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Wild's Kirill Kaprizov caps big night with OT goal vs. Wings
Kirill Kaprizov tallied two goals and an assist, including the winning goal 45 seconds into overtime, to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Mats Zuccarello also finished with two goals and an assist for Minnesota, which has won thre...

Penguins grab early 3-goal lead, cruise past Oilers
Anthony Mantha scored two goals 21 seconds apart early in the first period and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins cruised to a 6-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.,Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell and Egor Chinakhov also scored, Justin Brazeau and...

Steven Stamkos' hat trick helps Predators rally to beat Senators
Steven Stamkos scored with 1:13 remaining to break a deadlock and complete his second hat trick of the season, as the host Nashville Predators rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Thursday night., ,The Predators celebrated captain Roman Josi's 1,000th career game with...

Panthers edge Jets in shootout
Anton Lundell and Sam Reinhart scored in the shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the host Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night in a game that had a playoff feel.,Neither team is close to its form of last season, which saw the Panthers win their second consecutive Stanley Cup and the Jets...

Oliver Moore, Blackhawks have last laugh against Canes
Oliver Moore, who was flattened in a second-period fight, had the final say by producing the decisive tally in the sixth round of the shootout as the Chicago Blackhawks topped the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Ilya Mikheyev collected a goal and an assist, while Nick Lard...

Jet Greaves blanks Stars as Blue Jackets keep rolling
Jet Greaves made 28 saves and Zach Werenski scored the only goal in the Columbus Blue Jackets' 1-0 shutout of the visiting Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Columbus has won five of its last six games and improved to 4-1-0 under new head coach Rick Bowness.,Greaves earned his first shutout of the season and...

Sabres close gap against Canadiens in road victory
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.,Jason Zucker, Beck Malenstyn, Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs scored for the Sabres, who halted a two-game skid and moved within two points of Montreal for third in the Atlant...

Bruins benefit from quick flurry of goals, defeat Golden Knights
The Boston Bruins scored three goals in a 54-second span midway through the first period and held on for a 4-3 win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night.,Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm (one goal, one assist) and Tanner Jeannot scored Boston's fastest three goals since 2001 before ...

Sharks, Rangers finding mistakes costly in recent losses
The San Jose Sharks will look to play better in front of their goaltender when they return home to host the New York Rangers on Friday night.,San Jose split a pair of games in Florida, topping the Panthers 4-1 on Monday before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Lightning on Tuesday, to wrap up a four-ga...

Lengthy losing skid over, Canucks turn attention to improving Devils
After snapping an 11-game losing streak with a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals, the Vancouver Canucks will attempt to win back-to-back home games for the first time this season when they face the New Jersey Devils on Friday.,The victory over the Capitals was the team's fir...

Reshuffled Kraken lineup ready to host red-hot Ducks
Lane Lambert decided to shake things up.,So the Seattle Kraken coach, with his team having lost four consecutive games and six of its past seven, altered all four of the forward lines and two of three defensive pairings for Wednesday's home game against the New York Islanders.,The moves paid off as ...

Oilers expect star F Leon Draisaitl to return Saturday
The Edmonton Oilers expect star forward Leon Draisaitl to return to the team on Saturday when they host the Washington Capitals, coach Kris Knoblauch said Thursday.,Draisaitl, 30, missed his fourth consecutive game on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Penguins after taking a leave of absence on Jan. 1...

Struggling Flyers face tall task visiting Avalanche
The Philadelphia Flyers were rolling at the beginning of January, but things have turned sour for them.,Since beating the Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 6, the Flyers have gone 1-5-2. Now they face perhaps their toughest task of the season with Friday night's visit to the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche.,The ...

Capitals visit Flames with season 'hanging in the balance'
The Washington Capitals head into Friday's road game against the Calgary Flames hopeful that their struggles finally have hit rock bottom.,Thanks to a dispiriting 4-3 loss to the last-place Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, Washington has dropped four consecutive games in regulation for the first time...

Senators' David Perron (sports hernia surgery) out 5-7 weeks
Ottawa Senators forward David Perron is expected to undergo sports hernia surgery and be sidelined five to seven weeks, head coach Travis Green announced.,Green noted that Perron has been dealing with the injury for some time.,Perron, 37, has recorded 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 49 games thi...

Stars-Jackets matchup may come down to special teams
Coming off a lopsided win, the Dallas Stars are looking to finally build some momentum when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.,The Stars are 3-6-4 in their last 13 games, and had been outscored 9-3 during an 0-3-0 losing streak heading into Tuesday's matchup with the Boston Bruins. Wi...

Wild's Vladimir Tarasenko rides surge into game vs. Wings
Minnesota's Vladimir Tarasenko knows how to find the back of the net.,Tarasenko also knows the playing style of Thursday night's opponent, the Detroit Red Wings.,He will try to lead the Wild past the Wings when the teams face off in Saint Paul, Minn.,In his first season with the Wild, Tarasenko has ...

Goaltender reunion on ice likely not in cards as Oilers host Penguins
Pittsburgh probably won't get a chance to face former teammate Tristan Jarry when the Penguins visit the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.,Jarry was traded from Pittsburgh to Edmonton on Dec. 12, along with forward Samuel Poulin, for fellow goalie Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak and a second...

NHL roundup: Clayton Keller's OT goal lifts Mammoth past Flyers
Clayton Keller notched the tying goal with 34.2 seconds remaining in regulation, then scored at 2:01 into overtime as the surging Utah Mammoth rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.,Keller's wide-open snapshot off a Dylan Guenther pass completed ...

Lukas Dostal stands tall vs. Avs as Ducks win in shootout
Lukas Dostal made 40 saves through regulation and overtime and two more in the shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Mikael Granlund and Cutter Gauthier had shootout goals and Jeffrey Viel scored in regulation for Anaheim in Alex Killorn's 1,00...