Hockey Page 157 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Elias Pettersson tallies twice as Canucks nip Sharks
Elias Pettersson scored twice and Quinn Hughes added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks edged the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night.,Brock Boeser and Kiefer Sherwood also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a three-game skid (0-1-2) and won for the second time in six outings (2-2-2).,Th...
Casey DeSmith, Stars hold off Utah Hockey Club
Casey DeSmith made 24 saves in his first start since Dec. 2, helping the Dallas Stars end a two-game skid with a 3-2 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,DeSmith's previous start also came at Utah, when he made 36 saves in a 2-1 win. Jake Oettinger started the next eig...
Jonathan Marchessault pushes Predators past Hurricanes
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist and the Nashville Predators have won back-to-back games for the first time since October by defeating the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday night in the final game before a three-day holiday break.,Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and Mark Jank...
Wild edge Blackhawks to halt 4-game skid
Brock Faber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon and Marcus Foligno each added one goal for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game losing streak....
Sabres snap 13-game skid with emphatic win over Islanders
Beck Malenstyn scored just 2:07 into the game Monday night for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, who never trailed as they snapped a 13-game losing streak by routing the New York Islanders 7-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Jiri Kulich posted his first career two-goal game while Rasmus Dahlin collected a career-high fo...
Nikita Kucherov gets goal, ejection as Lightning blank Panthers
Nikita Kucherov netted the game-winner before being ejected and the Tampa Bay Lightning split their home-and-home set against the Florida Panthers by blanking the Stanley Cup champions 4-0 on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.,Lightning backup goaltender Jonas Johansson stopped 36 shots for his first shutout s...
Kirill Marchenko scores late winner to lift Blue Jackets over Canadiens
Dimitri Voronkov lit the lamp twice and Kirill Marchenko scored the game winner with just over two minutes remaining to help the host Columbus Blue Jackets outlast the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Monday night.,Marchenko blasted a wrist shot past Sam Montembeault with 2:12 left in the game to hand the ...
Sidney Crosby ties Mario Lemieux's mark in Penguins' win
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to match a Penguins legend as host Pittsburgh beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 on Monday night.,The three assists tie Crosby with Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux as the franchise's all-time leader with 1,033 each. They are tied for 12th in NHL history.,Lemieux,...
Bruins pull away from Capitals in third period
Elias Lindholm and Charlie Coyle scored third-period goals within a span of 2:18 as the Boston Bruins surged past the visiting Washington Capitals 4-1 on Monday night.,After the Bruins killed off a five-minute major penalty and went scoreless on a power play in the final frame, Lindholm took captain...
Blues get hat trick from Dylan Holloway, blank Wings
Dylan Holloway notched his first career hat trick and the visiting St. Louis Blues snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 on Monday.,Jordan Binnington made 19 saves for his second shutout this season and the 17th of his career.,Alexandre Texier also scored for the ...
Bruins F David Pastrnak suffers upper-body injury vs. Capitals
Boston Bruins star forward David Pastrnak was deemed "unlikely to return" to Monday's game against the visiting Washington Capitals due to an upper-body injury.,It was unclear when or how Pastrnak was hurt. Pastrnak did not see the ice for much of the second period and did not return from the locker...
Matthew Tkachuk hurt in collision; Nikita Kucherov ejected
Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla. ,With 3:09 remaining in the first period and Florida trailing 3-0 on the back end of a home-and-home ser...
Mark Scheifele bags hat trick in Jets' romp over Maple Leafs
Mark Scheifele had three goals and an assist as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Monday afternoon.,Kyle Connor added two goals and two assists, Gabriel Vilardi piled up three assists and Josh Morrissey had two assists for the Jets, who have won two in a row. Connor ...
Devils rout struggling Rangers for second time this season
Jack Hughes scored twice and collected an assist as the host New Jersey Devils scored three power-play goals and rolled to a 5-0 victory over the sliding New York Rangers on Monday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Hughes scored twice on goalie Jonathan Quick three weeks after scoring twice on Igor Shesterk...
Fresh off of spirited rally, Ducks take aim at Golden Knights
Anaheim Ducks coach Greg Cronin had the perfect pep talk for his team entering the third period of Sunday night's game against the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City.,"I told them that the dads are here and they've come a long ways to watch you play," Cronin said. "Let's finish this off and get a wi...
Stars bid for better special-teams play in clash vs. Utah HC
The Dallas Stars will try to avoid losing three games in a row for the first time this season when they visit the Utah Hockey Club on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,Dallas most recently fell to the New York Rangers on Friday, scoring in the opening two minutes before getting blanked the rest of the...
Hurricanes, Predators look to enter break on a high
The Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators both can feel better about some recent results. ,On Monday night, one of them will carry a two-game winning streak into this week's holiday layoff when the teams meet in Nashville, Tenn.,"Let's try to push through and then take a couple of mental days,...
Panthers rolling, aim to sweep home-and-home vs. Lightning
After putting to rest the season's worst spell of play last month, the Florida Panthers appear to be back on pace in the Atlantic Division. ,The Stanley Cup champions will return to Sunrise, Fla., and conclude their home-and-home series with rival Tampa Bay on Monday after a 4-2 road win in Sunday's...
Facing Caps, Bruins out to enter holiday on season-best run
The Boston Bruins look to enter the holidays with their first five-game unbeaten streak of the season as they host the Washington Capitals on Monday night.,The game marks Boston's second since concluding a five-game Western Conference road trip late last week and follows a 3-1 Saturday win over the ...
Adept at limiting shots, Devils out to keep Rangers down
Three weeks ago, the New Jersey Devils saw their fans make their presence loudly felt at Madison Square Garden when they scored the first four goals and rolled to a 5-1 win over the New York Rangers.,While the Devils were already on an upward trajectory, they won the first meeting despite allowing 3...