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Penguins seek to continue scoring spree vs. slumping Rangers
Coming off three straight non-playoff seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins began establishing themselves as an improved team with a shutout win over the New York Rangers in the season opener on Oct 7.,Nearly four months later, the Penguins are rolling toward a return to the postseason as they attempt to...
Wild, riding 6-game win streak, finish road back-to-back at Utah
The Utah Mammoth will look to play with more pace in their game when they oppose the Minnesota Wild on Friday night in Salt Lake City.,Utah opened its post-Olympic-break portion of the schedule with a 4-2 home loss against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.,Dylan Guenther scored twice and Karel Ve...
Tage Thompson, Sabres seek season-series clincher vs. Panthers
The Buffalo Sabres want to tighten their hold on a playoff spot. The Florida Panthers are hoping to inch closer to postseason position. Each will look to do that when the Sabres face the Panthers on Friday in Sunrise, Fla.,Buffalo is coming off a 2-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday in...
NHL roundup: Oilers stars hit milestones in rout of Kings
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for his sixth straight 100-point season, Leon Draisaitl notched his eighth straight 30-goal campaign, and the Edmonton Oilers ended a season-high four-game skid with an 8-1 romp over the host Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night., ,McDavid has reached triple di...
Dylan Holloway returns with hat trick as Blues rout Kraken
Dylan Holloway came off the injured list to produce three goals and an assist, leading the St. Louis Blues past visiting Seattle Kraken 5-1 Thursday night.,Holloway logged his second career hat trick in his first game since Jan. 18. He had been sidelined by a high ankle sprain that had limited him t...
Ryan O’Reilly’s late winner propels Predators past Blackhawks
Ryan O'Reilly scored a game-winner late in the third period to help power the Nashville Predators past the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday.,Roman Josi made a beautiful pass to O'Reilly, who tipped the game-winning goal past Spencer Knight to secure the victory for the Predators with 3:16...
Wings' Dylan Larkin ties it, then wins it in OT vs. Senators
Dylan Larkin scored his second goal of the game at 1:50 of overtime and the visiting Detroit Red Wings beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Thursday.,Larkin, an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, started the winning rush with a pass to Lucas Raymond at center ice. Larkin then got behind Ottawa's Shane P...
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl hit milestones as Oilers crush Kings
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for his sixth straight 100-point season and Leon Draisaitl notched his eighth straight 30-goal campaign, and the Edmonton Oilers ended a season-high four-game skid with an 8-1 romp of the host Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.,McDavid has reached triple dig...
Flames score 4 straight goals, continue dominance of Sharks
Nazem Kadri scored twice and goaltender Dustin Wolf continued his mastery against the team he grew up supporting as the visiting Calgary Flames claimed a 4-1 comeback victory over the slumping San Jose Sharks on Thursday.,Connor Zary and Mikael Backlund both netted one goal and one assist for the Fl...
Matt Boldy's 4-point effort steers Wild past Avalanche
Matt Boldy had two empty-net goals and added two assists, Joel Eriksson Ek also scored twice and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 in Denver on Thursday night.,Filip Gustavsson made 44 saves for Minnesota, which has won six in a row and tightened the race in the Central Division. Ma...
Matvei Michkov's OT goal caps Flyers' rally vs. Rangers
Matvei Michkov scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers battled back to edge the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night.,Michkov skated around J.T. Miller and snapped a shot five-hole past Igor Shesterkin at 2:10 of the extra frame for his 15th of the season.,...
Blues' Dylan Holloway returns to action with hat trick vs. Kraken
Dylan Holloway came off the injured list to produce three goals and an assist, leading the St. Louis Blues past visiting Seattle Kraken 5-1 Thursday night.,Holloway logged his second career hat trick in his first game since Jan. 18. He had been sidelined by a high ankle sprain that had limited him t...
Ryan O’Reilly’s late winner propels Predators to divisional victory
Ryan O'Reilly scored a game-winner late in the third period to help power the Nashville Predators past the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday.,Roman Josi made a beautiful pass to O'Reilly, who tipped the game-winning goal past Spencer Knight to secure the victory for the Predators with 3:16...
Islanders tie game late, send Canadiens to OT loss
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the game-winner at 1:46 of overtime as the visiting New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 victory against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.,Pageau carried the puck up the left side for a partial breakaway and cut to the front of the net before slipping a backhand under Sa...
Penguins stay hot, take down free-falling Devils
Connor Clifton and Egor Chinakhov scored 50 seconds apart during a three-goal third period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins, minus superstar Sidney Crosby, break open a tight contest and beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night.,Tommy Novak opened the scoring, Evgeni Malkin recorded ...
Sebastian Aho goal helps Hurricanes edge Lightning
Carolina's Sebastian Aho broke a third-period tie with a power-play goal after the Hurricanes had a three-goal lead vanish in Thursday night's 5-4 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's top two teams in Raleigh, N.C.,Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall both had ...
Wings' Dylan Larkin ties it, then wins it in OT vs. Sens
Dylan Larkin scored his second goal of the game at 1:50 of overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Senators 2-1 in Ottawa.,Larkin, an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, started the winning rush with a pass to Lucas Raymond at center ice. Larkin then got behind Ottawa's Shane Pinto, took the ret...
Brad Marchand tallies twice as Panthers return with win over Leafs
Brad Marchand scored two goals Thursday night as the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 at Sunrise, Fla.,Evan Rodrigues added a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who were playing their first game after the Olympic break. Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk also scored. Anton L...
Bruins earn crucial victory, snap Jackets' win streak at 7
The Boston Bruins erased an early one-goal deficit with three straight goals and held on to defeat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 in the teams' first meeting of the season on Thursday night.,Viktor Arvidsson bookended the night with two goals, scoring Boston's opener in the first period and ...
Indomitable at home, Ducks continue playoff chase against Jets
The red-hot Anaheim Ducks look to extend their home winning streak to seven games when the Winnipeg Jets visit on Friday.,The Ducks have won three straight overall and 10 of the last 12. That sterling streak includes six consecutive wins in their own rink, which bodes well for the remainder of a sea...