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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...
League-best Jets top struggling Penguins
Kyle Connor had an assist and an empty-net goal in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-1 road victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.,Nino Niederreiter, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Jets, who are on a two-game winning streak.,Winnipeg leads the NHL in wins (17) and points ...
Blue Jackets aim to continue strong play, face Hurricanes
The Columbus Blue Jackets continue their four-game homestand on Saturday with a game against the Carolina Hurricanes.,The Blue Jackets come into the contest against their Metropolitan Division foe having won three of their last four games, including a 7-6 overtime victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday....
Surging Stars start three-game road trip against Tampa Bay
Since returning to the United States after being swept in the NHL's Global Series, the Dallas Stars have found their game and will look to add another win when they face the host Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.,Dallas is 5-4 in November but has won five of its last seven following consecutive...
Bruins, Red Wings clash after halting 3-game skids
After winning his first game as Bruins interim coach, Joe Sacco and his team will aim for two straight victories when Boston visits Detroit on Saturday night.,Boston was saddled with a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) when Jim Montgomery was fired on Tuesday. With Sacco in charge behind the bench, t...
Capitals, finding their way without Alex Ovechkin, tangle with Devils
The Washington Capitals failed to get their offense untracked in their first game since the team announced superstar captain Alex Ovechkin will be sidelined four to six weeks with a broken left fibula.,The Capitals will look for a better showing on Saturday night when they host the New Jersey Devils...
Sans J.T. Miller, Canucks begin 6-game road trip at Senators
While without another key performer, the Vancouver Canucks hope to have two others along for the ride when they open a six-game trip against the Ottawa Senators, who are mired in their longest slide of the season.,The struggling Canucks will try to right the ship by handing the Senators a fifth stra...
Rising Kraken take show on the road, battle Kings
Things are starting to look up for the Seattle Kraken.,The Kraken won five of six games on their just-completed homestand to surpass hockey's version of .500 (10-9-1) and move within a point of the Western Conference's two wild-card playoff spots.,Seattle will try to carry that momentum into Saturda...
Knights face tall road task vs. Sam Montembeault, Canadiens
Bruce Cassidy became the eighth active coach in the NHL to hit the 400-win mark on Thursday when his Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights held on for a 3-2 victory at Ottawa on Thursday. But the Ottawa native had little time to celebrate., ,The Golden Knights jumped on a train for Montreal ...