Hockey Page 294 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Road-warrior Maple Leafs host hot Hurricanes
The Toronto Maple Leafs would be well-served by bringing home their road performance when they play against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night....

Confident Bruins host inconsistent Flyers
The Boston Bruins begin their longest remaining homestand of the regular season when the Philadelphia Flyers pay a visit Saturday night for the first of two meetings between the teams in consecutive weeks....

Blue Jackets, Sharks both try to rebound amid tough seasons
With each at the bottom of the conference standings, generating some late-season momentum would be ideal for the Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks....

Panthers out to continue success over rival Lightning
The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning will meet Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., as part of their continuing battle to establish pecking order among the Sunshine State's NHL powers....

Devils look to keep momentum going against Coyotes
The New Jersey Devils aim to record consecutive wins for the first time in more than a month when they visit the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz....

Rangers, Penguins pushing for every possible point
The New York Rangers, who play the Penguins on Saturday in Pittsburgh, can look in both directions in the standings as they head into the final weeks of the season....

Islanders looking to snap scoring slump vs. Senators
The first half of a cross-country road trip couldn't have gone any better for the New York Islanders....

Surging Sabres looking to extend Red Wings' woes
The Detroit Red Wings haven't qualified for the playoffs the past seven seasons. They're in danger of extending that streak if they don't end another very soon....

Jets look to derail Ducks, ascend in Central
The Winnipeg Jets would move into a first-place tie in the Central Division with a win over the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Friday night....

NHL roundup: Brayden Point's 6 points lead Lightning past Rangers
Brayden Point netted his fourth career hat trick during a career-high six-point night as the Tampa Bay Lightning roared back in the third period against the visiting New York Rangers, topping the visitors 6-3 on Thursday night....

Chasing wild-card berth, Capitals clip Kraken
Connor McMichael scored on a breakaway at 11:36 of the third period, breaking a tie and giving the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory against the host Seattle Kraken on Thursday night....

Marc-Andre Fleury gets 75th shutout as Wild defeat Ducks
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 17 shots he faced, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn....

Flames' flurry in third knocks down Knights
Blake Coleman scored twice, Yegor Sharangovich collected one goal and one assist and the host Calgary Flames used four third-period goals to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 on Thursday....

Jake Allen strong in debut as Devils top Stars
Jake Allen made 35 saves in his New Jersey debut and the visiting Devils beat the Dallas Stars 6-2 on Thursday night....

Leafs jump out early, roll past Flyers
Tyler Bertuzzi, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Pontus Holmberg and Timothy Liljegren each had one goal and one assist to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs past the host Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 on Thursday....

Brayden Point's 6-point night carries Lightning past Rangers
Brayden Point netted his fourth career hat trick during a career-high six-point night as the Tampa Bay Lightning roared back in the third period against the visiting New York Rangers, topping the visitors 6-3 on Thursday night....

Senators rally past Blue Jackets for shootout win
Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle each scored in the third period and again in the shootout to lift the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night....

Frederik Andersen stops 21 shots as Hurricanes blank Panthers
Evgeny Kuznetsov notched his first goal since joining the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-0 victory against the Eastern Conference-leading Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C....

Coyotes extend Red Wings' slide to seven games
Clayton Keller and Nick Bjugstad each had a goal and an assist and the visiting Arizona Coyotes handed the host Detroit Red Wings their seventh consecutive loss, 4-1, on Thursday night....

Penguins top struggling Sharks to end slide
Rookie John Ludvig had the go-ahead goal in the third plus an assist Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins downed the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-3....