Hockey Page 134 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Penguins rally past Wild to extend point streak
Ryan Shea and Bryan Rust each registered a goal and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Ben Kindel and Anthony Mantha also scored for Pittsburgh, which earned at least one point for the eighth game in a row. Th...
Jets triumph in Jonathan Toews' first matchup with Blackhawks
Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi all recorded three points, and Jonathan Toews notched an assist in his first matchup with his former team as the Winnipeg Jets beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Thursday night.,Winnipeg's top line was the story with Vilardi scoring twice and ...
Fast start propels Hurricanes past Islanders to snap skid
Bradly Nadeau scored his first NHL goal to begin a three-goal first-period flurry Thursday night for the Carolina Hurricanes, who rolled to a 6-2 win over the New York Islanders in a battle of Metropolitan Division rivals in Raleigh, N.C.,Mike Reilly and Jordan Martinook scored later in the first wh...
Senators erase 3 deficits, finish Flames in shootout
Drake Batherson netted the shootout winner to give the host Ottawa Senators a 4-3 comeback victory over the struggling Calgary Flames on Thursday.,Lars Eller collected one goal and one assist while Artem Zub and Jake Sanderson also scored for Ottawa, which has won four of five games.,Goaltender Linu...
Bruins' Marat Khusnutdinov calls game in OT against Sabres
Marat Khusnutdinov scored his first goal of the season at 2:07 of overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.,After Fraser Minten made a defensive-zone steal and pass, Khusnutdinov tallied the winner on a wrister from the right side after drivi...
Lightning extend winning streak in OT over Stars
Anthony Cirelli scored on a breakaway off a steal 2:36 into overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning returned home for a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.,Cirelli took off on the game-winning dash after Brandon Hagel stripped Mikko Rantanen in three-on-three play, lifting the Lightning...
Bruins C Elias Lindholm exits vs. Sabres with lower-body injury
Bruins center Elias Lindholm exited Boston's Thursday home game with a lower-body injury after colliding at center ice with Buffalo Sabres winger Jordan Greenway in the second period.,The Bruins announced that Lindholm would not return.,Lindholm and Greenway appeared to bump knees as both players pu...
Trevor Zegras' 3-point night powers Flyers past Predators
Trevor Zegras notched two goals and an assist, propelling the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Thursday.,Matvei Michkov collected two assists for the Flyers, who improved to 5-1-0 in their past six games. Philadelphia's Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny a...
Canucks' Brock Boeser injured in first minute vs. Blues, ruled out
Canucks winger Brock Boeser was knocked out of Vancouver's Thursday road game against the St. Louis Blues in the opening minute when a shot struck him in the lower midsection.,The team ruled him out for the night.,Boeser was helped off the ice 33 seconds after puck drop. Vancouver defenseman Elias P...
Red-hot Jack Eichel, Golden Knights face Avs for Nevada Day game
After picking up three points in three games on a difficult Southern road trip, the Vegas Golden Knights return to Las Vegas to open a season-long six-game homestand with a Friday afternoon matinee against the Colorado Avalanche.,Halloween is also a state holiday known as Nevada Day, celebrating the...
Avalanche F Martin Necas signs 8-year extension
Forward Martin Necas signed an eight-year contract extension with the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.,Financial terms were not disclosed by the Avalanche, however TSN reported the deal was worth $92 million and includes $60.4 million in signing bonuses.,The extension spans through the 2033-34 season...
Isles F Mathew Barzal (discipline) to be healthy scratch vs. Canes
New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal will be a healthy scratch for Thursday's road game against the Carolina Hurricanes, coach Patrick Roy announced.,Barzal arrived late for Thursday'a morning skate in Raleigh, N.C., Roy said, and will return to the lineup on Friday when New York visits the Wash...
Fresh off OT losses, Wild try to rebound vs. surging Penguins
Only 11 games into their season, the Minnesota Wild already find themselves answering questions about moral victories.,Minnesota will try to post the only kind of victory it is interested in -- the kind that appears on the scoreboard -- when it faces off against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday n...
Blue Jackets breeze despite 500th goal from Leafs' John Tavares
The Columbus Blue Jackets' third line celebrated a big game on Wednesday in a 6-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, who saw John Tavares notch his 500th career goal in the lopsided loss.,Cole Sillinger scored his first two goals of the season and tied his career high with his fifth three-po...
Red Wings aim to prolong Kings' home struggles
After a trip to New York went bust, the Detroit Red Wings appear back on track and will test their form with a three-game visit to California that starts Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings.,The Red Wings saw their five-game winning streak end last week with losses at the Buffalo Sabres and the N...
Oilers seek to string together good outings against like-minded Rangers
The Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers are both coming off a solid outing that helped them snap a skid, and each will look to keep it going when the two squads square off in Edmonton on Thursday.,Trailing 2-0 after the first period against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday, the Oilers took control in th...
Devils vying to start new win streak against Sharks
The New Jersey Devils will try to get back to their winning ways when they visit the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.,The Devils had their eight-game winning streak crash to an end with an 8-4 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday in the opener of their four-game road trip.,"After we were down...
Now with hometown Jets, Jonathan Toews faces Chicago for first time
Jonathan Toews is a Chicago Blackhawks legend trying to squeeze a little more out of his brilliant NHL career with his hometown Winnipeg Jets.,For the first time since parting ways with his longtime franchise, Toews faces the club that made him famous when his Jets look to continue their strong star...
Islanders, Hurricanes enter showdown plagued by blown leads
The New York Islanders' most recent trip to the playoffs in April 2024 was marred by an inability to hold onto leads and a tendency to allow goals in spurts during a five-game loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.,The Islanders and Hurricanes will each be looking to snap a two-game losing streak Thursday...
Canucks, Blues battling through injuries as they seek a turnaround
The St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks have much in common these days.,Both teams are losing ground in the Western Conference standings during their October struggles, and both teams are depleted by injuries.,Players on both sides will be seeking a turning point when the Blues host the Canucks Th...