NEW YORK — The New Jersey Devils confounded fans with their explanation for why star goalie Connor Hellebuyck won’t play Tuesday in his tense return to Winnipeg, claiming it “would potentially give us a reduction in our expected win probability.”

The bizarre statement came from general manager Sunny Mehta, who said Sunday night that the...Read more

Well, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ good vibes didn’t last long.

After snapping a four-game losing streak with a win in Los Angeles on Saturday, they fell way behind in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday and couldn’t complete a comeback. The Ducks beat the Penguins 5-2 at the Honda Center.

The game turned on a bungled 5-on-3 power play for Pittsburgh...Read more

Less than 24 hours after an overtime comeback win in Minnesota, the Tampa Bay Lightning set themselves up for more last-minute heroics in the second half of their back-to-back Sunday night in Winnipeg.

The Lightning were being shut out, down by three goals with less than 12 minutes to play.

Their power play was flat, they weren’t winning ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights put an emphatic stamp on an impressive road trip with a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday.

The Knights (12-5-2) earned seven of a possible eight points on the season-long, four-game road trip. Their lone loss was Monday in Boston via a shootout.

Mitch Marner scored a ...Read more

BOSTON — The Florida Panthers are without Sasha Barkov and Brad Marchand and they were on the second half of a back-to-back when they met the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Sunday.

But a win over the Panthers these days, in any iteration, is nothing to be dismissed.

With hostilities flashing early and often, the B’s grabbed an early lead ...Read more

DENVER — Martin Necas can shoot a hockey puck from distance about as well as anyone in the world.

His two goals Friday night traveled a combined total of about four feet.

Necas scored twice and assisted on two more as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 4-0, in front of a spirited Saturday night crowd at Ball Arena. Nathan...Read more

The Pittsburgh Penguins were ailing as they flew west for a three-game road trip. They had lost four straight games, including an embarrassing home defeat Thursday.

But the California air seemed to lift their spirits. The Penguins rode two goals each from Tommy Novak and Sidney Crosby to a 5-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks had some encouraging moments in their game against the Dallas Stars on Saturday night, but their three-game road trip still ended in bitterly disappointing fashion.

Led by some of their youngest players, the Sharks scored more goals than they had in a week but struggled mightily on the penalty kill in a 4-3 loss to the Stars...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild never trailed until the very end.

They uncharacteristically blew a two-goal lead in the third period, and the Lightning completed their 4-3 comeback in overtime on Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena to snap the Wild’s three-game win streak.

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov – on his ninth shot of the ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The reeling Sharks tested the rolling Wild … but not enough to change either’s momentum.

In their return home from sweeping a two-game road trip, the Wild pulled away late for a 4-1 victory over San Jose on Friday at Grand Casino Arena that extended their recent tear to 6-0-1.

Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 16th...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A sullen Penguins locker room Thursday night confronted the reality that the season is already slipping away.

“Consistency is not there at all, and it’s not one game we’re talking about,” Kris Letang said. “We’re on for 20 [minutes], we’re off for 20. And you cannot win games consistently in this league if you’re ...Read more

DETROIT — This one will be tough to stomach for the Red Wings.

Vegas forward Trevor Connelly scored at 18 minutes, 18 seconds of the third period, his seventh goal, giving Vegas a 2-1 victory over the Wings.

Connelly got a feed from Jack Eichel, made a nifty move around Michael Rasmussen, and beat goaltender Daniil Tarasov with a shot.

The ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning put their record-setting home win streak on the line Thursday night at Benchmark International Arena against a Blackhawks team that had been winless in its previous seven road games.

With a 4-1 victory, they won their eighth straight home game to open the season.

The Lightning (10-3-2) have recorded points in ...Read more

The Blues are not strangers to trailing by multiple goals in the third period.

And they're no strangers to coming back, either.

In a 5-4 overtime loss to the Devils on Thursday night, the Blues picked up one point with a late comeback but couldn't earn the second one as Jesper Bratt scored in overtime to lift New Jersey.

The Blues (7-7-2) ...Read more

Balanced scoring, quickly becoming a trademark of the 2026-27 Bruins, was the order of the night in Pittsburgh on Thursday as the B’s thumped the flailing Penguins, 6-2.

The B’s got goals from all four lines and Pavel Zacha scored twice to nail down their third straight victory.

The B’s took control with a three-goal first period, ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights overcame a parade to the penalty box and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Center Tomas Hertl scored his second power-play goal of the game with 34.1 seconds remaining, and the Knights (10-5-2) picked up a needed win on the second night of a back-to-back.

Rookie forward Trevor ...Read more

There goes another chance at a three-game win streak.

In a 3-1 loss to the Rangers on Tuesday night, the Blues squandered their third chance this season for three straight wins, and fell back to a 7-7-1 record.

Adam Fox, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Eeli Tolvanen (empty-net) scored for the Rangers. Pius Suter was the only Blue able to crack Dylan ...Read more