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Wild tie it late, then defeat Utah Hockey Club in shootout
SALT LAKE CITY – The Wild put their signature stamp on their inaugural trip to Utah.
Like they have all season, they rebounded from a rare regulation loss with a victory by rallying 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night at Delta Center to complete another winning road trip.
Matt Boldy scored in the shootout after Marco Rossi delivered a last-...Read more
Bruins get thumped by Jets, 8-1
The Boston Bruins received a spoonful of reality on Tuesday in Winnipeg and it did not go down smoothly.
The B’s slot defense and penalty-killing, which had been much improved under coach Joe Sacco, backslid in a big way with an 8-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, who went 3 for 6 on the power play at Canada Life Centre.
While going 7-2 in the ...Read more
Travis Konecny scores twice in Flyers' 5-3 win over Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Speaking to the media before the Philadelphia Flyers’ morning skate coach John Tortorella was asked about his team’s consistency of late.
“I thought the game [stunk], quite honestly,” he said of the Flyers 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday. “There wasn’t a lot of energy from either team. I don’t expect ...Read more
Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon power Avalanche past Penguins
PITTSBURGH — The Colorado Avalanche hockey club is still not whole, but it sure looks like a potential powerhouse again.
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and two assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had one goal and four assists as Colorado’s stars dominated in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.
The Avs...Read more
Late goal by Hurricanes dooms Sharks in first game since Blackwood trade
Part of goalie Mackenzie Blackwood’s brief legacy with the San Jose Sharks was his ability to keep his team in most of the games he played.
Vitek Vanecek did the same for the Sharks on Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes.
But the Sharks, under siege for most of the third period, gave up two goals in the final 15:49 of regulation time in ...Read more
The Flyers' visit to Columbus is another painful reminder of the void left by the late Johnny and Matty Gaudreau
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Garnet Hathaway went out for morning skate on Tuesday and looked skyward to the rafters of Nationwide Arena.
The Philadelphia Flyers forward found the white banner with the blue trim and the name Johnny Gaudreau in the heavens of the building. It is a permanent tribute to the South Jersey native who should have been squaring ...Read more
Red Wings goalie Cossa wins NHL debut in shootout vs. Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y.— Somehow, a little incredibly, the Detroit Red Wings earned a much-needed victory Monday, a 6-5 shootout victory against the Buffalo Sabres, to turn around what was looking like a grim, ugly evening.
Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymmond scored in the shootout against former teammate James Reimer.
Goaltender Sebastian Cossa relieved ...Read more
Avalanche sends Alexandar Georgiev to San Jose in multi-player trade that nets goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood
NEWARK, N.J. — The Colorado Avalanche has made another significant shakeup to its goaltending depth chart.
Colorado traded starting goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, forward Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder Monday to the San Jose Sharks for goalie MacKenzie Blackwood, forward Givani Smith and a 2027 fifth-...Read more
After troubling start to season, Penguins' Tristan Jarry finally coming into his own
PITTSBURGH — An ill-timed penalty against Bryan Rust meant all eyes turned to Tristan Jarry.
With the Penguins clinging to a 3-2 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the waning minutes of regulation on Saturday night, a couple of All-Star forwards in Auston Matthews and John Tavares peppered Jarry with wrist shots. From the top of the crease,...Read more
Sam Ersson struggles in his return as Flyers drop third straight game with loss to Utah
PHILADELPHIA — Technically this was the Flyers’ first meeting with the Utah Hockey Club, although the cast of characters are generally the same.
When the Arizona Coyotes closed shop, Utah’s owner acquired all the hockey assets, from the front office to the players on the ice.
One thing that didn’t make the trip to Salt Lake City was ...Read more
Kraken down Rangers after signing one-day-only amateur backup goalie
Michael Matyas planned to run a few errands on Sunday. Then the NHL came calling.
Matyas, who played 14 college hockey games a decade ago, lived the everyman’s dream this weekend. He served as backup goaltender for the desperate Kraken, who signed him to a one-day contract for their game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. ...Read more
Alexandar Georgiev bounces back, helps Avalanche shut down Red Wings
DETROIT — The Colorado Avalanche need better play from Alexandar Georgiev in the bigger picture of the 2024-25 season, but the guys in front of their beleaguered goaltender really needed him to deliver Saturday night.
And he did.
Behind a strong effort from Georgiev and a much-needed power-play goal from the top unit, the Avalanche gutted ...Read more
Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky blunt after loss to Panthers: 'I think at times we play in fear'
The momentum the San Jose Sharks possessed at the start of this six-game road trip now seems like a distant memory.
The Sharks, after a turnover in their zone, allowed a goal to Matthew Tkachuk just 23 seconds into the first period and struggled to create many quality scoring chances at the other end in a 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on ...Read more
Wild's hot streak hits snag with 4-1 loss to Kings
LOS ANGELES – No one has stumped the Wild like the Kings have.
After handing the Wild their most lopsided loss earlier in the season, Los Angeles delivered another blow on Saturday night by cooling the Wild, 4-1, at Crypto.com Arena to end their season-long five-game win streak.
This was only the fifth regulation loss for the Wild (18-5-4), ...Read more
Paul Sullivan: Blackhawks fall flat in Anders Sorensen's coaching debut, losing to the Jets 4-2
CHICAGO — Anders Sorensen had no idea this week he was going to become the next coach of the Chicago Blackhawks.
“No warning, blitzed,” he said Saturday before his debut against the Winnipeg Jets.
Sorensen saw his dream come true Saturday as he took his perch behind the Hawks bench in his first game as interim coach since replacing Luke ...Read more
Penguins come through in the clutch, beat Maple Leafs on Michael Bunting's game winner
PITTSBURGH — The Penguins, by most measures, have been a lousy third-period team all season.
They have blown a bunch of leads. They had allowed the most goals in the NHL in the final frame entering Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. And only the New York Islanders had a worse goal differential in that ...Read more
Bruins storm back to beat Flyers, 4-3 in OT
BOSTON — The Bruins wiped out a two-goal third-period deficit with a spirited comeback and then Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime winner in a week, lifting the B’s over the Flyers, 4-3, on Saturday at TD Garden.
Zacha and David Pastrnak battled to maintain control of the puck along the boards before Pastrnak went around the net and fed...Read more
Bodycam video shows 'freaked out' driver moments after the crash that killed the Gaudreau brothers
PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey driver charged with hitting and killing National Hockey League hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, struggled to perform a field sobriety test and told officers he was “freaked out” by the situation, according to newly released bodycam footage.
The footage, obtained though an open-records ...Read more
Wild remain tops in NHL with 5-1 victory over the Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Wild keep losing players but not games.
Relying on their most patchwork lineup to date with four regulars missing, they creamed the Ducks 5-1 on Friday night at Honda Center to win five in a row for the first time this season and remain atop the NHL with 40 points (18-4-4).
This is the Wild’s longest streak since they...Read more
Knights take playoff rematch with Stars in captain's return
LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights’ elite power play was anything but when Mark Stone was out of the lineup.
The man advantage cooled off from its 33 percent clip in the first 13 games of the season. The Knights still hold a top-10 power play, but it hadn’t clicked.
So, of course the power-play magic would reappear once the Knights’ ...Read more
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- Wild tie it late, then defeat Utah Hockey Club in shootout
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