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Capitals aim to stay hot in conclusion of season series vs. Devils
The Washington Capitals will look to continue a pair of streaks when they visit the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night in Newark, N.J.,Washington has won six straight road games and three games in a row overall, while the Devils have won four of their last five and 11 of their last 15.,The teams wi...

Maple Leafs meet Lightning, look to split Florida swing
The Toronto Maple Leafs will finish their swing through the Sunshine State when they face Atlantic Division rival Tampa Bay on Saturday night. ,In a strong November that saw coach Craig Berube's group move near the top of the division standings, the Leafs were slowed Wednesday night by the defending...

Hurricanes seek immediate bounce-back against Panthers
The Carolina Hurricanes eye revenge as they travel to Sunrise, Fla., to face the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon.,The Panthers defeated the Hurricanes 6-3 on Friday in Raleigh, N.C., ending Carolina's nine-game home winning streak in the first half of a home-and-home set.,Sergei Bobrovsky got...

Rangers, Canadiens clash after recent line shakeups
Massive in-game changes by coach Peter Laviolette hardly produced the desired results for the New York Rangers on Friday.,Still trying to find a spark, the Rangers attempt to halt their first five-game losing streak in more than three years Saturday afternoon when they host the Montreal Canadiens.,T...

NHL roundup: Birthday boy Jared Spurgeon lifts Wild over Blackhawks
Jared Spurgeon celebrated his 35th birthday in style, scoring twice to help the Minnesota Wild rally past the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday in Saint Paul, Minn.,The Wild captain, who played just 16 games last season due to back and hip injuries, scored for the first time since April 2023 and notc...

Panthers' big third ends Hurricanes' home win streak
A.J. Greer put Florida ahead with a tiebreaking goal in the third period as the Panthers withstood a Carolina Hurricanes comeback to win 6-3 on Friday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Sam Reinhart scored his NHL-leading 18th goal and Jesper Boqvist, Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell and Sam Bennett also sco...

Stars grab three-goal lead, hang on vs. Avalanche
Mason Marchment had two goals and an assist and Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist each as the host Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday night.,Roope Hintz also scored, Jake Oettinger stopped 29 shots and Miro Heiskanen had two assists for Dallas, which snapped a ...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' OT goal lifts Oilers over Utah
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers edged the host Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Friday night.,Hopkins stripped Matias Maccelli of the puck and beat Karel Vejmelka stick-side for his third of the season at 1:18 of the extra frame.,Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each ha...

Golden Knights stay hot, edge slumping Jets
Brett Howden and Ivan Barbashev each scored twice as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Friday night.,Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each had two assists, and William Karlsson and Shea Theodore each added a helper. Adin Hill made 22 stops in net for Vegas, which has...

Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews calls for his return against Lightning
Center Auston Matthews informed reporters Friday that he intends to make his return for the Toronto Maple Leafs in their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night.,The three-time NHL goal scoring champion (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24) has been out for Toronto since Nov. 3 with what has been ...

Philip Tomasino, Penguins rally for win over Bruins
Philip Tomasino scored his first goal of the season in the third period to propel the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday.,A 23-year-old former first-round pick who was acquired from the Nashville Predators in a deal on Monday, Tomasino netted...

Sharks outgun Kraken 8-5 in first game of back-to-back
Jake Walman scored twice and Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 8-5 Friday afternoon in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Pacific Division rivals.,Will Smith, Mikael Granlund and Klim Kostin also had a goal and an ass...

Erik Portillo wins NHL debut as Kings edge Ducks
Erik Portillo made 28 saves to pick up the win in his NHL debut as the Los Angeles Kings rallied to edge the host Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Friday afternoon.,Alex Laferriere had a goal and an assist and Alex Turcotte also scored for Los Angeles, which won for the second straight game and for the 11th tim...

Down two in third, Caps take down Isles in OT
Jakob Chychrun scored in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 comeback win over the visiting New York Islanders on Friday.,Down 4-2 through two periods, the Capitals equalized on third-period goals from Dylan Strome at 1:20 and Tom Wilson at the 7:24 mark.,Chychrun assisted on Strome's goa...

Red-hot Devils pull out 5-4 victory over Red Wings
Stefan Noesen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the visiting New Jersey Devils held on for a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday afternoon.,Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey. Jacob Markstrom made ...

Lightning notch another 3-2 OT win vs. Predators, sweep season series
Brayden Point's 16th goal just 1:01 into overtime lifted the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win over the host Nashville Predators on Friday afternoon and a sweep of the teams' two-game regular-season series.,After Nashville's Filip Forsberg went off for high sticking 41 seconds into the extra session,...

Jackets top Flames in first meeting since Gaudreau brothers tragedy
Kirill Marchenko had a goal and two assists while Adam Fantilli registered his first multi-goal game of the season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the visiting Calgary Flames 5-2 on Friday.,In the teams' first matchup since the deaths of former Blue Jackets and Flames star Johnny Gaudreau and...

Panthers score 3 times in 3rd to end Hurricanes' home win streak
A.J. Greer put Florida ahead with a tiebreaking goal in the third period as the Panthers withstood a Carolina Hurricanes comeback to win 6-3 on Friday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Sam Reinhart scored his NHL-leading 18th goal and Jesper Boqvist, Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell and Sam Bennett also sco...

Conor Garland leads Canucks past Sabres in OT
Conor Garland capped a two-goal performance by scoring 3:59 into overtime to fuel the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.,Garland converted Brock Boeser's backdoor feed at 5:15 of the third period to extend his point streak to a career-long seven games.,Gar...

Birthday boy Jared Spurgeon helps Wild rally past Blackhawks
Jared Spurgeon celebrated his 35th birthday in style, scoring twice to help the Minnesota Wild rally past the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday in St. Paul.,The Wild captain, who played just 16 games last season due to back and hip injuries, scored for the first time since April 2023 and not...