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NHL roundup: Oilers' Leon Draisaitl joins 1,000-point club
Leon Draisaitl became the first German-born player to reach 1,000 points by recording the first of his four assists Tuesday, lifting the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.,Edmonton captain Connor McDavid collected two goals and two assists and Zach Hyman and defe...
Filip Gustavsson makes 25 saves as Wild shut out Capitals
Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and dished one assist as the Minnesota Wild pulled away for a 5-0 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Danila Yurov finished with one goal and two assists for Minnesota, which won its fifth consecutive game. Kirill Kaprizov and Ma...
Leon Draisaitl reaches milestone as Oilers top Penguins
Leon Draisaitl became the first German-born player to reach 1,000 points by recording the first of his four assists Tuesday, lifting the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.,Edmonton captain Connor McDavid collected two goals and two assists and Zach Hyman and defe...
Alex DeBrincat's power-play goals lead Red Wings past Islanders
Alex DeBrincat scored two power-play goals, including the game winner with 2:17 left, to lead the host Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.,Defenseman Axel Sandin-Pellikka got the other goal for the Red Wings, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight...
Maple Leafs' quick third period flurry stuns Blackhawks
The Toronto Maple Leafs scored twice in eight seconds late in the third period Tuesday night and they went on to defeat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2., ,Auston Matthews scored on a power play at 16:51 of the third period to tie the game at two. Dakota Joshua came right back to score the go-ahe...
Travis Konecny helps Flyers snap 3-game skid with win vs. Canadiens
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 4-1 win against the host Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.,Carl Grundstrom, Trevor Zegras and Bobby Brink scored for the Flyers, who snapped a three-game skid (0-0-3). Dan Vladar made 21 saves.,Alexandre Texier scored and Jacob Fo...
Adam Fantilli's OT goal leads Blue Jackets past Ducks
Adam Fantilli scored at 3:32 of overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 4-3 win over the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.,Fantilli netted the unassisted goal from the slot 1-on-1 against Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger after carrying the puck into the Anaheim zone with speed.,Zach Weren...
Bruins score 4 unanswered goals to surge past Mammoth
Morgan Geekie clinched his fifth multi-goal game of the season before the Boston Bruins separated with a pair of third-period goals on the way to a 4-1 win over the visiting Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.,Geekie scored in each of the first two frames, including the eventual game-winner 23 seconds in...
Thatcher Demko, Canucks shut out host Rangers
Evander Kane and newcomer Liam Ohgren scored early in the opening two periods Tuesday night and Thatcher Demko recorded the shutout as the retooled Vancouver Canucks earned a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers, whose home woes continued.,Playing their second game since sending Quinn Hughes to the...
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl becomes first German to reach 1,000 points
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl on Tuesday became the first German-born player to reach 1,000 points in his NHL career., ,Draisaitl recorded a secondary assist on Zach Hyman's goal during a 5-on-3 power play at 11:38 of the first period in Edmonton's game against the host Pittsburgh Penguins....
Surging Golden Knights prepare for feisty Devils
After garnering nine of a possible 10 points on a five-game eastern road trip, the Vegas Golden Knights make a quick pit stop home in Las Vegas when they host the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night., ,The Golden Knights went 4-0-1 on the trip, with the lone loss coming in a 5-4 shootout defeat to ...
Brandon Bussi, Hurricanes look to stonewall Preds again
The Carolina Hurricanes are on a roll and will look to keep it going when they kick off a three-game road trip with a visit to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday., ,The Hurricanes head into the contest on a four-game winning streak. That includes three straight shootout victories, most recently di...
Jets hope to start faster, improve defense vs. Blues
The Winnipeg Jets have settled elite goaltender Connor Hellebuyck back in the crease after his recovery from knee surgery.,Now the Jets must regain their defensive game to support him. They enter their road game against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night with just three victories in their last 1...
Sam Reinhart guides resurgent Panthers against Kings
The Florida Panthers are back on track, and center Sam Reinhart is a big reason why.,Reinhart is expected to lead the way on Wednesday, when the Panthers play host to the Los Angeles Kings in Sunrise, Fla. ,Reinhart ranks second on the Panthers with 17 goals, behind only Brad Marchand's 19. He is al...
Report: Lightning activate G Andrei Vasilevskiy from IR
After missing seven games with an undisclosed injury, Tampa Bay Lightning No. 1 goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was activated from the injured reserve, LightningInsider.com reported on Tuesday.,Vasilevskiy, 31, the 2018-19 Vezina Trophy winner and a two-time Stanley Cup champion with Tampa Bay, has be...
Buck drop: Nick Saban crashes board of NHL's Predators
Retired college football coaching legend Nick Saban finally revealed his next move: he's crashing the board with the NHL's Predators.,To be more precise, Saban and Joe Agresti were welcomed into minority ownership stakes in the Predators on Tuesday. ,"Although I am now retired as a coach, I still po...
Pens' Stuart Skinner, Oilers' Tristan Jarry face off after trade
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Muse admitted to being tired of the same old refrain -- and for good reason.,Fresh off seeing his team squander a third-period lead for the fourth time in five games, Muse hopes the Penguins change the narrative on Tuesday when they host familiar face Tristan Jarry...
Kings G Darcy Kuemper placed on IR after blow to head
The Los Angeles Kings placed Darcy Kuemper on injured reserve Tuesday and recalled fellow goalie Pheonix Copley from the AHL's Ontario Reign.,Kuemper came away with an upper-body injury Monday when the Dallas Stars' Mikko Rantanen collided into him late in the first period. He left the game after ta...
Punishment served, Rangers' Mika Zibanejad set to return vs. Canucks
The New York Rangers saw their power-play woes without Adam Fox temporarily disappear when they pulled off an impressive comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.,Two nights later, the Rangers played without Fox and Mika Zibanejad, and their difficulties on special teams reappeared.,Afte...
After emotional win, Ducks get right back to work at Columbus
The Columbus Blue Jackets will be the more rested team when they attempt to end a five-game losing streak on Tuesday in a matchup with the visiting Anaheim Ducks.,The Ducks are coming off a 4-1 win against the host New York Rangers on Monday night that ended a two-game skid.,Now, Anaheim has an oppo...