Hockey Page 306 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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...
Alex Ovechkin, Capitals welcome Devils to open 50th season
The New Jersey Devils began the 2024-25 season with a pair of victories in Prague before returning home to play in Newark, N.J.,With three games already under their belt, the Devils will visit the nation's capital on Saturday and serve as the season-opening opponent for superstar captain Alex Ovechk...
Panthers will miss their captain as they take on winless Sabres
Center Aleksander Barkov's injury situation is looming over the Florida Panthers.,The Panthers, who are set to visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night, lost Barkov to a lower-body injury during a 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.,Barkov left the game with 70 seconds left in the third p...
Sharks star rookie Macklin Celebrini (lower-body) misses practice
San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, is being evaluated for a lower-body injury and missed the team's practice Friday.,Coach Ryan Warsofsky said he didn't know if Celebrini would be available for the Sharks' home game Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks beca...
Avalanche claim G Kaapo Kahkonen off waivers
The Colorado Avalanche claimed veteran goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.,Kahkonen, 28, played last season with the San Jose Sharks and New Jersey Devils, posting a 7-24-3 record, .898 save percentage and 3.64 goals-against average in 37 games (33 starts). ,The J...
Bruins, with Jeremy Swayman back on board, tangle with Kings
Following their first win of the young season, the Boston Bruins continue a three-game homestand with a Saturday matinee against the Los Angeles Kings.,In an improved effort two nights after a season-opening loss at Florida, the Bruins picked up a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in B...
Report: Rangers nearing extension for Alexis Lafreniere
The New York Rangers reportedly are working on a lucrative, long-term extension for forward Alexis Lafreniere.,The deal is in the range of eight years at more than $8 million per year, according to a DailyFaceoff.com report.,Lafreniere, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Friday, opened the season w...
Blues, Golden Knights aim to extend unbeaten starts
The St. Louis Blues will try to complete a season-opening three-game road sweep when they oppose the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday in Las Vegas.,After beginning last season with a 3-4-1 record, the Blues are off to a far better start in the new campaign.,The Blues opened their season by erasing a t...
Blues' comeback spoils Macklin Celebrini's glowing debut with Sharks
Brayden Schenn scored in overtime as the visiting St. Louis Blues rallied from a three-goal, third-period deficit to edge the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Thursday.,Pavel Buchnevich, Radek Faksa, Ryan Suter and Justin Faulk also scored for the Blues. Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas each had two assists and...
NHL roundup: Anze Kopitar's 3rd-period hat trick lifts Kings
Anze Kopitar recorded a third-period hat trick and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 3-1 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.,With Los Angeles trailing 1-0, the 37-year-old Kopitar scored 13 seconds into the third period. Then, in the waning seconds of the Kings' five-on-three p...
Matt Boldy's 3 points help Wild edge Jackets in opener
Matt Boldy scored a goal and tallied two assists, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn., in the opener for both teams.,Joel Eriksson Ek and Mats Zuccarello also scored for Minnesota, which is hoping to bounce back after missi...
Mason Marchment's two goals power Stars past Predators
Mason Marchment scored twice to highlight Dallas' four-goal second period, fueling the visiting Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday in the season opener for both teams.,Roope Hintz scored a goal and set up linemate Jason Robertson's tally 19 seconds later early in the sec...
Three-goal surge in 2nd period fuels Penguins past Red Wings
Anthony Beauvillier scored two goals to help lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-3 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.,Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh.,Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist for Detroit. ,With the score tied at 1-1 in...
Dylan Guenther, Utah top Isles in OT, stay perfect
Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 2:18 of overtime Thursday night for the Utah Hockey Club, who edged the New York Islanders 5-4 in Elmont, N.Y.,The contest was the season opener for New York.,Guenther took a pass from Sean Durzi in the slot and sent a shot past Islanders goalie S...
Scoring burst lifts Bruins past Canadiens
The Boston Bruins turned around a 2-1 deficit with four consecutive goals and held on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 on Thursday for their ninth consecutive home-opening victory.,Mark Kastelic scored his first pair as a Bruin, including a key insurance marker with 4:00 remaining that halted a ...
Anze Kopitar's third-period hat trick propels Kings past Sabres
Anze Kopitar recorded a third-period hat trick, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 3-1 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. ,With Los Angeles trailing 1-0, the 37-year-old Kopitar scored 13 seconds into the third period. Then, in the waning seconds of the Kings' five-on-three...
Leafs G Dennis Hildeby downs Devils in NHL debut
Dennis Hildeby made 23 saves in his NHL debut Thursday night and the Toronto Maple Leafs scored three times in the first period for a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,The result spoiled the home debut of Devils coach Sheldon Keefe, who was the Maple Leafs' coach the previous fo...
Linus Ullmark, Tim Stutzle lead Senators past Panthers
Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in his Ottawa debut, Tim Stutzle scored twice and the Senators defeated the visiting Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.,Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators. Ullmark, obtained in a June trade with the Boston Bruins, made 16 saves in the third period.,Travis Green...
Don Marshall, 5-time Cup champ with Canadiens, dies at 92
Don Marshall, who won five straight Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens as part of a 19-year NHL career, has died. He was 92.,Marshall was one of 12 players who skated on all five of Canadiens' championship teams from 1956-60. He had been the last living player from that dynasty following Jean-...
Youth-laden Flyers open season as Canucks aim to rebound
The Philadelphia Flyers kick off the new season with a road swing through western Canada that begins on Friday in Vancouver, where they will face a Canucks team hoping to prove its dramatic 26-point improvement last season was no fluke., ,The rebuilding Flyers are trying to return to the playoffs fo...