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Red Wings' playoff hopes sputter again, blown away by Hurricanes, 4-0

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The Red Wings knew this would be a difficult road trip, said it all along, and it's proving to be.

The Wings dropped their third consecutive game Thursday on this rugged trip — and there's two more to go before returning home — losing 4-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Carolina (46-21-7), which clinched its sixth consecutive...Read more

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Flyers struggle to score in 4-1 loss to Canadiens

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MONTREAL — The Flyers skated toe-to-toe and beat the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs. They went goal-for-goal with the New York Rangers and the Bruins in another game.

They struggled to do either against the Montreal Canadiens.

After facing the beasts of the East for seven straight games, the Flyers were facing a basement dweller to ...Read more

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Wild score twice in third period to polish off pesky Sharks, 3-1

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild weren't going up against someone they're chasing in the Western Conference wild-card race.

That's their next game.

But there was still pressure, to not lose to the last-place Sharks and snap their weeks-long skid.

Thanks to a two-goal third period, the Wild shrugged off San Jose, 3-1, on Thursday at Xcel Energy ...Read more

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Golden Knights break through late for road win over Jets

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Left wing Ivan Barbashev scored twice in the third period to help the Golden Knights to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on Thursday.

Barbashev scored the go-ahead goal with 5:29 remaining, then scored one of two empty-netters for a 3-1 lead. Center Jack Eichel scored another empty-netter for the final goal.

Goalie Logan ...Read more

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Blues notch 7th win in 9 games as they top Flames, 5-3

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ST. LOUIS — Thursday night was an odd one, but the Blues will take it.

The 5-3 win over the Flames had almost everything.

An adventurous goal-scoring bonanza. Two disallowed Calgary goals. An assist by a goaltender. A fight. The end of two major Blues droughts. A near hat trick.

In the end, the win was the Blues' seventh in the past nine ...Read more

Evgeni Malkin's throwback performance pushes Penguins to 3-2 win over Blue Jackets

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PITTSBURGH — This has been a disappointing season for Evgeni Malkin, whose disappearing act this calendar year is among the main reasons why the Penguins were playing in a battle of the Metropolitan Division basement Thursday at PPG Paints Arena.

But in their 3-2 win against the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets – their second straight ...Read more

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Bruins drop 3-1 decision to Lightning

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The Bruins were reminded on Wednesday in Tampa Bay that chasing the game is not a good nightly strategy.

The B’s had scored their best win of the season on Tuesday against the Florida Panthers when they came back from three separate deficits to win. But on Wednesday, the B’s never led and Lightning were not nearly as generous as the ...Read more

Sharks search for positives as losing streak continues. They had a couple vs. Dallas

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks could have started to mail it in and go through the motions after the Dallas Stars took a three-goal lead early in the second period.

Instead, a few of the Sharks’ youngest players led the response.

William Eklund assisted on an Alexander Barabanov even-strength goal and later scored on the power play...Read more

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Kraken feast on lowly Ducks, snap 8-game losing streak

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SEATTLE — Every pressure cooker needs an outlet valve and the Kraken’s wound up scalding their bystander opponents big-time Tuesday night with pent-up steam let loose early and often.

The Anaheim Ducks are nobody’s idea of a juggernaut at the best of times, and this absolutely wasn’t one of those. They stood around as if hoping to snag ...Read more

Canadiens slow surging Avalanche, snap Colorado's nine-game winning streak

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DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have looked unstoppable at home for much of the season and in any venue since a wave of additions before the NHL trade deadline.

The Montreal Canadiens stopped them Tuesday night at Ball Arena. Colorado scored on the first shift of the game, but that was all for the high-powered Avs, as the Canadiens snapped ...Read more

Penguins beat Hurricanes in Jake Guentzel's return to PPG Paints Arena

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PITTSBURGH — Just about everyone inside PPG Paints Arena warmly welcomed Jake Guentzel back to Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. One rare exception? Alex Nedeljkovic.

Nedeljkovic was on point between the pipes, making 39 saves — six of them on Guentzel — to lead the Penguins to a 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Penguins had lost ...Read more

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Red Wings earn point in Washington but fall further out of playoffs with 4-3 OT loss

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WASHINGTON — Getting into the playoffs for the Red Wings just became a tad more difficult.

Washington's Dylan Strome scored his second goal of the game at 1 minute, 55 seconds of overtime, giving the Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Wings.

Strome drove to the net and deflected a pass from John Carlson past goaltender Alex Lyon.

With the one ...Read more

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Bruins come back again and again to beat Panthers, 4-3

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In their biggest game of the year for their frame of mind as much as for the standings, the Bruins did what their coach told them to do.

They woke the bleep up.

The B’s shook off three one-goal deficits and took their first lead of the game with 2:31 left in the game on Pavel Zacha’s goal to beat the Florida Panthers, 4-3, in Sunrise, Fla....Read more

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Flyers lose hard-fought battle to Rangers in overtime

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NEW YORK — There’s no denying it. The Flyers have been playing good hockey.

They haven’t always been on the winning side of contests but they knew hitting Broadway that if they keep maintaining the way they’ve been playing, the lights will shine bright on them.

As Travis Konecny said after the team’s morning skate at Madison Square ...Read more

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Golden Knights blow third-period lead, fall to Predators in OT

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The Golden Knights squandered a three-goal lead in the third period and lost, 5-4 in overtime, to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.

The Predators’ rally ensured they extended their franchise-record point streak to 18 games. Defenseman and captain Roman Josi scored the winning goal 50 seconds into overtime.

Center ...Read more

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Panthers Postscripts: Time to start looking at Florida's potential playoff paths

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A little more than three weeks remain in the NHL regular season, and while the Florida Panthers are all but locks to make the playoffs, their path to a Stanley Cup is anything but finalized.

So with time running out, let’s dive into where things stand.

A quick reminder of the NHL playoff format: The top three teams in each division and then ...Read more

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Knights beat Blues in overtime after goaltender's heroic save

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Jonathan Marchessault scored 49 seconds into overtime and the Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-1 at Enterprise Center on Monday.

The goal was Marchessault’s 39th of the season. He scored 19 seconds after goaltender Logan Thompson stopped Blues forward Pavel Buchnevich on a penalty shot.

Left wing Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for ...Read more

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How Sam Bennett became an 'identity player' for the Florida Panthers

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Sam Bennett probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind when thinking of key Florida Panthers forwards. Most would drift toward Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe. Trade deadline acquisition Vladimir Tarasenko might even round out the top-five.

But inside the Panthers’ dressing room, there is a clear ...Read more

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Kraken allow 4 first-period goals to Canadiens, suffer 8th straight loss

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Rock bottom for a season spiraling beyond control came with two minutes to go in Sunday night’s opening period when the Kraken surrendered a fourth goal before the third one could even be announced to the stunned home crowd.

That crowd had actually been bolstered by ample fans in visiting Montreal Canadiens red jerseys among the usual and ...Read more

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Why depth is on the Carolina Hurricanes' side as the NHL enters the stretch run

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The NHL doesn’t afford its teams a spring break — unless you count the end-of-season sojourn half the league’s teams will take when the playoffs start in April — choosing instead to give every team a bye week around the league’s winter All-Star Game.

That can make for some brutal stretches throughout the rest of the...Read more