NHL Page 149 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Capitals pursue sixth straight win in showdown vs. Sharks
The Washington Capitals head into Wednesday's game at San Jose with a share of first place in the Metropolitan Division.,The Capitals' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night served as their fifth straight win and eighth in the last nine games. Washington is tied with the Carolina Hu...
Skidding Jets chase tighter defensive performance vs. Canadiens
The Winnipeg Jets and host Montreal Canadiens are both coming off defensive letdowns as they head into Wednesday's game against each other.,After snapping a four-game skid with a 5-2 victory on Saturday in Nashville, the Jets took a step back Monday in a 5-1 loss to Buffalo. The host Sabres scored t...
NHL roundup: Carter Hart (27 saves) makes return in Knights' shootout win
Shea Theodore logged two assists and scored the game-winner in the fourth round of a shootout and Carter Hart made 27 saves in his return to the NHL as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Ivan Barbashev and Braeden Bowman each had a goal and an assis...
Capitals dump Kings for 5th straight victory
Tom Wilson scored in his third straight game and the visiting Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Tuesday night.,Anthony Beauvillier and Aliaksei Protas also scored for the Capitals, who have won five straight and eight of nine. Alex Ovechkin had two assists, and Logan Thompson mad...
Carter Hart, back from acquittal, leads Knights past Blackhawks in SO
Shea Theodore logged two assists and scored the game-winner in the fourth round of a shootout and Carter Hart made 27 saves in his return to the NHL as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Ivan Barbashev and Braeden Bowman each had a goal and an assis...
Nathan MacKinnon nets pair as Avalanche top Canucks
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to extend his NHL lead, Brock Nelson also scored, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away all 10 shots he faced in relief of Scott Wedgewood for C...
Jesper Wallstedt continues stellar run as Wild blank Oilers
Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 32 shots he faced en route to his fourth shutout over his past six starts as the Minnesota Wild earned a 1-0 road win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.,The NHL's hottest goaltender earned his seventh straight win while extending the Wild's point streak to 12 games (10...
Avalanche G Scott Wedgewood exits vs. Canucks with upper-body injury
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood was ruled out for the rest of Tuesday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks due to an upper-body injury.,Wedgewood started in net and allowed one goal on 11 shots in 32:28, but was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood midway through the second period.,We...
Steven Stamkos reaches 1,200 career points as Predators trounce Flames
Steven Stamkos tallied to collect his 1,200th career point while both Reid Schaefer and Ozzy Wiesblatt scored their first career goals as the host Nashville Predators trounced the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Tuesday.,Michael Bunting netted one goal and one assist and Jonathan Marchessault added a goal for...
Beckett Sennecke's streak boosts Ducks as they welcome Mammoth
Just over two weeks after they needed overtime to settle their differences, the Anaheim Ducks will be at home again when they face the Utah Mammoth.,The Ducks pulled off an improbable 3-2 overtime victory over the Mammoth on Nov. 17 when Troy Terry tied it on a goal with 4.1 seconds remaining in reg...
Rare goal-scorers guide Maple Leafs past Panthers
Toronto topped injury-riddled Florida 4-1 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla., in their first encounter since the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.,Defenseman Troy Stecher scored his first goal as a Leaf since he was acquired on waivers in November before adding an assist on their second goal....
Vladislav Gavrikov's OT tally takes Rangers past Stars
Vladislav Gavrikov scored on a rebound 69 seconds into overtime as the New York Rangers recorded a rare home win by beating the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Tuesday night.,After Mika Zibanejad easily moved the puck into the offensive zone, he passed to Artemin Panarin. Panarin's shot was stopped by goalie Ca...
Brady Tkachuk's breakthrough goal helps Senators down Canadiens
Brady Tkachuk scored his first goal of the season and also recorded an assist as the visiting Ottawa Senators won 5-2 over the rival Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.,With 7:17 remaining in regulation and Ottawa ahead 4-2, Tkachuk, amid a delayed penalty, took a pass in the slot from Tim Stutzle ...
Red Wings snap four-game winless streak at Bruins' expense
Moritz Seider produced a goal and two assists to lead host Detroit to a 5-4 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.,Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat each contributed a goal and an assist. James van Riemsdyk and Ben Chiarot also scored for Detroit to snap a four-game winless streak.,John Gibson made 34...
Ilya Sorokin, Islanders snap Lightning's 7-game win streak
Bo Horvat and Anthony Duclair each scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin carried a shutout deep into the third period Tuesday night for the host New York Islanders, who snapped Tampa Bay's seven-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory in Elmont, N.Y.,Sorokin stopped the first 25 shots he faced and finished ...
Flyers minus top scorer in face of Josh Norris, rejuvenated Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres are thrilled to have Josh Norris back in the lineup, to say the least.,Norris and the Sabres look to build off one of their best wins of the season Wednesday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers.,After coming over in a trade with the Ottawa Senators last season, Norris played o...
Carter Hart to make Golden Knights debut vs. Blackhawks
Goaltender Carter Hart will make his controversial return to the NHL for the first time in 22 months Tuesday when he starts for the Vegas Golden Knights against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.,Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy announced Tuesday that Hart would start against Chicago after saying Monday that...
Flyers leading goal-scorer Tyson Foerster out 2-3 months
Philadelphia Flyers forward Tyson Foerster will be sidelined for two to three months due to an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday.,Foerster was injured shortly after scoring his team-leading 10th goal of the season in the second period of the Flyers' 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on...
Former NHL player Kevin Dineen discloses cancer battle
Former NHL player and coach Kevin Dineen announced he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.,The 62-year-old Dineen, who played 19 seasons, made the disclosure on Sunday.,"This Thanksgiving feels a bit different," he said on social media. "A few months ago, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cance...
Blues F Nathan Walker sidelined at least eight weeks
St. Louis Blues forward Nathan Walker was placed on injured reserve and will miss at least the next eight weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday.,Walker was injured during St. Louis' 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday.,Walker's injury came hours after the Blues announced fo...