Hockey Page 305 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Cam Talbot stops 40 shots as Red Wings silence Predators
Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots in his first start for Detroit as the host Red Wings notched a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,Talbot, who signed a two-year contract as a free agent, collected his 32nd career shutout.,J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp and Dylan Larkin each scored for the...
Sabres end three-game losing skid with victory over Panthers
Devon Levi -- playing against the franchise that drafted him -- made 23 saves to lead the host Buffalo Sabres to their first win of the season, a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.,Buffalo had lost its first three games this season, scoring just one goal in each contest.,On Sat...
David Pastrnak lifts Bruins past Kings in OT
David Pastrnak scored at 3:07 of overtime as the Boston Bruins came back from a one-goal, second-period deficit to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Pastrnak cut to the net and slid home a give-and-go pass from defenseman Mason Lohrei to deliver Boston's second straigh...
Sharks place top overall pick Macklin Celebrini on IR
San Jose Sharks rookie forward Macklin Celebrini was placed on injured reserve Saturday, several hours before the team's game against the visiting Anaheim Ducks.,Celebrini did not participate in practice on Friday because of a lower-body injury, one day after he made history in his NHL debut. He rec...
Sharks to be without Macklin Celebrini in clash vs. Ducks
After a historic NHL debut, Macklin Celebrini will not have an opportunity to be on the ice Saturday night when the San Jose Sharks host the Anaheim Ducks.,That's because the Sharks placed Celebrini, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, on injured reserve Saturday afternoon. He was nursing ...
Panthers coach: Aleksander Barkov (lower body) out 2-3 weeks
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, head coach Paul Maurice announced Saturday.,Barkov was injured while attempting to prevent an empty-net goal in the waning moments of Florida's 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Wedne...
Flames, Flyers aim to build on tight opening wins
Over the course of a long season, the Calgary Flames know there will be ups and downs. However, it took only one game for the Flames to demonstrate the resiliency that they hope to carry with them throughout the campaign.,Fresh off an exciting win in their season opener, the Flames look to ride the ...
NHL roundup: Nikita Kucherov's hat trick lifts Lightning to win
Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick in the final nine minutes and the Tampa Bay Lightning posted a 4-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener for both teams Friday night in Raleigh, N.C., ,Brayden Point scored the first Tampa Bay goal, with Kucherov picking up an assist on the g...
Oilers, routed in opener, turn attention to Blackhawks
The Edmonton Oilers will look to rebound from their lopsided opening-night loss when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,The Oilers were thumped 6-0 by the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner allowed five goals on 13 shots before Calvin Pickard replaced ...
Matt Boldy, Wild shoot for 2-0 start vs. Kraken
Joel Eriksson Ek had a feeling since last spring that his young teammate, Matt Boldy, would take a leap forward this year as an offensive playmaker.,Only one game has passed, but so far Eriksson Ek's prediction is looking good.,Boldy tallied a goal and two assists in the Wild's season-opening, 3-2 w...
Flyers capture opener in shootout against Canucks
Morgan Frost scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers won their season opener, beating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Friday.,Tyson Foerster and Cam York scored in regulation for the Flyers, who are beginning the season with a four-game western road...
Top line bags six points as Knights edge Blues
The forward line of Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone combined for six points as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Friday in Las Vegas.,Eichel and Barbashev each had a goal and an assist and Stone had two assists for the Golden Knights, who have won their first tw...
Mark Scheifele's late heroics lift Jets over Blackhawks in OT
Mark Scheifele scored 38 seconds into overtime after tying the game in the closing stages and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots to lift the host Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.,Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom appeared on the verge of his first career shuto...
Nikita Kucherov's hat trick leads Lightning past Hurricanes
Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick in the final nine minutes and the Tampa Bay Lightning posted a 4-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener for both teams Friday night in Raleigh, N.C., ,Brayden Point scored the first Tampa Bay goal, with Kucherov picking up an assist on the g...
Macklin Celebrini questionable as Sharks host Ducks
After a historic NHL debut, Macklin Celebrini simply hopes to be on the ice when the San Jose Sharks host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.,Celebrini, the No. 1 overall pick by the Sharks in the 2024 NHL Draft, had a goal and an assist against the visiting St. Louis Blues on Thursday night, but S...
Avalanche eye stronger goalie play as Blue Jackets aim to rebound
The Colorado Avalanche aren't panicking about their goaltending after one poor performance, but they're not waiting to fix a potential problem ahead of Saturday night's home opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Denver.,Colorado lost its season opener at the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday n...
Islanders brace for early road trip, starting at Stars
The New York Islanders didn't have to look far for an idea of how to handle their first road trip of the season.,After a difficult loss, the Islanders will embark on a three-game trek Saturday night when they visit the Dallas Stars in the second contest of the season for both teams.,New York and Dal...
Senators aim to extend winning streak against rival Canadiens
A new season presents another opportunity for the Ottawa Senators to continue their recent dominance of the Montreal Canadiens.,Vying to start 2-0-0 for the first time in eight seasons, the visiting Senators eye a 10th consecutive victory over the Canadiens on Saturday night.,Ottawa hasn't made a pl...
Red Wings, Predators aim to rebound from season-opening losses
The Detroit Red Wings faltered in their season opener on Thursday. They'll try to smooth things out in their second game when they host the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,Detroit allowed five goals in the last two periods of a 6-3 home loss to Pittsburgh. The Penguins had been shut out in th...
Penguins, Leafs clash after improving on season openers
New Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will be hunting his first goal of the season in the team's home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,The league's leading goal-scorer last season with 69 does not have a point after the Maple Leafs split their first two games of th...