CHICAGO -- A season that hasn't gone as hoped took another unfortunate turn when the Blackhawks announced defensemen Brent Seabrook and Calvin de Haan will each undergo surgery Friday and miss the rest of the season.

De Haan's situation was not unexpected. He injured his right shoulder Dec. 10, and the Hawks had said he was getting more medical...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings were on the receiving end of a St. Louis Blues blitz in the first period Monday at Staples Center. There were two goals by Brayden Schenn, one by Jaden Schwartz and another by Vince Dunn.

"Guys came out ready, competed hard, took advantage of some opportunities and we scored," coach Craig Berube said.

That ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Instead of heading into the holiday break with a little hope, the Blackhawks will have to wonder if there's any way they can salvage the season.

The Hawks were devoured 7-1 by the Devils -- who have the second-fewest points in the league -- on Monday night at the United Center in a disastrous game that not only failed to build on the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The Flyers will go into their holiday break feeling good about themselves.

They won their fourth straight game Monday, getting two goals from Kevin Hayes and Travis Sanheim and strong goaltending from Carter Hart as they defeated the New York Rangers, 5-1, at the roaring Wells Fells Fargo Center.

With 12 minutes, 29 seconds ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Wild didn't just avoid skidding into the holiday break in a slump.

It rebounded from an ugly 6-0 loss to the Jets with one of its cleanest efforts of the season, a 3-0 dismissal of the Flames Monday at Xcel Energy Center that lifted the Wild (18-15-5) to just two points shy of the playoff pace in the Western Conference.

In ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aaron Dell could only do so much Sunday night.

Dell was mostly spectacular as he made his third start in the last four games, but couldn't stop a wrist shot by Shea Theodore at the 8:05 mark of the third period as the San Jose Sharks went on to lose 3-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights in their final game before the Christmas ...Read more

DETROIT -- The disparity in talent was in evidence again as the Detroit Red Wings were overmatched by another opponent.

The Arizona Coyotes built four-goal leads twice Sunday at Little Caesars Arena en route to a 5-2 victory that left the Wings 2-14-2 in their past 18 games. They head into the Christmas break with a 9-26-3 record.

The Wings ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- More than a year has passed since the fight and injury, a punch thrown by Matt Dumba that missed its intended target in the Flames' Matthew Tkachuk but still dealt a blow -- tearing the Wild defenseman's right pectoral muscle.

Yet the incident still crosses Dumba's mind regularly.

"It's something that's part of my daily routine,...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks continue to be haunted by their third-period breakdowns.

After four Sharks players were caught up ice in a tie game, Alex Pietrangelo scored the go-ahead goal on a 2 on 1 with 8:53 left in regulation time as the St. Louis Blues skated away with a 5-2 victory at SAP Center on Saturday.

Brent Burns and ...Read more

The fourth and final meeting of the season between the Hawks and Avalanche -- all of which took place over the last 23 days -- ended in dramatically different fashion to the first three with the Hawks erupting for four third-period goals Saturday in a 5-3 victory at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Dominik Kubalik's 10th goal completed a comeback ...Read more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Pittsburgh Penguins squished together in the penalty box, practically sitting on each other's laps Saturday in Vancouver.

Infractions to Dominik Simon (double minor for high-sticking), Brandon Tanev (holding) and Jack Johnson (tripping) left the perpetrators out of real estate in the sin bin.

On the ice? The ...Read more

KANATA, Ontario -- Each of the Flyers' three games this season against the Senators, the 14th-placed team in the 16-team Eastern Conference, have been the equivalent of root canal procedures.

On Saturday night, it took a shootout for the Flyers to get past the pesky Sens.

Sean Couturier scored the lone shootout goal, as the Flyers won, 5-4.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After exploding for eight goals Thursday, the most they've scored in a game this season and a tally that tied the franchise record, the Wild couldn't get one by the Jets -- fading, 6-0, Saturday afternoon in front of 17,319 at Xcel Energy Center to snap their point streak on home ice at 12 games (9-0-3), just one shy of the ...Read more

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Hockey is a funny game, sometimes.

In Pittsburgh's first meeting with the Edmonton Oilers Nov. 2, the Penguins bombarded goaltender Mike Smith with a season-high 52 shots. Shot after shot. Chance after chance. And what did they have to show for it? Just one measly goal and one single point in an overtime loss.

So in the ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- One team just traded for a former MVP who immediately became its leading scoring.

The other wasn't even close to full strength, missing three regulars -- all forwards -- and feeling the effects of these injury-related absences.

And yet it was the shorthanded Wild and not the surging Coyotes who won an offensive duel, a 8-5 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- No Jack Eichel in Buffalo's lineup?

No sweat for the Flyers in a mismatch Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center.

Without the electric Eichel, who took part in the pregame warmups and then was scratched from the lineup because of an undisclosed injury, the Flyers rolled past the Sabres, 6-1.

James van Riemsdyk had a pair of ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- Holiday greetings from the St. Louis Blues. You won't see them again at Enterprise Center until after Christmas, but they delivered a nice little Christmas card to their fans Wednesday.

The Blues made it interesting, unsuccessfully challenging for goalie interference after a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins goal with 1:50 left. That put the ...Read more