Hockey Page 131 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Soaring Red Wings face another hot team in Islanders
The Detroit Red Wings are off to their best start in 14 seasons. They'll look to avenge their most lopsided loss when they host the New York Islanders on Thursday night.,The Red Wings recorded 12 wins through the first 20 games of a season for the first time since 2011-12, when they also posted an i...
Panthers' productive offense to test Devils' defense
Coming off their best offensive performance of the season, the Florida Panthers look to keep rolling when they host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers' 8-5 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday saw Florida post season bests in goals, shots (41), and fewest shots allow...
Blues seek payback in rematch vs. Flyers
The St. Louis Blues don't have to wait long to exact revenge on the Philadelphia Flyers., ,Less than a week after losing at home to the Flyers, the Blues will pay a visit to Philadelphia for a rematch on Thursday., ,When the teams met on Nov. 14, Philadelphia came back from a 5-3 deficit to tie the ...
Islanders place D Alexander Romanov (upper body) on IR
The New York Islanders placed defenseman Alexander Romanov on injured reserve Wednesday because of an upper-body injury.,Romanov was hurt with 27 seconds left in the Islanders' 3-2 road win over Dallas when Stars forward Mikko Rantanen hit him from behind and hurtled him headfirst into the back boar...
Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen week-to-week after barbecue mishap
Florida Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen is considered week-to-week after sustaining burns during a barbecue accident, head coach Paul Maurice announced on Wednesday. ,"I'm going to list him as week-to-week because we don't have a lot of experience with this, and some of this is when he comes back ...
East-worst Sabres on uptick ahead of game vs. West-worst Flames
The Buffalo Sabres sit last in the Eastern Conference, but they have plenty of reasons to be confident as they prepare to host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.,The Sabres may be looking up at all the other conference rivals, but it is a short distance between themselves and the club holding the seco...
NHL roundup: Sharks' Macklin Celebrini caps hat trick with OT winner
Macklin Celebrini's third career hat trick helped the San Jose Sharks edge the visiting Utah Mammoth 3-2 in overtime on Monday night.,Celebrini snapped a shot past a screened Vitek Vanecek on a power play at 2:52 of the extra period as the Sharks avoided a third straight loss. Will Smith added a pai...
Macklin Celebrini’s hat trick carries Sharks past Mammoth in OT
Macklin Celebrini's hat trick helped the San Jose Sharks edge the visiting Utah Mammoth 3-2 in overtime on Monday night.,Celebrini snapped a shot past a screened Vitek Vanecek on a power play at 2:52 of the extra period as the Sharks avoided a third straight loss.,Will Smith added a pair of assists,...
Golden Knights hand Rangers rare road defeat
Akira Schmid made 17 saves and Tomas Hertl had two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped the New York Rangers' six-game road winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.,Braeden Bowman, Ben Hutton and Shea Theodore scored the goals for Vegas, which snapped a four-game home ...
Connor Bedard nets 3 as sizzling Blackhawks down Flames
Connor Bedard tallied his second career hat trick and Oliver Moore had a goal and assist to lift the surging Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 home win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.,Chicago won for the fifth time in six games and has collected 11 of 12 possible points over that span.,Though...
Isles survive as Stars' last-second goal is overturned
Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri scored the go-ahead and game-winning goals in the third period Tuesday night for the visiting New York Islanders, who survived a chaotic late rally by the Dallas Stars to earn a 3-2 victory.,Calum Ritchie scored in the second for the Islanders, who improved to 5-1-0 on a ...
Mark Scheifele adds milestone as Jets take down Jackets
Mark Scheifele became the Jets' all-time games leader and recorded three assists in Winnipeg's 5-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.,Already the franchise's all-time leading scorer, Scheifele played in his 898th career game in a Jets uniform, moving ahead of Blake Wheeler for t...
Wild tab young F Danila Yurov for top line vs. Hurricanes
Danila Yurov's opportunity has arrived.,Yurov is slated to join the top line for the Minnesota Wild when they take the ice against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,The highly touted 21-year-old forward has two goals and one assist in 15 games in his rookie season. The Ru...
Jake Guentzel's hat trick propels Lightning to win over Devils
Jake Guentzel recorded his eighth career regular-season hat trick, Nikita Kucherov netted a milestone goal, and the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the visiting New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Kucherov, who also notched an assist, posted his 366th career tally and broke a tie for third in team hi...
Nate Danielson's 1st NHL goal helps Wings down Kraken
Nate Danielson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist and Dylan Larkin reached the 600-point mark as the host Detroit Red Wings defeated the Seattle Kraken, 4-2, on Tuesday.,Lucas Raymond, Emmitt Finnie and Dylan Larkin had the other goals for the Red Wings, who have won three of their last f...
William Nylander scores late in OT as scuffling Leafs edge Blues
William Nylander scored at 4:06 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 3-2 Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.,John Tavares started the play when three Blues converged on him along the boards. He kicked the puck to Morgan Rielly, who passed to Nylan...
Bruins, Ducks prepare for battle of division leaders
The Boston Bruins are headed west.,With the top spot in the Atlantic Division in hand, Boston will make a cross-country flight to begin a three-game California swing with Wednesday night's game against the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks.,The game will be challenging for Boston, which has won...
Alex Ovechkin on a roll as Capitals host Connor McDavid and Oilers
Alex Ovechkin is starting to heat up again.,The NHL's all-time leading goal scorer has tallied in back-to-back games and three times in his last four contests for the Washington Capitals.,Fresh off recording his 903rd career NHL goal, Ovechkin will look to continue his good fortune on Wednesday when...
Stars captain Jamie Benn to make season debut
Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn is ready to make his season debut.,Coach Glen Gulutzan said Benn would be activated from long-term injured reserve to play in the Stars' home game Tuesday night against the New York Islanders.,The 36-year-old Benn had surgery in September to repair a collapsed lung. H...
Sharks eager to tighten defensively in meeting vs. Mammoth
The Sharks will look to clean up defensive mistakes when they return to San Jose to play the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night in the opener of a four-game homestand.,San Jose wrapped up a three-game trip with a 1-2-0 record after a 4-1 loss to Seattle on Saturday.,"There were probably four chances ther...