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Red Wings shake off ugly loss, host Blue Jackets
The Detroit Red Wings, who are trying to end a long playoff drought, are battling for the top spot in the Atlantic Division. A more immediate concern is bouncing back from one of their worst outings of the season.,Detroit was blanked 5-0 at home by the New York Islanders on Thursday night. The Red W...

Shoring up defense priority for Bruins vs. Kings
There was no California Dreamin' for the Boston Bruins to start a three-game swing through the Golden State. Instead, a nightmarish trend continued.,After allowing a game-winning goal in the final six minutes of regulation for the second time in four games in a Wednesday setback to the Anaheim Ducks...

Sabres intent on ramping up physical play vs. Blackhawks
While the Chicago Blackhawks have emerged from their rebuild and are performing more like a consistent playoff team, the Buffalo Sabres still look like they haven't made the playoffs in each of the last 14 seasons.,The teams will try their luck in a matchup on Friday in Buffalo, N.Y.,Buffalo has los...

NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin nets hat trick as Caps hammer Habs
Alex Ovechkin registered his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4 in Montreal on Thursday night.,Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a...

Philipp Kurashev's shootout goal lifts Sharks past Kings
Philipp Kurashev scored the lone goal in a shootout and also scored in regulation as the San Jose Sharks pulled out a 4-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday to earn a point for the ninth time in their past 11 games.,Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves and stopped all three shots in t...

Jason Robertson extends goal streak, Stars top Canucks
Colin Blackwell scored the winner and Jason Robertson extended his scoring streak to five games as the Dallas Stars kicked off a four-game Western road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.,Robertson now has nine goals in that five-game span and he stretched his point strea...

Senators score late to hand Ducks rare home loss
Drake Batherson's goal late in regulation broke a deadlock and gave the visiting Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday.,Nick Cousins and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa, which kicked off a seven-game road trip on a positive note.,Goaltender Linus Ullmark made 24 saves i...

Jack Eichel's 3 points lead Golden Knights past Mammoth
Jack Eichel scored two goals and had an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,It was Eichel's third two-goal game and also his fourth three-point game of the season. Shea Theodore had three assists, Braeden Bowman had a go...

Avalanche win 7th straight; score 4 in third to vanquish Rangers
Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar recorded two goals and an assist each, Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, and the streaking Colorado Avalanche scored three unanswered third period goals to defeat the visiting New York Rangers 6-3 in on Thursday night.,Martin Necas registered three assists and Sc...

Kraken's 3-goal third period rally sinks Blackhawks
Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal on a third-period power play and Brandon Montour tallied two assists to boost the visiting Seattle Kraken to a 3-2 comeback victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.,Tye Kartye and Shane Wright also scored for Seattle, which tallied three unanswered ...

Lightning strike late, beat Oilers on wild OT sequence
Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel scored to cap a wild 10-second span in overtime, and the host Lightning earned their second straight victory by edging the slumping Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Thursday night.,Edmonton nearly won it in the three-on-three session with a loose puck in front of goaltender Andrei Va...

Max Shabanov strikes twice as Islanders blank Red Wings
Max Shabanov produced two goals and one assist in his ninth career game as the New York Islanders rolled past the host Detroit Red Wings 5-0 on Thursday night.,Ilya Sorokin recorded his second shutout this season by making 29 saves as the Islanders completed their seven-game road trip with a 6-1 rec...

Jackets' Adam Fantilli tallies twice, including OT winner vs. Leafs
Adam Fantilli scored his second goal of the game at 4:21 of overtime Thursday night and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.,Fantilli beat a defender while breaking down the right wing and swept in front of the net before tucking the puck past goaltender Joseph Wo...

Alex Ovechkin's 33rd hat trick lifts Capitals over Canadiens
Alex Ovechkin scored his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4 in Montreal on Thursday night.,Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a Sta...

Travis Sanheim completes Flyers’ comeback over Blues in OT
Travis Sanheim scored with 1:09 left in overtime as the host Philadelphia Flyers rallied to nip the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Thursday.,On the decisive sequence, Sanheim took a pass from Travis Konecny and skated in on a 2-on-0 break with Sean Couturier. The veteran defenseman opted to shoot and beat J...

Sergei Bobrovsky, Sam Reinhart carry Panthers to 1-0 win over Devils
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves and Sam Reinhart scored a highlight-reel goal in the Florida Panthers' 1-0 shutout over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla.,The Panthers are 4-1-0 in their last five games, and 8-2-1 in 11 home games.,The Devils are on a two-game losing streak, ...

Hurricanes see plenty to build on as they head north to face Jets
Two of the NHL's perennial regular-season juggernauts are set to clash on Friday, and the Carolina Hurricanes will be searching for consistency when they head to Winnipeg to battle the Jets.,The Hurricanes have seen mixed results since their four-game win streak finished on Nov. 9, carrying a 2-1-2 ...

Wild ready to put point streak on line vs. Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins returned home from Sweden this week after splitting the NHL Global Series and will try to cool off Matt Boldy and the visiting Minnesota Wild on Friday night.,Pittsburgh shut out the Nashville Predators 4-0 in Stockholm on Sunday; they lost the opener 2-1 in overtime after gi...

Jets captain Adam Lowry signs 5-year, $25M extension
Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry signed a five-year, $25 million extension through the 2030-31 season.,The 32-year-old forward is in the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million deal he signed in April 2021 and could have become a free agent after this season.,Instead, the deal announced Wednesda...

Ducks boast stellar home record ahead of visit from Senators
At roughly the one-quarter mark of the season, the Anaheim Ducks are in a position that few hockey pundits could have predicted: atop the Pacific Division standings.,As the Ducks prepare to host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night, they have won two straight games overall and six in a row at home....