Hockey Page 165 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Flames, Predators both looking to turn page in November
The Nashville Predators are well aware they must change their fortunes in a hurry to avoid a repeat of last season's disappointing campaign.,Thus the importance of snapping their current three-game losing skid when the Predators host the last-place Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon.,Including a 4...
Jackets ride hot stretch into matchup vs. floundering Blues
The Columbus Blue Jackets are bracing for a challenging five-game November road trip that will span the width of North America.,Before heading to the airport, the streaking Blue Jackets will host the slumping St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.,Columbus has won three straight and five of its last six...
Cole Caufield, Canadiens cruise into rivalry game with Senators
While the Montreal Canadiens are off to a strong start, the rival Ottawa Senators might finally have found a rhythm without their captain in the lineup.,The Canadiens eye a third consecutive victory Saturday night against the visiting Senators, who closed October with some solid play.,Montreal has w...
Invigorated Trevor Zegras leads Flyers into clash with Maple Leafs
Two of the Philadelphia Flyers' additions are paying off handsomely through the first 10 games of the season.,The Flyers look to ride Trevor Zegras and Dan Vladar to another victory Saturday when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs.,Acquired in an offseason trade with the Anaheim Ducks, Zegras leads P...
Pens bring NHL's best record into tilt vs. West-leading Jets
The Pittsburgh Penguins head into Saturday afternoon's game at Winnipeg atop the NHL standings with 18 points and coming off the second most successful October in team history., ,Pittsburgh went 8-2-2 in October, capped by a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. ...
Panthers, facing Stars, hope Brad Marchand's return boosts offense
Brad Marchand will return to the Florida Panthers when they host the Dallas Stars on Saturday evening in Sunrise, Fla.,Marchand took a leave of absence from the team - missing the Panthers' 3-2 home shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday - in order to support his trainer of many years, J.P. M...
Bruins and streaking Morgan Geekie take aim at Canes
With a new coach and a new system, the Boston Bruins have had their share of ups and downs over the opening weeks of the season.,The Bruins look to follow up Thursday's 4-3 overtime win against Buffalo and complete a three-game homestand sweep when they host the Carolina Hurricanes for another Easte...
Bruins F Elias Lindholm (lower body) out multiple weeks
Boston Bruins forward Elias Lindholm will be sidelined multiple weeks due to a lower-body injury, head coach Marco Sturm announced Friday.,Lindholm is undergoing an MRI on Friday to determine the extent of his injury. The top-line center was hurt in a collision at center ice with Buffalo forward Jor...
Red Wings, facing Ducks, shoot for Southern California sweep
The Detroit Red Wings visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday riding a three-game winning streak but knowing their latest victory was a close shave.,The Red Wings, who sit atop the Atlantic Division, are coming off a wild 4-3 shootout victory over the host Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.,Detroit appeared t...
Red Wings escape in shootout after Kings make late comeback
Lucas Raymond scored the lone shootout goal and the visiting Detroit Red Wings held off a furious rally by the Los Angeles Kings to pull off a 4-3 victory on Thursday.,Marco Kasper scored two goals, including one on the power play, and Alex DeBrincat added his own power-play tally plus an assist as ...
Alex Ovechkin takes 3rd swing at 900 goals as Capitals host Isles
Alex Ovechkin hopes the third time is the charm in the pursuit of his 900th career NHL goal.,Ovechkin moved within one of a pair of milestones after collecting a goal and an assist on Oct. 24 at Columbus. The three-time Hart Trophy recipient has been held off the scoresheet in consecutive contests h...
NHL roundup: Senators rally, top 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. The Senators er...
Sharks overpower Devils to record first home win of season
Philipp Kurashev and Alexander Wennberg each had a goal and an assist for the San Jose Sharks in a 5-2 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Thursday.,William Eklund, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Sharks, who earned their first home win of the season and have prevailed in ...
Rangers erase 3rd-period deficit, dump Oilers in overtime
J.T. Miller scored at 2:48 of overtime, lifting the visiting New York Rangers to a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.,Miller brought the puck through all three zones before scoring from in close to complete the Rangers' comeback after they trailed 3-1 at the start of the third pe...
Kiefer Sherwood nets hat trick as Canucks edge Blues in shootout
Kiefer Sherwood scored a hat trick as the visiting Vancouver Canucks earned a 4-3 shootout victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.,Drew O'Connor earned two assists and Jake DeBrusk scored the lone shootout goal as the Canucks won for just the second time in six games.,St. Louis outshot V...
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...