VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Detroit Red Wings had a task Thursday in Vancouver, skated into Rogers Arena, and went ahead and accomplished it.

The Wings started quickly and picked apart the Canucks 5-2.

Vancouver (2-9-1) is struggling badly, arguably the weakest team in the NHL, and when it's on the schedule opponents need to take ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights hoped they would hit the road and put Tuesday’s rough showing behind them.

Only it was more of the same in the Knights’ 6-2 loss to the host St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Thursday, suffering consecutive losses for the first time this season.

Brett Howden scored for the fourth time in five games, and Jack ...Read more

KANATA, Ontario – The San Jose Sharks lost another player to injury Thursday night, but it didn’t prevent them from earning another win on what’s become a pretty impressive road trip.

After falling behind early in the first period, the Sharks scored four straight goals, including three in the second period, and got an impressive ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The last few days had not been kind to the Penguins. They lost all four games of a Western Conference road trip, lost Bryan Rust for at least six weeks and endured a terrifying medical situation with Ben Kindel.

They channeled that tough stretch into a determined effort Thursday night. The Penguins beat the Florida Panthers, 4-0,...Read more

BOSTON — On a night on which they could have been forgiven for a little bit of sluggishness, the Bruins delivered a thorough, balanced beatdown of the Nashville Predators at TD Garden, 6-0, on Thursday.

The B’s got goals from five different goalscorers, including one from a member of each of the four lines, and the first NHL shutout from ...Read more

BUFFALO — The kids are all right.

Playing in their second and seventh NHL games, respectively, Cole Knuble and Oliver Bonk led the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres. The 22-year-old Knuble notched a pair of goals, and the 21-year-old Bonk registered the primary assists on each one.

After a nine-game winless streak ...Read more

SEATTLE — Have the Red Wings and Dylan Larkin "kissed and made up?"

According to Jimmy Devellano, the Wings' alternate governor and long-time front office executive, maybe they have.

Appearing on the John Keating and Chris Osgood podcast, Devellano said the organization and Larkin have come to a middle ground after Larkin's trade request ...Read more

SEATTLE - Dylan Larkin's trade list has expanded Tuesday, October 20 but the Red Wings' win column did not.

The Wings came close to increasing their number, though, losing 4-3 in a shootout. Seattle won the shootout 2-1, with Larkin being stopped in the fourth and final round.

Alex DeBrinct's power play goal, his 300th career goal, with 16.3 ...Read more

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Wild kept the Oilers’ stars in check at even strength.

But the power play was a different story.

Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl dissected the improved Wild penalty kill, scoring three times to thwart the Wild’s rally with a 4-3 overtime win on Tuesday night at Rogers Place in a showdown of the NHL�...Read more

MONTREAL — The San Jose Sharks have lost some games in frustrating ways in recent days, notably losing in a shootout after giving up a tying goal late in the third period, and one in which they committed some game-deciding absentminded penalties.

The Sharks, though, will no doubt find some inspiration from their game against the Montreal ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — This was a road trip to forget.

One night after being surprised by the struggling Philadelphia Flyers, the Colorado Avalanche were overwhelmed by the New Jersey Devils in a 4-3 loss at Prudential Center. Scott Wedgewood made 37 saves, but didn’t get much help as the Avs dropped back-to-back games for the first time this ...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — The Pittsburgh Penguins entered their four-game Western Conference road trip with some promise but plenty of questions.

Consider those questions answered after the trip — just not in ways Pittsburgh would like. And the promise evaporated into the dry mountain air.

The Utah Mammoth beat the Penguins 5-4 on Monday at the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Given the opponent’s form, it’d be hard to not classify this as the worst performance of a young Colorado Avalanche season.

Matvei Michkov had two goals, Trevor Zegras had three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers, who entered Monday night with one win in 10 games, surprised the Avalanche, 3-2, at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

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TORONTO — The San Jose Sharks asked too much of their penalty kill and, in turn, goalie Yaroslav Askarov, against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.

The Sharks allowed two power-play goals, including a go-ahead goal by rookie winger Gavin McKenna at the 4:56 mark of the third period, in a 3-1 loss to the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena....Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild needed Kirill Kaprizov to continue his record-breaking goal-scoring pace to outlast the Blue Jackets.

Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 10th goal to break a 1-1 tie and lift the Wild past Columbus 2-1 on Sunday night at Grand Casino Arena.

Kaprizov is the fastest player in Wild history to reach 10 goals in a season ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Pittsburgh Penguins fans who didn’t stay up for Saturday’s late-night matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights did themselves a favor.

The pitiful performance was hardly worth losing sleep over — though Kyle Dubas can’t be resting easy after how his team has looked in the first nine games.

The Golden Knights beat the ...Read more