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Lightning beat Wild for season-best fourth straight win
Victor Hedman had a goal and three assists as the surging Tampa Bay Lightning recorded their season-best fourth straight win, drubbing the visiting Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Thursday night....

Tim Stutzle's 3-point game propels Senators over Habs
Tim Stutzle recorded a goal and two assists in his 250th career game as the Ottawa Senators rolled to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night....

T.J. Oshie's hat trick sends Capitals past Blues
T.J. Oshie scored his sixth career hat trick to lead the Washington Capitals past the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday....

Owen Tippett scores twice as surging Flyers beat Stars
Owen Tippett scored two goals to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Thursday....

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Sabres blank Blackhawks
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen collected his second straight shutout and the Buffalo Sabres won consecutive home games for the first time this season with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday....

Wild D Jared Spurgeon done for season, to have two surgeries
Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon will miss the rest of the season and undergo two surgeries in the coming weeks, the team announced Thursday....

Blue Jackets out to play spoiler, add to Devils' recent woes
A spate of injuries is largely to blame for the New Jersey Devils remaining on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture shortly beyond the midway point of the regular season....

Off to hot start in '24, Wings take on up-and-down Hurricanes
Since the calendar flipped, the Detroit Red Wings have been the standard of consistency, securing a point in all seven of their games, winning six while dropping one in overtime....

The NHL Eastern Conference playoff race is a mess
We’re halfway through the NHL season, which is now meant as a device to make everyone look stupid. Or really, to make me look stupid, which isn’t all that hard, because I’m stupid. After 41 games, we should have an idea of who is what and who’s going where. But in the Eastern Conference, we really d...

Sharks to retire Joe Thornton's No. 19 next season
Former San Jose Sharks star Joe Thornton will have his number retired next season, becoming only the second player in franchise history to receive the honor....

Senators intend to extend dominance of Canadiens
The new year has not been kind to the Ottawa Senators....

Rangers begin 4-game trip with visit to Vegas
On the heels of back-to-back wins over the Washington Capitals and Seattle Kraken, the New York Rangers begin a four-game road trip against the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night in Las Vegas....

Skidding Predators stay positive going into matchup with Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are hoping a return to familiar territory will help end their post-Christmas slide....

Surging Canucks return home to face Coyotes
The Pacific Division-leading Vancouver Canucks return home to open a five-game homestand against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night....

Dylan Larkin's OT tally sends Red Wings past Panthers
Dylan Larkin scored a power-play goal 1:09 into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night in Sunrise, Fla....

Devils rally, but Canadiens prevail on late goal
Cole Caufield scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:31 remaining in the third period and Sam Montembault made 28 saves as the visiting Montreal Canadiens earned a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night in Newark, N.J....

On 4-game win streak, Flames out to extend Leafs' skid
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue their road trip against the Calgary Flames on Thursday in dire need of changing their fortunes....

Oilers put 11-game win streak up against ailing Kraken
It is hard to imagine the longest winning streak in Edmonton Oilers history did not come during the Wayne Gretzky era, when the team won four Stanley Cups in a five-year span in the mid-1980s....

Wild aim to keep success blooming at Lightning
Two games into the season's second half, the Minnesota Wild are hoping that a little more "Flower Power" and some good health can turn their campaign around....

Alex Ovechkin return near as Capitals face Blues
Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin has been working his way back from a minor lower-leg injury that caused him to miss three games....