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Canadiens, Blues set to face off minus key roster pieces
The first half of the season gave the Montreal Canadiens' organizational depth a severe test. The Canadiens passed it, overcoming myriad injuries to earn 50 points in their first 40 games.,"You're not going to go through this season with 23 guys," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "You're probab...

NHL roundup: Mika Zibanejad's Winter Classic hat trick lifts Rangers
Mika Zibanejad recorded the first-ever hat trick in a Winter Classic and logged two assists while leading the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in Miami.,A sellout crowd of 36,153 attended the game at loanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins. Artemi Panarin chi...

Matty Beniers, Kraken slip past Canucks in shootout
Matty Beniers scored the lone shootout goal to end the third and final round as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Friday.,Seattle won for the first time in five shootouts this season while the Canucks dropped to 4-1 in those situations.,Cale Fleury, Chandler Stephenson an...

Quinn Hughes' 4 assists power Wild's win over Ducks
Danila Yurov scored twice and Quinn Hughes added four assists as the visiting Minnesota Wild topped the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday.,Yakov Trenin scored and added an assist while Kirill Kaprizov and Nico Sturm also tallied for the Wild, who improved to 3-0-1 on their season-high seven-game road trip...

Rangers ride Mika Zibanejad's hat trick to Winter Classic win over Panthers
Mika Zibanejad recorded the first-ever hat trick in a Winter Classic and logged two assists while leading the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in Miami.,A sellout crowd of 36,153 attended the game at loanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins.,Artemi Panarin chi...

Islanders face Maple Leafs yearning for more good news
The second day of 2026 went much better than the first for the New York Islanders.,The Islanders hope their second game of the calendar year goes better than the first on Saturday night, when New York faces the Toronto Maple Leafs in a battle of Eastern Conference rivals in Elmont, N.Y.,Both teams w...

Capitals hope to rediscover form vs. bruised Blackhawks
Alex Ovechkin hopes to reawaken his scoring touch when the sliding Washington Capitals kick off a three-game homestand against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,The Capitals were disappointed in their first effort of the calendar year as they saw their early multi-goal lead diminish in a 4-3 road ...

Slumping Jets try to break out vs. Senators
While the visiting Winnipeg Jets are reeling, the Ottawa Senators are trying to break through the logjam for an Eastern Conference playoff spot as the two teams meet Saturday night.,The Jets are winless in their last eight games (0-5-3). All but one of those losses - a two-goal defeat against Edmont...

Steven Stamkos, Predators take aim at rising Flames
Though Steven Stamkos was held off the scoresheet in the Nashville Predators' 4-1 road loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, he has looked more like his old self recently.,Going into the Predators' game at the Calgary Flames on Saturday night, Stamkos has 10 goals and five assists in his last 11 g...

Hurricanes dealing with "obvious" deficiencies as Avalanche arrive
The Carolina Hurricanes will hit the regular season's midway point Saturday night with a good number of concerns going into a matchup with the Colorado Avalanche in Raleigh, N.C.,While the Hurricanes boast one of the Eastern Conference's best records at 24-13-3, there have been recent malfunctions. ...

Brayden Schenn's late dagger helps Blues down Golden Knights
Brayden Schenn scored the winning goal with 1:33 left to lift the St. Louis Blues past the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday afternoon.,Alexey Toropchenko and Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who snapped a two-game losing streak.,Justin Faulk also scored for St. Loui...

Sizzling teams clash as Lightning continue trip at Sharks
The Tampa Bay Lightning have built another hot streak and brought it with them to the West Coast.,Sporting a six-game winning streak, the Lightning will travel to Northern California to face the San Jose Sharks on Saturday following a successful stint down south.,Coach Jon Cooper's team won both sid...

Playoff-positioned Oilers, Flyers try to rebound from losses
Though the Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers have played relatively well this season, the need for both to rebound from defeats to close out 2025 is a top priority.,The Oilers and visiting Flyers each look to get 2026 started on a positive note when they meet Saturday.,As last year came to an ...

Devils, Mammoth look to build off wins for early 2026 momentum
The Utah Mammoth look to start 2026 with two straight wins as they visit the New Jersey Devils for a Saturday matinee in Newark, N.J.,Dylan Guenther tallied four points and his first NHL hat trick as the Mammoth, who ended 2025 with two straight losses, cruised to a 7-2 victory against the host New ...

Lightning reward D Charle-Edouard D’Astous with 1-year extension
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenseman Charle-Edouard D'Astous to a one-year, one-way contract extension worth $875,000 on Friday.,A 27-year-old rookie, D'Astous has totaled three goals and 13 points in 33 games while averaging 19:05 in ice time.,D'Astous originally signed with the Lightning in M...

Record winning streak in reach as Sabres visit Blue Jackets
The Buffalo Sabres will look to set a franchise record with their 11th straight win when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.,Buffalo extended its winning streak to 10 games on Wednesday with a dominant effort in a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars. It's the fourth time in Sabres history th...

Islanders F Bo Horvat, a Canada Olympian, avoids serious injury
New York Islanders alternate captain Bo Horvat remains on track to play for Canada in the Olympics despite leaving Thursday's loss to the Utah Mammoth with an apparent lower-body injury.,Horvat will miss upcoming games against the Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils and Nashville Predators and wi...

Surging Penguins seek mini-sweep of Red Wings
An overtime goal decided the first 2026 meeting between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. They'll match up again Saturday afternoon in Detroit.,Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into the extra session to give the Penguins a 4-3 home victory on Thursday night. Pittsburgh carries a three-game...

Canucks dealing with new injury absences as Kraken visit
The new year brought more discouraging injury news for the Vancouver Canucks.,Coach Adam Foote announced at practice on Thursday that forwards Marco Rossi and Conor Garland would both be out for at least a week after sustaining injuries in a 6-3 loss on Tuesday against the visiting Philadelphia Flye...

Matty Beniers tallies 2 goals as Kraken take down Predators
Matty Beniers tallied twice and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 4-1 Thursday night.,Jamie Oleksiak and Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, which extended its point streak to six games (5-0-1).,Roman Josi got the lone goal fo...