BOSTON — The Bruins appeared to have the Vancouver Canucks gripped by the collar with their collective fist cocked for the knockout punch all night on Saturday at TD Garden. But the suddenly tenacious Canucks bobbed, weaved and came away with a 5-4 shootout win in a highly entertaining game.

After the B’s coughed up a one-goal third period ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — For the third time in their last four games, the Lightning on Saturday fell into a multi-goal hole early, heading to the first intermission trailing the Hurricanes by three goals.

Whatever was said in the dressing room between periods worked, as Tampa Bay rallied with three second-period goals to tie the score and grab momentum ...Read more

MONTREAL — After hitting the post on a second-period scoring chance, Justin Brazeau turned to the glass and smacked it with his stick out of frustration. It was that kind of night for the Penguins.

Again.

They struggled managing the puck, they didn't defend the neutral zone particularly well, and they suffered yet another loss, this time 4-0...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild are finally healthier, and getting the band back together didn’t mess up their rhythm.

They held off the Oilers, 5-2, on Saturday at Grand Casino Arena for a seventh consecutive victory that pushed their point streak on home ice to a franchise-record 14 games.

Since Nov. 1, the Wild are 12-0-2 in St. Paul.

Their...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Red Wings' mothers couldn't have asked for a better road trip.

Playing in front of their moms, the Wings put forth one of their best road games of the season Saturday, defeating the Washington Capitals, 5-2.

John Leonard, James van Riemsdyk, Elmer Soderblom, Moritz Seider and Dylan Larkin (empty net) scored Wings goals, and ...Read more

DENVER — The Avs on home ice remain as close to invincible as a sports team can get.

Colorado beat Winnipeg, 3-2, on Friday at Ball Arena, improving to 14-0-2 in Denver. The win extended the longest home point streak to start a season in franchise history, and the Avs’ 12th straight victory at home is the longest in the NHL this season and ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — If you've been watching the Penguins lately, you know that nothing is decided until it's decided. Four-goal, third-period leads disappear like smoke. One-goal leads with a tenth of a second on the clock and your team on the power play can vanish, too.

That is my first thought with news of an expected sale between the Fenway ...Read more

DETROIT — Out of jail for seven years, Michigan native Ben Johnson said he's "learned lessons the hard way" and seeks a second chance to play in the National Hockey League.

A high school hockey prodigy from Calumet, Mich., a village of 692 people in the Upper Peninsula, Johnson was sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a ...Read more

The Kraken have one win in their past 11 games after they failed to dispatch the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Floundering Seattle opened a four-game road trip with a 4-2 loss at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Flames goals leader Matt Coronato scored the winner with less than nine minutes to go in the third period. Pulling goaltender Joey ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks have created some excitement in recent weeks, enough to believe that they can make a run at their first playoff appearance since 2019.

That’s the good news. The other part of that equation is that if the Sharks make the postseason, they’ll likely have to face an elite team like the Dallas Stars in ...Read more

The Wild keep righting their early-season wrongs.

After the Blue Jackets spoiled the Wild’s home opener, the Wild snagged the rematch, 5-2, Thursday night at Columbus’ Nationwide Arena for their sixth consecutive victory.

Joel Eriksson Ek broke a 2-2 tie with 8 minutes, 10 seconds to go on a goal-mouth scramble that could have been ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning were without two of their top three scorers on Thursday night against the Kings. And at this point, a team that’s been riddled by injuries over the season’s first 10 weeks is just hoping to get to the holiday break without any more.

The Lightning’s revolving-door roster got two big pieces back Thursday — ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Flyers have been having better days lately, but they came up short on Thursday night, falling, 5-3, to the Buffalo Sabres.

The loss snapped the Flyers’ five-game point streak and is their first loss in regulation on the road since a 3-0 stinker against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 24.

Things started well for the ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ontario — The spark the Penguins sought away from PPG Paints Arena never appeared. In fact, they came out flat against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday and paid the price during a 4-0 loss at Canadian Tire Centre that stretched their losing streak to seven games.

The performance was actually worse than their winless five-game homestand...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins did a reasonably good job of shutting down Connor McDavid at 5-on-5 on Thursday night at TD Garden, but they learned the hard way that the Oilers captain can beat you in many ways.

McDavid had a primary assist on a power-play goal and scored a vintage he-makes-it-look-easy short-handed goal to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 ...Read more