Hockey Page 113 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Flames keep rolling on home ice, down rival Oilers
Blake Coleman scored the eventual game-winner as the Calgary Flames edged the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night.,Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored for the Flames, who split the home-and-home with the Oilers. Edmonton thumped Calgary 5-1 on Tuesday.,With the victory, Calgar...

Alex Laferriere nets hat trick as Kings pound Ducks
Alex Laferriere notched his first career hat trick for the Los Angeles Kings in a 6-1 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.,Quinton Byfield had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar had the secondary assist on each of Laferriere goals and Anton Forsberg made 24 saves for the Kings, ...

Blackhawks score 2 shootout goals to defeat Stars
Nick Lardis and Ryan Donato scored in the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the host Dallas Stars on Saturday night.,Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals and Jason Dickinson scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped their six-game losing streak. Defenseman Alex Vlasic had two assists and A...

Pavel Buchnevich, Blues snap Predators' 3-game winning streak
Pavel Buchnevich scored two goals and Joel Hofer made 30 saves to lead the host St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,It was the 22nd multi-goal game of Buchnevich's career and the first since Oct. 11, 2024. Robert Thomas had two assists and Brayden Schenn ...

Lightning down Panthers in penalty-filled game
Nikita Kucherov scored twice, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the host Florida Panthers 4-2 in a fight-filled game on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla.,There were 45 penalties called, including nine in a massive brawl toward the end of the second period. The Li...

Matthew Knies vaults Maple Leafs past Senators
Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist Saturday night and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on to defeat the visiting Ottawa Senators 7-5.,Auston Matthews added a goal and two assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won two in a row.,Nicholas Robertson contributed a goal and an assist while William Nyla...

Alex Ovechkin, Caps forge tie in 3rd, nip Devils in OT
Jakob Chychrun followed up his shot to score the game-winner with 54 seconds left in overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday in Newark, N.J., ,Chychrun, who entered Saturday tied with Columbus' Zach Werenski for the league lead in goals by defense...

Matt Boldy lifts Wild past Jets in overtime
Matt Boldy scored his second of the night in overtime as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the host Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Saturday night.,Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists while Mats Zuccarello scored and picked up an assist. Quinn Hughes had three helpers in the win in support of Wild netminder ...

Hurricanes snap skid with 3-goal 2nd period vs. Wings
Shayne Gostisbehere's goal and first of two assists came in a three-goal second period for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 5-2 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Andrei Svechnikov also had a goal and two assists, while Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson and Jordan Ma...

Sabres dominate Bruins in second period, win eighth straight
Peyton Krebs scored the eventual game-winner and Mattias Samuelsson factored into all three of Buffalo's unanswered goals in the second period, leading the Sabres to a 4-1 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Saturday night.,Ryan McLeod and Krebs scored within a span of 1:33 to turn Buffalo's 1-0 ...

David Rittich, Islanders turn in defensive gem to beat Rangers
Backup goalie David Rittich stopped all 27 shots he faced Saturday night for the host New York Islanders, who outlasted the New York Rangers 2-0 in Elmont, N.Y.,Rittich has allowed just three goals over three straight starts in place of Ilya Sorokin, who is sidelined with an unspecified injury. The ...

Lightning sign D J.J. Moser to 8-year, $54 million extension
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced they have signed defenseman J.J. Moser to an eight-year extension worth $54 million (average annual value of $6.75 million) shortly before Saturday's game against the Florida Panthers.,Moser, 25, is in the second year of a two-year deal he signed with the Lightning ...

Flyers, Kraken come off holiday break riding high
Judging by their recent performances, the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken both enjoyed their holiday break.,The Flyers have won two games in a row, and the Kraken swept their three-game California trip leading into the break.,The teams will return to the ice Sunday in Seattle after four days ...

ECHL players go on strike; games postponed
The players of the ECHL have initiated a midseason strike, with their union Friday accusing the league of refusing to bargain in good faith.,The ECHL postponed 13 games slated for Friday as a result of the work stoppage.,The Professional Hockey Players' Association (PHPA) represents minor league hoc...

Knights try to find way to cool off NHL-best Avalanche
With 61 points and just two regulation losses in 36 games, the Colorado Avalanche put together the best start of a season heading into the holiday break since the Christmas break started in the 1972-73 season., ,But captain Gabriel Landeskog says his team, which resumes play in Las Vegas against the...

Caps, Devils resume playoff push amid tough stretches
With the NHL's holiday break over, the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils start the second half with a key Metropolitan Division clash Saturday in Newark, N.J.,Both teams entered the three-day hiatus on losing streaks. Still, they remain in the thick of the divisional and Eastern Conference p...

Islanders ready to continue progress against Rangers
The New York Rangers haven't hit the road to face the New York Islanders since Apr. 10, when Rangers fans filled UBS Arena and roared as their team rolled to a lopsided win that called into question the Islanders' short- and long-term future.,The Islanders are hoping to show their rivals how far the...

Canucks host Sharks on unexpected win streak
With the season's first half nearly behind them, the San Jose Sharks are teasing with notions of playoff hockey in northern California.,The Sharks will start the unofficial second half with a two-game road trip beginning Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks.,The Western Conference, as they s...

Hungry Predators open six-game road swing vs. rival Blues
The Nashville Predators hope to pick up where they left off at the holiday break when they kick off a six-game road trip against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Nashville, fifth in the rugged Central Division but just three points out of a Western Conference wild-card spot, won its last three games...

Flames need more intensity to salvage split of home-and-home with Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers will look to remain hot against the Flames when they visit Calgary for the second half of a home-and-home on Saturday.,Leon Draisaitl recorded a hat trick, and Connor McDavid added five assists as the Oilers cruised to a 5-1 victory over Calgary in Edmonton on Tuesday night.,The ...