SUNRISE, Fla. — If this is some sort of a defining road trip for the Red Wings, they began it Thursday in resoundingly impressive fashion.

The Wings skated past defending Stanley Cup champion Florida, 5-2, to open this difficult four-game road trip and rebound from a disappointing loss Tuesday at home to San Jose.

The difference for the ...Read more

Bad things usually happen to the San Jose Sharks when they’re not moving their feet.

It gets even worse when they only manage a handful of shots on net.

The Sharks were a step behind the Columbus Blue Jackets throughout the first period on Thursday, then were outshot 12-2 in the second period in what became a 4-1 loss at Nationwide Arena.

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ELMONT, N.Y. — The Flyers keep rolling.

With a 5-3 victory against the New York Islanders, the Flyers have earned a point in four straight games. It is their longest streak since they notched at least a point in five straight from Nov. 23-30.

But the win came after an emotional start. Ryan Poehling was injured halfway through the first ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A first-period parade to the penalty box by the Edmonton Oilers wasn’t that advantageous for the Minnesota Wild.

Why?

Because Edmonton’s stars were rested and raring to go.

Despite the power play gifting the Wild a two-goal head start, the Oilers rallied 5-3 Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center in another letdown for ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Tristan Jarry's time with the Penguins could soon be up after the team announced before Wednesday's practice that the former All-Star would be placed on waivers.

The Penguins said the struggling goalie will go on waivers at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The rest of the NHL will have the ability to claim him, but his struggles over the last ...Read more

CHICAGO — A loss is just a loss, right?

Not necessarily.

If there’s anything this Chicago Blackhawks season has taught us, there are degrees to losing — and not just margins of victory, points in the standings or other statistical measures.

We’re talking about emotional damage.

Such was the case with Monday’s soul-draining 5-2 loss...Read more

The Colorado Avalanche’s power play had a very bad Tuesday night, and the head coach called it the least of his worries.

That’s how little Jared Bednar thought of his team’s performance — even if the result ended up being much better than the process. Devon Toews scored with 36.1 seconds left in overtime and the Avalanche rallied for a ...Read more

BOSTON — For one night anyone, it felt like old times on Causeway.

With bad blood spilling all over TD Garden between two teams that played a week ago, the Boston Bruins sprinted to a 4-0 second period lead and hung on for a 6-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Memo to the NHL: Let’s have more of this.

After making 39 stops for ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s been an emotional few days for the Flyers.

They dismantled Cutter Gauthier and the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday before mounting their eighth comeback in the third period — an NHL-best — on Monday against the defending champion Florida Panthers.

Tuesday, they faced a Columbus Blue Jackets team that had won four ...Read more

Right wing Pavel Dorofeyev recorded his first NHL hat trick, but the Golden Knights couldn’t complete the comeback in a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.

Dorofeyev, after scoring twice on Sunday, increased his team lead to 19 goals this season, but the Knights (29-12-3) fell behind 4-0 midway through the ...Read more

William Eklund, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro all scored third-period goals to help lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday to open a five-game road trip.

Eklund and linemate Macklin Celebrini also had two assists each, and goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves for just his second win in ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — As a player, Eric Staal didn’t have to sit through many of the ceremonies like the one celebrating his career Sunday afternoon. The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t have a Hall of Fame. There wasn’t a long list of former greats waiting patiently for their moment of honor.

There were two in his early years, both in seasons more...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday night, a raucous, wild crowd helped fuel the Flyers to a victory against Cutter Gauthier and the Anaheim Ducks.

On Monday night, it was a scrappy Flyers squad that helped get the fans into it, and together they skated away with a 4-3 win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. The Flyers have ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes retired Eric Staal’s jersey Sunday, then put him to work.

Staal was the siren sounder at the Lenovo Center as the Canes took the ice to face the Anaheim Ducks. Batting leadoff, with former teammates Mike Commodore and Cam Ward to follow on the siren, Staal gave it a long, determined crank.

The ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Nikita Kucherov scored twice Sunday, including the winner late in the third period, to push the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Penguins, 5-2, at PPG Paints Arena.

The Penguins scored early in the third to tie the score, but Kucherov stole the puck from Noel Acciari at the Pittsburgh blue line and beat Tristan Jarry on a breakaway. ...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings have won in different ways during this, what is now, a seven-game winning streak.

On Sunday, they did it in a relatively quick and easy fashion.

The Wings breezed to a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Little Caesars Arena, exploding for four first-period goals and coasting the final 40 minutes.

The last time ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – How did the Minnesota Wild combat the speed, skill and spunk of the much younger San Jose Sharks?

By having their 40-year-old goalie school the kids.

In the age-old battle of youth vs. experience, future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury prevailed to backstop the Wild to a 3-1 victory Saturday night at SAP Center for their ...Read more