Hockey Page 18 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Travis Konecny's goal, assist guide Flyers past Blackhawks
Travis Konecny had a goal and assist as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers earned a 3-1 victory against the skidding Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.,Noah Cates and Carl Grundstrom also scored and Sean Couturier had two assists as Philadelphia won for the second time in as many nights. Goaltender Samuel...
Avalanche blank Mammoth to win 13th straight at home
Scott Wedgewood turned away 32 shots to earn his second shutout of the season as the surging Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Tuesday night in Denver.,Samuel Girard scored an unassisted goal for Colorado, which has won 13 straight at home and has earned at least one point in all 17 ho...
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid overwhelm Flames
Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick and Connor McDavid added five assists as the Edmonton Oilers upended the visiting Calgary Flames 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 8-2-1 both overall and in their past 11 meetings with the Flames. Ed...
Steven Stamkos' OT goal lifts Predators over Wild
Steven Stamkos scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Stamkos finished with a goal and an assist for Nashville, which achieved its first three-game winning streak of the season. Ryan O'Reilly also not...
Adam Pelech collects game-winner for Islanders against Devils
Adam Pelech scored the game-winning goal with 1:15 left Tuesday night for the New York Islanders, who edged the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,The Islanders' Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal swapped the puck while skating through the neutral zone before Lee dished to Simon Holmstrom, whose shot f...
Canadiens add to Bruins' home woes with 4-goal third
The visiting Montreal Canadiens broke a tie with four unanswered goals in the third period on the way to a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. ,Zack Bolduc scored the winning goal at the 7:04 mark to spark Montreal's late run. All four goals came in a 5:18 span, including two on separat...
Rangers rack up 5 third-period goals, crush Capitals
Vincent Trocheck scored twice during New York's five-goal third period, fueling the visiting Rangers to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday.,Former Capital Taylor Raddysh jointed Trocheck in amassing two goals and an assist as the Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak against t...
Bowen Byram scores twice, lifts Senators over Sabres in OT
Bowen Byram scored his second goal of the game 31 seconds into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-2 victory against the host Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Byram one-timed a feed from Ryan McLeod from the right circle.,Byram also had an assist, and Noa...
Sam Reinhart directs Panthers attack in comeback win vs. Hurricanes
Sam Reinhart had three assists as the Florida Panthers scored five unanswered goals for a 5-2 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.,The Panthers are 8-2-0 over their last 10 games, including two third-period comebacks against the Hurricanes in the last five days. Florida'...
Dylan Larkin scores late in 3rd, again in OT as Wings top Stars
Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal late in the third period, then tallied again 34 seconds into overtime to give the host Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.,In the extra session, Larkin brought the puck into the Stars' zone, skated between two defenders and wristed a shot ...
Kraken, Kings eager to overcome stretch of adversity
For all the Seattle Kraken have gone through in the past month, they still have a chance to reach the holiday break with a record better than the NHL's version of .500.,The Kraken "evened" their record at 14-14-6 with a 3-1 victory Monday at Pacific Division-leading Anaheim and will try to sweep the...
Skidding Blackhawks bid to 'push back' vs. Flyers
Losses and injuries are mounting for the Chicago Blackhawks, but with that reality comes a spike in self-awareness.,"Of course, it's frustrating," Chicago forward Ilya Mikheyev said. "But we need to learn how to play. Because the best teams play a whole 60 minutes. We're growing up, and it takes tim...
NHL roundup: Kraken stun Ducks with two goals in 3rd
Jordan Eberle tallied twice in the third period as the Seattle Kraken stunned the host Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Monday night.,Frederick Gaudreau also scored for Seattle, which won consecutive games for the first time in a month, and Kaapo Kakko had two assists. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves as ...
Jordan Eberle's heroics send Kraken past Ducks
Jordan Eberle tallied twice in the third period as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Monday night.,Freddy Gaudreau also scored for Seattle, which won consecutive games for the first time in a month, and Kaapo Kakko had two assists. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves as th...
Blue Jackets net 3 power-play goals, dump Kings
Mason Marchment scored two power-play goals in the first period and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets finished off a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.,Krill Marchenko added a power-play goal and Jet Greaves made 23 saves as the Blue Jackets won for just the second time in nine games...
Dominant Avalanche host Mammoth in pre-Christmas matchup
The NHL is starting its three-day holiday hiatus on Wednesday, and the Colorado Avalanche can head into the break on a high note when they host the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night in Denver.,Colorado has won five in a row -- one behind Buffalo's league-leading six-game winning streak -- and has just t...
Maple Leafs fire assistant coach Marc Savard
Mired in last place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division, the Toronto Maple Leafs dismissed assistant coach Marc Savard on Monday.,Savard was responsible for Toronto's dismal power play, which is last in the league at 13.3 percent. They have scored only twice in 27 opportunities during Dece...
Fourth line shines as Flyers end Canucks' winning streak
Dan Vladar made 23 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers received two goals from their fourth line in a 5-2 home victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.,Fourth-liners Nikita Grebenkin and Carl Grundstrom scored for Philadelphia, while Rodrigo Abols assisted on both of those tallies. Christian Dvor...
Lightning cruise past Blues behind 3 points from Darren Raddysh
Darren Raddysh produced three points, Oliver Bjorkstrand reached a milestone of international proportions, and the Tampa Bay Lightning capped their four-game homestand with a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.,Raddysh, a defenseman, tallied on a power play and dished out two assis...
Vegas hosts San Jose in key pre-break divisional matchup
On the heels of losing back-to-back games in regulation for the first time this season, the Vegas Golden Knights return home to Las Vegas to open a four-game homestand against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.,Vegas brings in a three-game losing streak, including a 6-3 loss at Calgary on Saturda...