ST. PAUL, Minn. — Practicing in between games used to be routine for the Wild, so much so that they would trek to far-off or nondescript locations on their road trips if that’s what it took to skate.

There’s TGH Ice Plex at the end of a two-lane road in Tampa, Fla. Across from Calgary’s arena was the Stampede Corral before it was ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights felt they turned a corner after winning back-to-back games for the first time in almost a month.

They turned the corner Tuesday and ran into a 6-foot-5 Finnish wall that stopped everything thrown at him.

Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves, one massive stop after another, and the Knights lost 2...Read more

The Kraken spotted the Tampa Bay Lightning a three-goal lead on Tuesday night, then it was like they remembered they’re sitting on the playoff cutoff and need every win they can get right now.

Bobby McMann and Jared McCann got them back within a goal, then the Lightning pulled away. Nikita Kucherov’s third goal was an empty netter, and ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks missed an opportunity Tuesday to finish a cross-continent road trip on a positive note to make up some ground in their bid for a playoff spot.

After rallying to tie the game in the second period, the Sharks allowed net-front goals to Max Jones and Zach Hyman in the first 8:12 of the third period in a 5-3 loss to the Edmonton...Read more

The Wild finally snapped out of their slump … and against a last-place opponent, to boot.

After dropping three straight home games to non-playoff teams, the Wild overcame a sudden goalie change and late tying goal by the Blackhawks to prevail, 4-3 in overtime, on Tuesday at United Center without the injured Joel Eriksson Ek.

Mats Zuccarello ...Read more

The Bruins got some of what they needed in Montreal on Tuesday, but certainly not all they wanted.

For the second consecutive night, the B’s lost in the final minute of overtime soon after one of their own great chances didn’t find the back of the net.

Cole Caufield scored the winner with 22 seconds left in OT, tapping in a great pass from...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — Ryan Shea figured Ben Kindel would listen to music he heard on TikTok. So it was surprising to hear that the Penguins rookie’s favorite band is the Eagles.

“Most of the boys say he’s a 40-year-old in an 18-year-old’s body,” Shea said.

Kindel’s maturity extends far beyond music tastes. It’s allowed him to ...Read more

DETROIT — There aren't a lot of breathers the next two weeks for the Red Wings but Monday's game against Calgary appeared to be one.

Turned out it was, and the Wings took full advantage.

Four second-period goals, two of them from Patrick Kane, sent the Wings to a 5-2 victory over the woeful Flames.

Emmitt Finnie, Moritz Seider (power play) ...Read more

If the Bruins really want to make the playoffs, earning just one point on a night like Monday in Newark is not going to cut it.

The Bruins coughed up a 2-0 first period lead to an also-ran New Jersey Devils and lost 4-3 in overtime.

After Charlie McAvoy hit the post at one end, Paul Cotter scored his second of the game with six seconds to go ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The first period finally wasn’t the Minnesota Wild’s problem … but the second was.

After getting off to their best start in three games, the Wild gave up three goals the next period before their rally fell short 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday for another head-scratching loss to one of the Eastern Conference�...Read more

SEATTLE — The Kraken’s bottom-six forwards combined for the first four goals as resurgent Seattle beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 and swept a weekend back-to-back.

The fifth goal came courtesy of Bobby McMann, Seattle’s only trade-deadline pickup, who scored his third goal in just two games with the Kraken.

McMann’s debut was delayed a ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks were their own worst enemy on Sunday against the Ottawa Senators.

A host of giveaways, including one on a goal by Drake Batherson with less than seven minutes left in the third period, proved to be the Sharks’ undoing in a sloppy 7-4 loss to the Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre.

With the game tied 4-4, Sharks ...Read more

The St. Louis Blues' point streak ended at seven games with a 3-2 loss to the Jets on Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg.

Dalibor Dvorsky and Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues as they lost in regulation for the first time since Feb. 28 against the New Jersey Devils. Jordan Binnington made 13 saves.

Haydn Fleury, Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights used a three-goal first period to kickstart a dominant 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

The Knights (31-22-14) took a 3-0 lead with three goals in 3:27 thanks to Pavel Dorofeyev, Rasmus Andersson and Keegan Kolesar.

Dorofeyev scored twice for the second straight game, and...Read more

There was a McCann and a McMann to keep track of in Saturday’s Kraken game, but they made it worth the trouble. Both wingers scored at least once in Saturday night’s 5-2 road win over the NHL’s last-place team, the Vancouver Canucks.

Bobby McMann’s long-awaited debut sparked the Kraken, who had lost four straight games.

Rust was a non-...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — For almost 35 minutes Saturday, it was shaping up to be a very bad night for the Penguins.

The Islanders and Blue Jackets both won, putting Pittsburgh in a more precarious position in the Metropolitan Division standings. And the Penguins were trailing the Utah Mammoth by two goals.

But two of the unlikely heroes of this ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers are knocking on the door.

In a chippy game that had a playoff vibe, the Flyers were only able to collect a point against a team standing in their way of the postseason, with the Columbus Blue Jackets defeating them in a shootout, 2-1.

Philly’s winning streak ends at two games, but its point streak ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning might not have been the best team on the ice Saturday night at Benchmark International Arena against the Hurricanes, but they put themselves in a position to earn their second straight win going into the third period.

Playing against a Carolina team with the most points in the Eastern Conference, Tampa Bay was ...Read more

Macklin Celebrini scored twice, Mario Ferraro and Collin Graf each added second-period goals, and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 25 saves as the San Jose Sharks overcame an early injury to earn a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at Bell Centre.

Celebrini scored a first-period goal and one in an empty net with 2:03 left in ...Read more