Hockey Page 140 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Rangers keep coming back, finally top Utah
Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:38 remaining in the third period as the New York Rangers erased three one-goal deficits and defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,The Rangers capped a 2-0-1 Western trip and extended their point streak to six games (4-...

In their first shootout of season, Predators knock off Blackhawks
Filip Forsberg's 300th career goal tied the game late in regulation, and the Nashville Predators went on to beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in a shootout Thursday night.,Nashville trailed 2-1 when a streaking Forsberg took a stretch pass from Nick Blankenburg, then drilled the puck past Chi...

Canadiens capture another road win, at Stars
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves and Alex Newhook scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 road win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Juraj Slafkovsky and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens, and Nick Suzuki had two assists.,The Canadiens are on a six-...

Dylan DeMelo's last-minute goal lifts Jets over Kraken
Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds remaining in the third period as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-1 Thursday night to remain tied with Washington for first place in the NHL's overall standings.,Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who improved to 4-1-2 on their eight-...

Brayden Schenn, Blues continue mastery of Flames
Brayden Schenn scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues past the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night.,The Blues swept their three-game season series with the Flames for the second straight campaign.,Colton Parayko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who went 3-1 on their homestand....

Flyers extend sudden surge, dump Islanders
Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period Thursday night for the Philadelphia Flyers, who beat the New York Islanders 5-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Cam York scored what proved to be the game-winner early in the third, and Noah Cates added an empty-netter with 1:12 left for t...

Jake Guentzel, Lightning emerge with shootout win over Ducks
Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.,Guentzel, who had a goal in regulation, beat Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal (34 saves) between the pads to open the shootout.,Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves for the Lig...

William Nylander lifts Maple Leafs past Devils in OT
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday night.,Nylander, who also had an assist, scored on a breakaway to end Toronto's three-game losing streak.,Auston Matthews tied the game at 15:47...

Alex Ovechkin strikes in OT, Capitals beat Senators 1-0
Alex Ovechkin scored at 3:07 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals over the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Thursday night.,Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on the rush and beat Leevi Merilainen from the left circle for his 874th NHL goal. He is now 21 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's...

Red Wings' hot power play overwhelms Panthers
Cam Talbot made 41 saves and the Detroit Red Wings scored three power-play goals in a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.,Detroit's Jonatan Berggren, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each had a goal with the man advantage. Marco Kasper also scored, and Larkin added an a...

Blue Jackets stay hot, deal struggling Sharks another loss
James van Riemsdyk scored twice, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.,Kent Johnson scored and added an assist, and Adam Fantilli scored the other goal for the Blue Jackets, who have won six straight and nine of 11.,Columbus, which wr...

Playing well of late, Sabres try to extend Penguins' skid
A post-Christmas rut has added to the overall frustration of the Pittsburgh Penguins.,However, they still find themselves in better shape than the Buffalo Sabres.,The Penguins begin a season-high seven-game road stretch looking to avoid a fourth straight defeat Friday night against the Eastern Confe...

Golden Knights aim to regain form in encounter vs. Hurricanes
The Vegas Golden Knights haven't been in full bounce-back mode often this season.,But that might be the case for their game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Some of the shine has come off Vegas with losses in three of its last four games.,"Maybe there's a bit of compl...

Stars' top goal scorer Roope Hintz (upper body) out vs. Habs
Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz will not play in Thursday's game against the visiting Montreal Canadiens due to an upper-body injury.,Hintz sustained his injury after being hit by Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews in the first period of Dallas' 4-1 win against Toronto on Tuesday.,Hintz, 28, has a...

Maple Leafs' John Tavares (lower body) placed on IR
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body ailment on Thursday and is considered week-to-week, head coach Craig Berube said.,Tavares got his skate tangled with teammate Chris Tanev while participating in a power-play drill during Wednesday's practice. He...

Sputtering Canucks look for 'committed' effort vs. Kings
The Vancouver Canucks are well into the second month of a major slump that's officially knocked them out of a playoff spot.,Bouncing back won't get any easier against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.,The Canucks have dropped five of their past six games (1-3-2) and haven't won two i...

Oilers' tank to be tested by travel, high-octane Avalanche
The Edmonton Oilers haven't enjoyed home cooking for a while, and it will be a few more days before they unpack their bags.,In the midst of playing seven of eight games on the road, the sixth is Thursday night when the Oilers visit the Colorado Avalanche in Denver.,The degree of difficulty increases...
Columbus Blue Jackets Are Authoring Best Story in Sports This Season
After the tragic loss of Johnny Gaudreau over the offseason, the Columbus Blue Jackets are exceeding expectations and gaining momentum in one of the best stories in sports....

Rangers bid to build momentum against Utah HC
The New York Rangers and Utah Hockey Club share a commonality of being .500 teams and facing similar deficits in the wild-card races of their respective conferences.,Both teams are hoping to make up some ground on Thursday night when the Rangers visit the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City.,The Rang...

Kyle Connor, Jets take aim at Kraken
The Winnipeg Jets just keep soaring.,The Jets became the first NHL team to 30 wins with a 6-1 thrashing of the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.,Winnipeg will look to continue its winning ways when it hosts the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.,The Jets have won two consecutive games and are 3-...