BOSTON — The Montreal Canadiens have spoiled many moments for the Bruins over the last 100 years, but they were not able to plant a bleu, blanc et rouge flag on the giant B at center ice at the end of Sunday’s Centennial Game at the Garden.

The Bruins scored the first four goals of the game, including a three-goal blitzkrieg in the first ...Read more

DETROIT — The Vancouver Canucks have been one of the best road teams in the NHL this season and they proved it again Sunday.

Jake DeBrusk scored his third goal of the game, at 4 minutes of overtime, giving the Canucks a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. DeBrusk took a handoff from Elias Pettersson and blistered a shot past goaltender ...Read more

DENVER — For the second time in as many nights, the shorthanded Colorado Avalanche played pretty well — maybe even well enough to win — against one of the NHL’s best teams.

Neither contest resulted in a victory for the Avs.

The superstars on both teams were mostly held in check, though Connor McDavid did create one of Edmonton’s ...Read more

SEATTLE — Sharks 4, Kraken 2, at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The month of November finished with a dud for the Seattle Kraken (11-13-1) with their third straight loss to a team below them in the Pacific Division standings. Seattle squandered three opportunities to pick up needed points, but badly flopped with falling to Anaheim before ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — All it took for the Penguins to produce their fleeting first three-game win streak of the season was some outside help — and a resurgent power play.

Winger Philip Tomasino, whom the Penguins acquired from the Predators on Monday in exchange for a fourth-round pick, scored his second goal in as many games on Saturday night at ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — They aren’t the Jets, Stars or Avalanche.

The Predators aren’t even the Predators of last season.

But a division win is a division win, especially inside the top-heavy Central, so the Wild prevailing 3-2 in overtime against Nashville on Saturday night in front of a whiteout crowd at Xcel Energy Center shouldn’t soon ...Read more

DALLAS — Season-long issues, both in the Colorado Avalanche’s control and not, were big problems again Friday night.

The Dallas Stars scored multiple power-play goals, and the Avs lost another key player to injury in a 5-3 loss at American Airlines Center. Issues with the penalty kill, the goaltending and defensive work in front of the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Left wing Brett Howden scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 4:05 remaining, as the Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 4-3, at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.

Left wing Ivan Barbashev also scored twice, and goaltender Adin Hill made 21 saves for the Knights (15-6-3) in their first game at home after completing a five-...Read more

BOSTON — It didn’t take Philip Tomasino long to make an impact for the Penguins.

The 23-year-old forward, who was acquired in a trade on Monday, got the go-ahead goal on Jeremy Swayman during the third period to help the Penguins earn a rare win at TD Garden. They beat the Bruins, 2-1, for their second straight victory.

On the decisive ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The distance between second place and the bottom of the NHL's Pacific Division is 43 miles. That's how far Crypto.com Arena, where the second-place Kings play, is from the Honda Center, home of the Ducks, who share the division cellar with San José.

In the standings, the teams are eight points apart after the Kings' 2-1 win...Read more

DETROIT — It was a fun atmosphere on a holiday weekday afternoon and an entertaining game, but the Red Wings gladly would have exchanged the result on this Black Friday.

The New Jersey Devils, with all their offensive explosiveness, were a bit too much and handed the Wings a 5-4 loss at Little Caesars Arena.

Jack Hughes scored a power-play ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks took advantage of some shaky goaltending and scored four second-period goals on their way to a wild 8-5 win over the Seattle Kraken on Friday in a rare matinee game at SAP Center.

Jake Walman had two goals and was among the seven players who had two points for the Sharks, who set a new season high for ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — For longer than they ever probably should have, the Carolina Hurricanes continued to squeak out wins at home, even after falling behind, even while running out of goalies.

Friday afternoon, the bill finally came due.

After comeback wins over the Dallas Stars and New York Rangers earlier this week, the home winning streak came...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jared Spurgeon sure knows how to celebrate.

The Wild captain scored twice on his 35th birthday, leading the Wild’s 3-2 rally against the Blackhawks on Friday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center at the beginning of a three-game homestand.

Tied at 2, Spurgeon delivered the go-ahead goal with 2 minutes, 27 seconds left in the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers were back in black on Friday afternoon.

Skating the day after they surely got their fill of turkey, the Flyers didn’t look like the tryptophan had an impact early on. By the five-minute mark of the game, the Orange and Black were up 2-0 on the New York Rangers.

For most of the game, this was not the team outplayed...Read more

Valeri Nichushkin’s game isn’t all the way back, but he’s certainly making a big impact.

Nichushkin scored the lone goal in the fifth round of a shootout Wednesday night to give the Colorado Avalanche a hard-earned 2-1 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena.

The 29-year-old power forward also had the team’s only goal in...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —The Philadelphia Flyers were looking for some honky-tonk goodness in the Music City.

For 59 minutes, 48 seconds, the Flyers were playing like a sad country song. But then, in a flash — a streaking flash of Morgan Frost— it turned into a power ballad as he snuck past the Predators’ defense and tipped in a shot to tie ...Read more