Hockey Page 562 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sabres sign D Owen Power to 7-year, $58.45M extension
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power opens the season Thursday night as the owner of a newly signed seven-year, $58.45 million contract extension....
Mikko Rantanen, Avs open season with thumping of Kings
Mikko Rantanen had two goals and two assists, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists, and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both clubs....
Elias Lindholm's late goal spurs Flames past Jets
Elias Lindholm scored the late game-winner in a three-point game and Andrew Mangiapane collected two goals and one assist as the host Calgary Flames beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 in the season opener for both clubs on Wednesday....
Brock Boeser's 4-goal explosion sends Canucks past Oilers
Brock Boeser scored four goals to lead the Vancouver Canucks to an 8-1 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night....
NHL roundup: Blackhawks fall despite Connor Bedard's first goal
Blackhawks rookie sensation Connor Bedard scored his first career NHL goal in the first period, but the host Boston Bruins rallied for a 3-1, season-opening win over Chicago on Wednesday night....
Blackhawks LW Taylor Hall leaves game with injury
Chicago Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall exited Wednesday's 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in the second period with an apparent upper-body injury....
Optimistic Sharks start season with challenge in facing Knights
Even after seeing his team finish seventh in the Pacific Division and trade away three-time Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Erik Karlsson, Sharks coach David Quinn enters Thursday night's season opener with plenty of optimism....
Leafs claw back from two goals twice, beat Habs on penalties
Mitchell Marner scored the only goal in a shootout, and the Toronto Maple Leafs came back from two goals down on two different occasions to defeat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 6-5 Wednesday night....
Bruins spoil Connor Bedard's first NHL goal, rally past Blackhawks
Blackhawks rookie sensation Connor Bedard scored his first career NHL goal in the first period, but the host Boston Bruins rallied for a 3-1, season-opening win over Chicago on Wednesday night....
Third-period surge lifts Hurricanes past Senators
Brady Skjei and Jaccob Slavin scored in a 3 1/2-minute span of the third period as the Carolina Hurricanes pulled out a season-opening, 5-3 victory against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C....
Panthers try to carry last season's magic into opener vs. Wild
The Florida Panthers will try to build upon a deep playoff run when they take the ice against the Minnesota Wild in the season opener for both teams Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn....
Kraken, Predators meet after disappointing openers
Opening night did not go the way either the Seattle Kraken or Nashville Predators had hoped....
Stars, now with Matt Duchene, to test Blues in opener
The deep Dallas Stars forward corps got even stronger with the offseason addition of Matt Duchene after his buyout from the Nashville Predators....
New season, new faces for Blue Jackets, Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers and Blue Jackets will aim to rebound from disappointing seasons on Thursday when they face off to open their respective 2023-24 campaigns in Columbus, Ohio....
Sabres' playoff quest begins at home against Rangers
The Buffalo Sabres own the NHL's longest playoff drought and last year came tantalizingly close to ending it....
New-look Red Wings face tall task in opener vs. Devils
The Detroit Red Wings believe their time is now....
Fine, you want a prediction? The New Jersey Devils will win the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup picks in October are dumb. We have no idea who will be hurt, what the trade deadline will do, what goalie will have an existential crisis (Jakob Markstrom), or what goalie will channel the Arc Of The Covenant and turn their also-ran into a threat (Igor Shesterkin). It’s a long goddamn se...
Golden Knights' Brett Howden to have hearing with NHL
Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday following his illegal check to the head of Seattle Kraken forward Brandon Tanev....
Devils coach Lindy Ruff signs multi-year extension
New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff signed a multi-year contract extension Wednesday, one day ahead of the 2023-24 season opener....
NHL roundup: Connor Bedard, Blackhawks beat Pens in opener
Jason Dickinson scored the go-ahead goal with 4:31 left in regulation as the visiting Chicago Blackhawks erased a two-goal deficit to down the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Tuesday as the NHL regular season began....