a full-contact participant. He had the stroke Nov. 28. As for playing in games, Letang's ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sharks coach David Quinn made the somewhat unexpected decision Wednesday night to replace starting goalie Kaapo Kahkonen with rookie Eetu Makiniemi.

Quinn’s move no doubt provided a bit of a spark but didn’t result in a Sharks win.

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson scored with 34.7 seconds left in overtime to ...Read more

The two pieces of broken stick stayed below the goal line as goaltender Logan Thompson skated to the Golden Knights’ bench.

His frustration had boiled over with 8:26 to play Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena. It was hard to blame him. Even if his poor stick had to pay the price by getting smashed over his goal post.

After entering the third ...Read more

CALGARY, Alberta — The Wild's latest meltdown wasn't as dramatic as the previous one, but it stung more.

After recovering from a four-goal, third period collapse a game earlier at Dallas, the Wild didn't bounce back from blowing a two-goal lead to Calgary until late in the third period but were still dropped 5-3 on Wednesday in front of 17,...Read more

The lineup that the Colorado Avalanche iced on Wednesday at Ball Arena will never be confused with the team that the captured the Stanley Cup last spring. But the Bruins can only beat the team that’s in front of them, and that’s what they did, grinding down a game but over-matched Avs team of call-ups and taking a 4-0 victory to kick off ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Just as they did in their game against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, the Flyers made a mistake in the third period, paid the price, and couldn’t overcome the resulting deficit.

After going into the final frame tied, 1-1, with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers turned the puck...Read more

Getting the whole Shane Wright “revenge tour” thing out of the way early seemed to have the Kraken poised for a positive night needed ahead of a long road trip.

But after Wright scored his first career NHL goal late in Tuesday night’s opening period, the Kraken had one of those momentary lapses early in the second they’d managed to ...Read more

The Florida Panthers’ long road trip is finally — mercifully — over.

It wasn’t necessarily all bad for the Panthers on their five-game, nine-day trip through the Western Conference, but it was certainly trying and it ended with another ugly 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday in Canada.

Florida finishes the trip with two wins, an ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — When the Chicago Blackhawks signed Max Domi and Andreas Athanasiou to one-year contracts in July, they knew one or both might draw some trade buzz down the line.

That buzz is here for Domi.

Over the weekend, ESPN’s Kevin Weekes suggested the Edmonton Oilers could be interested buyers. The Oilers might be without forward ...Read more

Left wing Reilly Smith scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Golden Knights defeated the Boston Bruins 4-3 Monday in TD Garden.

The Knights were up 3-0 in the second period despite being without center Jack Eichel (lower-body injury) and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (personal reasons). The Bruins fought back to tie things 3-3 with a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — No captain Gabriel Landeskog, no winger Valeri Nichushkin, no winger Artturi Lehkonen for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, due to injury. That was (almost) no problem for the Flyers, who have been decimated by injuries of their own for the last two seasons.

The Avalanche showed up to the Wells Fargo Center ...Read more

Despite squandering a four-goal, third-period lead, the Wild pushed their win streak to four games by prevailing 6-5 in a shootout against the Stars on Sunday at American Airlines Center at the beginning of a four-game road trip.

Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov and Frederick Gaudreau scored in the shootout, with Gaudreau's finish standing up ...Read more