RALEIGH, N.C. — Sometimes, it’s a game of patience.

Not every hockey game involves dazzling rushes down the ice and beautiful goals mixed in with spectacular saves by the goalies that leave the crowd rowdy and roaring.

Sometimes, it’s just shift-by-shift grind, staying focused, waiting for your chance, waiting for the other team to blink...Read more

SEATTLE — Kraken 5, Bruins 1, at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Seattle Kraken won for the fourth time in six games with a convincing win over the Boston Bruins and another solid performance from Philipp Grubauer in goal.

Grubauer finished with 33 saves and had arguably his best performance of the season. He looked calm in net and limited...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild might have the early MVP favorite, but the Oilers have a candidate, too.

Leon Draisaitl upstaged Kirill Kaprizov and his teammates, leading Edmonton to a 7-1 blitz on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center for the Wild’s most lopsided loss of the season, and it was worse than the final score.

The Wild were ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Home hasn’t been so sweet for the Flyers.

So it’s no surprise Scott Laughton was asked about the 6-8-1 record at the Wells Fargo Center during the first intermission of a 0-0 game. “What’s the key to being better at home?” Jason Myrtetus asked on 97.5 The Fanatic. “Simplicity,” Laughton said to start. Maybe he ...Read more

Left wing Ivan Barbashev scored with 1:15 remaining in overtime, and the Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 3-2, at Canada Life Centre on Thursday for their fourth straight win.

Left wing Victor Olofsson tied the game with 1:49 remaining in regulation with a five-on-three power-play goal. Right wing Keegan Kolesar also scored for the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A driver whose car allegedly hit NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, last August in New Jersey was indicted Wednesday.

Sean Higgins, 44, had a blood-alcohol level of .087 and failed a field sobriety test when arrested after his vehicle collided with the brothers around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 as they rode their bikes ...Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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