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Oilers face league-best Avalanche while in search of finishing kick
The Edmonton Oilers will focus on protecting leads as they return home to open a two-game homestand, starting with a visit from the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.,Edmonton dropped back-to-back contests in St. Louis and Dallas on Monday and Tuesday, relinquishing 2-0 advantages in both losses....
Capitals' not-so-special teams up against red-hot Lightning
The Washington Capitals' even-strength play has been good enough to win games, but the special teams play has been poor.,The Metropolitan Division club, just treading water to start the season, will have to be better on the power-play and penalty-kill units when it plays at the Tampa Bay Lightning o...
Bruins put 5-game win streak to test vs. Leafs' 3-game streak
The Boston Bruins appear to have turned things around and will go for a sixth consecutive win Saturday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs.,The Bruins made it five in a row Thursday when Pavel Zacha scored at 4:54 of overtime for a 3-2 home win over the Ottawa Senators.,Toronto has won thr...
Hurricanes look to stay hot against Sabres team missing key pieces
The Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes have changed plenty across the first few weeks of the season in terms of their lineups.,Those evolutions might continue for the injury-ravaged teams as they prepare for Saturday night's meeting at Raleigh, N.C.,The Sabres had a seven-game points streak end ...
Blues in search of season turning point as they host Kraken
St. Louis Blues coach Jim Montgomery keeps searching for a turning point for his sputtering team.,The Blues followed an impressive 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers with a dreadful 6-1 road loss to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night. Then they rebounded to blank the Sabres 3-0 on Thursday...
Mammoth work on playing 'full 60' in road clash vs. Canadiens
Following a strong start, the Utah Mammoth have hit their first rough patch on the young season. ,Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens have managed to maintain some early success, even when not at their best. ,The visiting Mammoth look to get back on track and keep the host Canadiens from extending the...
Red-hot Sidney Crosby leads Penguins into matchup with Devils
Age isn't anything but a number for Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. ,The 38-year-old is off to a strong start in his 21st NHL season, with 19 points (11 goals, eight assists) through the Penguins' first 15 games. He entered Friday's schedule tied for the league lead in goals and 10th in p...
Stars, Preds aiming for ways to boost offensive output
A five-goal outburst would usually be good news for a team that has struggled lately to put the puck in the net, but not when it allows seven.,That's the case with the Dallas Stars, who visit the Nashville Predators in a divisional showdown Saturday afternoon.,The Stars will try to rebound from a 7-...
Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin (personal) takes leave of absence
Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin will take a temporary leave of absence from the team and return to Sweden to take care of a personal matter, head coach Lindy Ruff announced Friday.,"I will say this, he said everything is OK," Ruff said of the defenseman. "He's got full support by our team.",Ruf...
Flyers out to avenge loss, extend Sens' tough stretch
The Flyers will have revenge on their mind Saturday when they host former Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux and the Ottawa Senators.,The Flyers have lost only three times in their last 10 games, but one of those defeats came in Ottawa on Oct. 23 in a 2-1 setback. Giroux, who spent 2007-22 with Phil...
Islanders, Wild try to get past come-from ahead losses
The New York Islanders had nearly three full days to ponder what could have been after squandering a trio of one-goal leads against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.,The Minnesota Wild won't have to wait nearly as long to get back on to the ice after a similar experience on Thursday.,The Islanders and W...
NHL roundup: High-flying Ducks win fifth straight
Chris Kreider scored two goals and the visiting Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth win in a row.,Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to eight games each and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks, who b...
Lightning erase early deficit, double up Golden Knights
Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel each scored two goals and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Thursday in Las Vegas.,Dominic James scored his first NHL goal and also had two assists, Oliver Bjorkstrand added two ...
Birthday boy Sam Reinhart nets winner in Panthers win over Kings
Sam Reinhart celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring the game-winning goal and Brad Marchand tallied twice to give the visiting Florida Panthers a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday., ,Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who claimed only their second road win ...
Second-period surge sends Flyers to win over Predators
Matvei Michkov and Noah Cates scored second-period goals, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 win over the host Nashville Predators on Thursday night.,The Flyers have won back-to-back road games after starting the season 0-2-1 away from home. They own a 5-2-0 mark across their past seven contes...
Ducks rack up 7 goals again, top Stars for fifth straight win
Chris Kreider scored two goals and the visiting Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth win in a row.,Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to eight games and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks, who bounce...
Penguins avoid another blown lead, break away from Capitals
Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the visiting Washington Capitals 5-3 on Thursday night despite surrendering a three-goal second-period lead., ,Bryan Rust had the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and had two assists for the Penguins, who had lost two strai...
After early goal explosion, Hurricanes hold off Wild
Nikolaj Ehlers scored a tiebreaking goal in the first minute of the second period to cap a dizzying stretch and the Carolina Hurricanes held on to defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Jackson Blake and Sean Walker both had a goal and an assist and Andrei Svechnikov also s...
Pavel Zacha saves Bruins with overtime winner against Ottawa
Pavel Zacha scored with 5.6 seconds left in overtime to propel the Boston Bruins past the visiting Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night.,Zacha stuffed home a loose rebound in front of the crease after Charlie McAvoy's hard net drive for the deciding goal, sending Boston to its fifth consecutive win...
Joel Hofer pitches impressive shutout as Blues down Sabres
Joel Hofer made 28 saves for his third career shutout as the visiting St. Louis Blues blanked the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 Thursday night.,Mathieu Joseph had a goal and two assists for the Blues, who won for just the second time in 10 games. Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist for St. Louis and Nick Bju...