CHICAGO — Naturally, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Artyom Levshunov has been learning what it takes to play in the NHL — and the traps that await every rookie — with each game.

“How hard it is, how fast,” said Levshunov, who is taking to the English language at almost the same speed he’s taking to the pro game.

But as much as he ...Read more

If the start of a challenging week is any indication of what’s to come, the Minnesota Wild’s margin of error will be slight.

They were airtight until back-to-back shifts late in the second period when the Stars pulled away en route to a 3-0 victory Monday night at Dallas’ American Airlines Center that ended the Wild’s three-game winning...Read more

The Boston Bruins may have wanted to put up a fight with the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night, but the hollowed-out roster is just not equipped to do that against a team that may yet prove to be a Stanley Cup contender.

Jeremy Swayman, thwarted in his attempt to get in a goalie fight in the second period, allowed seven goals on 23 shots and ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights swept their three-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

Centers Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl and Nicolas Roy scored in the first period, and goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves to give the Knights (42-20-8) their third straight win.

The Knights were playing the ...Read more

The St. Louis Blues are probably happy to be done with back-to-backs this season.

Sunday's 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators was the team's final one of the season, and St. Louis slugged through the evening on its way to its sixth straight win. With the win, the Blues moved four points ahead of Calgary for the second wild-card spot in the ...Read more

Bryan Rust scored two highlight-reel goals Sunday against the Florida Panthers. But the Pittsburgh Penguins winger will be kicking himself after he was unable to tuck in one more.

The Penguins lost, 4-3, in a shootout at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., when a deke by Rust got Sergei Bobrovsky to drop, but Rust couldn’t lift his shot over...Read more

CHICAGO — The Philadelphia Flyers have played well and failed to get results lately, but they simply struggled to find their game on Sunday.

It culminated in a sloppy, disconnected 7-4 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, who have already been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs.

“It’s tough because we were putting some good efforts ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The common narrative around the Penguins these days involves affording Sidney Crosby another kick at the can.

Using 2024-25 as a transition year. Stockpiling assets. President of hockey operations Kyle Dubas essentially doing everything within his power to keep the competitive window open.

But we might be missing something ...Read more

Kaapo Kakko scored twice and the Seattle Kraken put up a spirited fight on Saturday night. But even without their superstars, the Edmonton Oilers continued to dominate their Pacific Division neighbor.

The Kraken lost 5-4 at Rogers Place fell to 2-11-1 all-time against Edmonton. Their last win against the Oilers was Jan. 3, 2023, and the drought...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The city of Las Vegas may soon run out of hats, thanks to Tomas Hertl.

Hertl recorded his second hat trick of the season, the third straight three-goal game to take place at T-Mobile Arena, as the Golden Knights defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Saturday.

Hertl finding the back of the net three times comes two days after ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — In this city where many hopes and dreams are dashed, the Red Wings saw their playoff aspirations take another massive hit.

Vegas sank the Wings further from the playoff picture Saturday with a 6-3 victory.

Alex DeBrincat's 32nd goal, at 9 minutes, 36 seconds of the third period, cut the Vegas lead to 5-3. But Vegas' Jack Eichel ...Read more

MONTREAL — The Colorado Avalanche ran out of gas Saturday night, about 11 minutes from what would have been a fantastic road trip through eastern Canada.

The new guys salvaged it, anyway.

Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle scored in the shootout to help the Avs shake a late collapse and claim a 5-4 win Saturday night at Bell Centre. In the end, ...Read more

DALLAS — The Flyers showed some heart in Texas.

After spotting the Stars a two-goal lead in the first period, they battled back and earned a point with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars. Thomas Harley scored five-hole on Sam Ersson, who came in relief for Ivan Fedotov after the first 20 minutes, just 9 seconds into overtime.

The Flyers...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — This is the kind of goal rut that works for the Minnesota Wild.

Since shedding their own slump, they keep stymieing opposing offenses, on Saturday afternoon snubbing the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in the finale of their season-long seven-game homestand at Xcel Energy Center.

“Everything is going really good,” Marco Rossi said, ...Read more

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks roster seems to be getting younger and less experienced with each passing week.

The Sharks shipped a handful of veterans to contending teams before the NHL trade deadline on March 7, and on Thursday, defenseman Luca Cagnoni made his NHL debut and goalie Georgi Romanov made his first NHL start.

Predictably, the ...Read more