Hockey Page 220 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sabres take lead in third period, hold on to top Sharks
Alex Tuch broke a third-period tie and James Reimer made 31 saves in his Sabres debut as Buffalo beat the host San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday night. ,Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist and Bowen Byram had two assists for the Sabres, who swept a three-game road swing through California.,Fabian Z...
Blue Jackets clip Canes in shootout after back-and-forth battle
Elvis Merzlikins recorded 32 saves and then made three more in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied past the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Saturday., ,After Columbus won in overtime against Tampa Bay on Thursday, the Blue Jackets provided their home crowd another entertaining cont...
Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson lead Islanders past Blues
Kyle Palmieri scored twice Saturday night as the New York Islanders finally preserved a third-period lead in defeating the St. Louis Blues 3-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Palmieri scored late in the first and even later in the third on an empty-netter for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0...
Roman Josi's two goals help Predators get past Jets
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist for the Nashville Predators in their 4-1 win against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Saturday evening.,Marchessault, who left the Vegas Golden Knights in the offseason and signed to five-year, $27.5 million free-agent contract with Nashville, scored his f...
Rally-happy Stars double up Lightning, 4-2
Matt Duchene and Roope Hintz netted third-period goals less than a minute apart and the Dallas Stars rallied twice to beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night.,Locked in a 2-all tie in the final frame after erasing a pair of one-goal deficits, Dallas turned to its speed game and explo...
Jake DeBrusk leads Canucks to seventh straight road win
Jake DeBrusk had two goals with an assist, and the visiting Vancouver Canucks overcame the ejection of star Quinn Hughes to hang on for their seventh straight road win, 4-3 over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.,Kiefer Sherwood recorded a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who prevailed despite Hugh...
Golden Knights explode for 5 goals in 2nd period, crush Canadiens 6-2
Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and two assists and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights tied a franchise record by scoring five goals in the second period en route to a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night., ,Callahan Burke scored his first NHL goal and Tomas Hertl,...
Brad Marchand helps Bruins add to Red Wings' recent struggles
Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal with 8:30 remaining in the game as the visiting Boston Bruins topped the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Saturday night.,Justin Brazeau had a power-play goal for the Bruins, and Jeremy Swayman made 18 saves.,Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit, which has lost four of its...
Devils use power-play goals to slip past Capitals
Tomas Tatar and defenseman Dougie Hamilton each scored a power-play goal to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.,Tatar also had an assist on defenseman Brenden Dillon's goal in the second period. ,Jake Allen made 23 saves to propel the Devils...
Utah slams Pittsburgh despite Sidney Crosby's 600th goal
Dylan Guenther scored twice and added an assist, leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 6-1 victory over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,Jack McBain, Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Bjugstad, and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Utah, which snapped a three-game losing streak.,Clayton Keller had ...
Jonathan Drouin leads surging Avalanche past Panthers
Jonathan Drouin scored his first two goals of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-4 win over the host Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise.,Mikko Rantanen also scored for Colorado, giving him 10 goals in his past nine games. He also had three assists.,Cale Makar added two assi...
Rasmus Andersson's shootout goal lifts Flames over Wild
Rasmus Andersson scored the shootout winning goal in the fifth round and the Calgary Flames completed a perfect four-game homestand with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday.,Kevin Rooney, Martin Pospisil and Yegor Sharangovich scored regulation-time goals for the Flames, who s...
Wild F Kirill Kaprizov (knee) sits out against Flames
Minnesota Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov did not play in Saturday's road game against the Calgary Flames due to a lower-body injury.,Kaprizov, who entered Saturday tied with Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL lead with 34 points, was on the receiving end of a knee-on-knee collis...
Down two in third, Flyers rally past Blackhawks in OT
Matvei Michkov scored in overtime to give the host Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 comeback victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon.,Sean Couturier and Noah Cates scored third-period goals to erase a two-goal deficit. Goalie Aleksei Kolosov made 19 saves for his first NHL win as Philadel...
Predators face Jets, look to overcome 'frustrations'
The poor start by the Nashville Predators this season boiled over during practice before their matchup against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night.,Nashville forwards Michael McCarron and Luke Evangelista got into a physical altercation while battling for the puck in the corner during a 2-o...
Sharks look to deny Sabres' bid for sweep of California foes
The San Jose Sharks admittedly are in the early stage of their rebuild and quite a ways removed from re-creating their days as a Stanley Cup contender. ,The Sharks, however, will look to create a good memory in honor of that time when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Before the game, the Sh...
Penguins meet Utah HC in matchup of struggling teams
The slumping Pittsburgh Penguins will look to take the first step toward reversing their fortunes on Saturday night when they host the struggling Utah Hockey Club.,Michael Bunting scored the lone goal Friday as the Penguins fell for the seventh time in nine games (2-4-3) with a 4-1 setback to the Wi...
Jiri Kulich lifts Sabres to overtime win against Ducks
Jiri Kulich scored in overtime to give the visiting Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Kulich collected a rebound in the bottom of the right circle and beat a sprawled John Gibson at 4:00 of the extra frame.,Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist, Jason Zucker...
Rangers eye winning road trip in matchup with Oilers
Rangers coach Peter Laviolette has seen his team steal wins and points with inferior performances at times, but he was blunt when he said New York was outworked in a one-goal loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.,New York is coming off one of its worst efforts this season as it ends a four-g...
Islanders battle Blues, aim to solve third-period struggles
The St. Louis Blues figured out a way Thursday night to recover from some familiar third-period doldrums. The New York Islanders are growing increasingly frustrated with their inability to do the same thing.,The Islanders strive to snap a discouraging skid as the visiting Blues aim to build a winnin...