Hockey Page 209 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Streaking Stars try to stay hot vs. Utah Hockey Club
The Dallas Stars will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they play host to the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night.,Dallas defeated Ottawa 4-2 on Thursday night to improve to 6-2-1 in their past nine games.,Roope Hintz scored twice, Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist, and capta...
NHL roundup: Brandon Saad (hat trick) leads Blues past Sens
NHL roundup: Friday,Brandon Saad netted his third career hat trick to snap a 19-game goal drought and lead the host St. Louis Blues past the Ottawa Senators 4-0 Friday.,Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his 18th career shutout and third of the season.,Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who ...
Juuse Saros stops 27 shots as Predators blank Canucks
Juuse Saros made 27 saves to post his fourth shutout of the season as the visiting Nashville Predators defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Friday.,Steven Stamkos broke the scoreless deadlock, and Gustav Nyquist and Colton Sisson's both produced one goal and one assist for the Predators, who snappe...
Panthers blow late lead, top Penguins in SO
Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout as the Florida Panthers defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night in Sunrise.,Panthers backup goalie Spencer Knight made 29 saves for the win. In the shootout, he stopped Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby -- the two players who...
Leon Draisaitl's late goal lifts Oilers over Ducks
Leon Draisaitl scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:35 left to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Friday evening.,Draisaitl scored from the bottom of the right circle to extend his point streak to 13 games (11 goals, 14 assists).,Darnell Nurse had a goal and an as...
Brandon Saad (hat trick), Jordan Binnington (shutout) lead Blues
Brandon Saad netted a hat trick to snap a 19-game goal drought and lead the host St. Louis Blues past the Ottawa Senators 4-0 Friday.,Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his 18th career shutout.,Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who have won four of their last five games to move two games ov...
Nick Foligno tallies twice as Blackhawks top Habs, end skid
Nick Foligno scored two goals and Arvid Soderblom stopped 38 shots to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-2 victory against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Friday.,Tyler Bertuzzi and Patrick Maroon also scored for Chicago, which snapped a five-game losing streak while ending Montreal's three-game ...
Panthers blow late lead, top Sens in SO
Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout as the Florida Panthers defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night in Sunrise.,Panthers backup goalie Spencer Knight made 29 saves for the win. In the shootout, he stopped Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby -- the two players who...
Solid at home, Hurricanes try to derail Wild's road success
The Minnesota Wild know how to win on the road, while the Carolina Hurricanes tend to protect home ice well.,That sets up an intriguing clash Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C., in the teams' first meeting of the season.,Minnesota has won four of its last five after playing well against some good compe...
Bruins seek answers on offense ahead of clash vs. rival Leafs
The Boston Bruins will try to find their scoring touch when they complete a three-game road trip Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.,Goals were scarce for Boston, which lost the first two games -- 3-1 to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday and 2-1 to the New York Rangers on Thursday.,The ...
Red Wings ride momentum into matchup with NHL-best Jets
The Winnipeg Jets top the NHL with 56 points and 27 wins while the Detroit Red Wings fired their coach the day after Christmas and entered Friday four points out of a playoff spot., ,However, the Jets have lost their last two (0-1-1), while the Red Wings are on a three-game winning streak entering S...
Rangers ride rare momentum into clash with Capitals
The New York Rangers started the new calendar year with a much-needed win. Now they'll look to keep it going when they visit the Washington Capitals on Saturday afternoon.,The Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak Thursday with a 2-1 victory against the Boston Bruins, a tilt in which they held a...
Leafs D Philippe Myers signs 2-year, $1.7M extension
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Philippe Myers to a two-year, $1.7 million contract extension Friday.,Myers, 27, has recorded two assists in 11 games in his first season with Toronto, averaging 17:08 of ice time.,He has 38 points (eight goals, 30 assists), a plus-six plus/minus and 72 pena...
Short-handed Canucks, lowly Predators set to tangle
The Vancouver Canucks again may be forced to survive without No. 1 goaltender Thatcher Demko when they host the Nashville Predators on Friday night.,And again the Canucks hope Kevin Lankinen is able to hold the fort.,Demko, who missed the first 26 games of the season due to a lower-body injury, left...
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Oilers look to stay hot in clash vs. Ducks
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will try to extend their respective point streaks to 13 games on Friday night when the Edmonton Oilers host the Anaheim Ducks.,McDavid has three goals and 20 assists during his point streak and Draisaitl has 10 goals and 14 assists. The Oilers have gone 9-2-1 since ...
Blues eager to avenge blowout loss to Senators
The Blues have vivid memories of the last time they faced the Senators, when St. Louis lost 8-1 in Ottawa on Oct. 29.,When the teams meet again Friday night in St. Louis, the Blues will seek payback.,Ottawa's Tim Stutzle had two goals and two assists in the October matchup, while teammate Brady Tkac...
Panthers hope to end homestand on high vs. Pens
The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers close out what has been a disappointing five-game homestand on Friday night when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins in Sunrise, Fla.,It will be the second game of a back-to-back set for Florida, which lost 3-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday....
NHL roundup: Avs lose goalie but edge Sabres in OT
Devon Toews scored 48 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in Denver on Thursday night and extend their winning streak to six games.,Jonathan Drouin sent the game into overtime when he scored with 7.7 seconds left. Toews also had two assists, Cale ...
Avs G Scott Wedgewood set to miss time with injury
Colorado goaltender Scott Wedgewood left the Avalanche's Thursday game against the visiting Buffalo Sabres with an apparent right leg injury.,Coach Jared Bednar said after the game that Wedgewood, an early-season acquisition as Colorado's goaltenders were struggling, still needed a medical evaluatio...
Sharks eke out win over Lightning, end 8-game skid
Mario Ferraro produced a fight and the game-winning goal, Marc-Edouard Vlasic notched a point in his season debut and the San Jose Sharks broke an eight-game losing streak by edging the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday.,Ending an 0-7-1 streak, the Sharks beat the Lightning for just the t...