DENVER — The Avalanche put hockey on the map in Colorado. It just took Peter Forsberg awhile to find Denver on the map.

He is telling a story from the summer of 1995, a story that illustrates how unlikely it was that magic happened. He smiles, and shows he can still provide a zinger like so many of his slap shots that first season.

“I got ...Read more

That was a lot harder for the Red Wings than it should have been.

The Wings took a quick lead Wednesday in Calgary, dominated most of the evening, but eventually had to hold on while defeating the Flames, 4-3.

Goaltender John Gibson stopped 34 shots and Alex DeBrincat scored two goals to highlight the Wings' third victory in four games on this...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins were one-tenth of a second from their 15th win of the season. Then one of the strangest plays of the hockey season sent them to overtime with the Ducks instead.

Erik Karlsson dove to keep a loose puck from crossing the goal line. He somehow pushed the puck past Arturs Silovs with his hand for a goal that tied the ...Read more

The Golden Knights rallied to earn a point, but they had their four-game winning streak end in a 5-4 shootout loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., on Tuesday.

Islanders left wing Emil Heineman scored the only goal of the shootout in the fourth round.

Right wing Pavel Dorofeyev scored the game-tying goal off a rebound ...Read more

Arriving at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night having lost four straight games, the Lightning hadn’t scored a goal since Thursday. But they didn’t waste any time against the Montreal Canadiens, taking a three-goal lead into the first intermission.

The Lightning played not only with the urgency that coach Jon Cooper said they lacked in Monday�...Read more

The Boston Bruins got one of their stars back Tuesday, but it was a couple of the team’s grinders who delivered them their third straight victory.

After shaking off a messy first period, Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten each scored a pair of goals to lead the B’s to their second win over former coach Jim Montgomery’s Blues, 5-2, in St. ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks allowed two goals in the second period, including a backbreaker with just 12 seconds left before intermission, in a sluggish 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The Sharks allowed even-strength goals in the second period to forwards Carl Grundstrom and Noah Cates, with Cates’ goal right ...Read more

Notable: Leave it to a former Kraken player to ruin what was mostly a solid performance by the home team.

Marcus Johansson scored just over eight minutes into the third period and Minnesota scored a pair of empty-net goals later for a 4-1 victory and the fifth straight loss in regulation for the Kraken. Seattle is 0-5-1 in the last six and ...Read more

The Tampa Bay Lightning arrived in Toronto with their Atlantic Division lead disintegrated after losing three straight games. Because of that, their first regular-season meeting with the rival Maple Leafs Monday night at Scotiabank Arena meant a little extra.

Entering the night, the top seven teams in the Atlantic were separated by just four ...Read more

MONTREAL, Canada — The St. Louis Blues offense just needed a night in Montreal to cure its ills.

The Blues scored four goals on their way to a 4-3 win over the Canadiens Sunday night at the Bell Centre. It was just the second time in the past 12 games that St. Louis scored more than two goals in a game.

Brayden Schenn (two goals, one assist...Read more

Second-year San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini made sure the 100th game of his already stellar NHL career would be worth remembering.

Celebrini had a goal and two assists, and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 28 saves to lead the Sharks to an impressive 4-1 win over the host Carolina Hurricanes at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., ...Read more

Jack Eichel scored on a breakaway with eight seconds remaining in overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied to win their fourth straight game, 3-2, over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Sunday night.

Center Tomas Hertl tied it with 51.3 seconds left in regulation with the extra attacker after incidental roughing penalties on ...Read more

DALLAS — Three playoff teams. Two leading their respective divisions. One impressive road trip.

Although the Pittsburgh Penguins’ shootout woes continued during a 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center Sunday night, they finished a three-game road trip with five of a possible six points, two of those games against division...Read more

MIAMI — The Florida Panthers entered the weekend having lost five consecutive home games, their longest stretch of futility on home ice since 2020.

They ended their homestand with consecutive wins, a pair of needed victories they hope can be the beginning of a much-needed turnaround.

After a thrilling 7-6 overtime win against the Columbus ...Read more

SEATTLE — Red Wings 4, Kraken 3 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Seattle Kraken turned in a much cleaner effort on the heels of consecutive blowouts and kept Saturday’s game close, but dropped their fourth straight game in regulation.

The beleaguered Kraken penalty kill made it most of the way through its first appearance of the night,...Read more