DETROIT — The Colorado Avalanche need better play from Alexandar Georgiev in the bigger picture of the 2024-25 season, but the guys in front of their beleaguered goaltender really needed him to deliver Saturday night.

And he did.

Behind a strong effort from Georgiev and a much-needed power-play goal from the top unit, the Avalanche gutted ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – No one has stumped the Wild like the Kings have.

After handing the Wild their most lopsided loss earlier in the season, Los Angeles delivered another blow on Saturday night by cooling the Wild, 4-1, at Crypto.com Arena to end their season-long five-game win streak.

This was only the fifth regulation loss for the Wild (18-5-4), ...Read more

CHICAGO — Anders Sorensen had no idea this week he was going to become the next coach of the Chicago Blackhawks.

“No warning, blitzed,” he said Saturday before his debut against the Winnipeg Jets.

Sorensen saw his dream come true Saturday as he took his perch behind the Hawks bench in his first game as interim coach since replacing Luke ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins, by most measures, have been a lousy third-period team all season.

They have blown a bunch of leads. They had allowed the most goals in the NHL in the final frame entering Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. And only the New York Islanders had a worse goal differential in that ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins wiped out a two-goal third-period deficit with a spirited comeback and then Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime winner in a week, lifting the B’s over the Flyers, 4-3, on Saturday at TD Garden.

Zacha and David Pastrnak battled to maintain control of the puck along the boards before Pastrnak went around the net and fed...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey driver charged with hitting and killing National Hockey League hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, struggled to perform a field sobriety test and told officers he was “freaked out” by the situation, according to newly released bodycam footage.

The footage, obtained though an open-records ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Wild keep losing players but not games.

Relying on their most patchwork lineup to date with four regulars missing, they creamed the Ducks 5-1 on Friday night at Honda Center to win five in a row for the first time this season and remain atop the NHL with 40 points (18-4-4).

This is the Wild’s longest streak since they...Read more

NEW YORK — In their last game, the Penguins blew a three-goal lead to the Florida Panthers before rallying in overtime. There was no massive outburst Friday against the Rangers. The damage was much more subtle.

There was also no comeback, the result of the Penguins’ inability to sustain momentum.

New York scored goals 1:09 and 1:23 after ...Read more

CHICAGO — A day after Kyle Davidson fired Luke Richardson — his first head coaching hire — the Chicago Blackhawks general manager said he made the decision because “some of the realistic expectations that we had coming into the year just were not met.”

Davidson appointed Rockford Ice Hogs coach Anders Sorensen as interim coach of the ...Read more

BOSTON — Another CTE study is exposing the dangers of repetitive head impacts for athletes.

The largest study ever of CTE in dead hockey players found that the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy significantly increased with longer careers.

The Boston University CTE Center study of 77 dead male ice hockey players showed that the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Robin Lehner’s whereabouts remain unknown amid the former Golden Knights goalie’s bankruptcy case, attorneys allege.

Lehner hasn’t interacted with his now former attorney for a prolonged period, according to a court filing by Ryan Andersen, of Andersen Beede Weisenmiller, an attorney representing the trustee in a bankruptcy ...Read more

CALGARY, Alberta — Sometimes, it's about survival.

In an eventual 4-3 Blues overtime win over the Flames on Thursday night, St. Louis lived through a third period in which they were outshot 15-4, before Colton Parayko won the game for St. Louis with 2:35 remaining in overtime.

Parayko stuffed home a Robert Thomas rebound inside the crease, ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis said he was choked up Wednesday when he called to tell his mom he had been picked for Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off.

A day later, the winger looked the part of someone who belonged with the best.

Jarvis, energetic and constantly in motion, had a power-play goal, received a cut ...Read more

Traction has been a popular word around the Red Wings lately.

The Wings can't put together any win streak or bunch some victories around a singular loss. Positive momentum, positive traction.

Oxford, Mich., native Josh Norris made sure the Wings didn't gain any Thursday in Ottawa.

Norris scored two goals, including the game winner with 41.6 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After squeezing 25 games in 50 days, the Flyers finally had more than a day or two between games before a Thursday night matchup with the Florida Panthers.

Rest is always welcomed, but maybe it came at the wrong time for a team that was rolling. The Flyers entered the night on a five-game point streak, including straight three ...Read more