Ben Hutton has waited his turn, and then some, to get into the lineup. He’s waited even longer to score a goal.

The veteran defenseman found the back of the net for the first time in almost two years to help the Golden Knights hold off the New York Rangers 3-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Hutton’s shot 3:23 into the second period trickled...Read more

SAN JOSE – Macklin Celebrini scored at the 2:52 mark of overtime to complete his third career hat trick to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday at SAP Center.

Handling the puck near the blue line and with the Sharks on a power play, Celebrini fired the puck past Utah goalie Vitek Vanecek for his 13th goal of the...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings are in first place and it's in large part because of the youngsters.

Nate Danielson scored his first NHL goal and had an assist, Emmitt Finnie scored a power-play goal (with Danielson assisting) and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had an assist Tuesday as the Wings defeated Seattle, 4-2, and moved into sole possession of first ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Given what happened in their last game, a case could be made that with the Lightning up two goals after one period, the Devils had them right where they wanted them Tuesday night.

Two nights before, Tampa Bay was up two goals on Vancouver going into the first intermission, but the night ended with the Canucks scoring six ...Read more

One team wasn't going to be desperate enough — it was the Blues.

In a matchup of two of the five worst teams in the NHL, the Maple Leafs beat the Blues, 3-2 in overtime, on Tuesday night in Toronto. William Nylander scored the game-winning goal with 53.9 seconds remaining in overtime.

Nylander scored after John Tavares held off both Philip ...Read more

The Florida Panthers shook off their loss a couple days ago to the Tampa Bay Lightning and a two-goal deficit in the first period Monday to beat the Vancouver Canucks 8-5 at Amerant Bank Arena.

But they still can’t shake off the injury bug, which once again is hitting the team.

The Panthers are already down five key players (forwards ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have been a resilient and admirable group for the most part this season. But the depleted B’s learned Monday night that vim and vigor can take you only so far in the National Hockey League.

The Carolina Hurricanes were clearly the better team at TD Garden and used two second period goals to power their way to a 3-...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — So, how ‘bout that Florida Panthers game?

The Tampa Bay Lightning were efficient, disciplined and gutty Saturday evening. Everything you hope to see from your favorite hockey team.

And everything the Lightning were not Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks.

Holy choke, that was ugly. After one of Tampa Bay’s more ...Read more

NEW YORK — A mere 24 hours after a discouraging loss, the Detroit Red Wings put together a quality victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Lucas Raymond scored his fifth goal, at 16 minutes 13 seconds of the third period, breaking a tie and sending the Wings to a 2-1 victory.

Raymond carried the puck into the zone, ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — How little the Minnesota Wild are scoring would be a bigger issue if they weren’t giving up so few goals.

But minimum production keeps yielding maximum results.

The Golden Knights were the latest to fall into the Wild’s less-is-more trap, with the Wild eking by Vegas 3-2 in overtime Sunday night at Grand Casino Arena to...Read more

The Pittsburgh Penguins might not want to leave Sweden.

After a lackluster performance in their first game at Avicii Arena, the Penguins got revenge on the Nashville Predators 4-0 Sunday morning behind a dominant first period and rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov's first career win — and shutout.

Following Friday's performance, when the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Kraken 4, Sharks 1 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: Philipp Grubauer, take a bow.

The backup goalie for the Seattle Kraken took over when starter Matt Murray came out injured late in the first period and saved all 19 shots he faced as Seattle improved to 9-4-5 (23 points) and continued its best start to a season in franchise ...Read more

We have a long way to go in this 2025-26 hockey season, but here’s a sentence most people didn’t expect to hear, even at this stage of the year.

Say hello to your first-place Boston Bruins.

The B’s notched a gut-check 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on Saturday night after losing Charlie McAvoy to a scary shot ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings earned a point Saturday in the standings but they should have had two.

The Wings blew a three-goal third period lead and watched Buffalo's Mattias Samuelsson score the game-winner at 1 minute 5 seconds of overtime, the Sabres rallying for a 5-4 victory.

Buffalo's Tage Thompson shoved Alex DeBrincat away from ...Read more

Golden Knights' right wing Braeden Bowman scored his first NHL goal in his second career game, and Vegas snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center Saturday night.

Bowman scored a power-play goal from the weak side of the crease with 5:02 remaining in the first period to give the Knights a 2-0...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild defeating the Ducks at full strength would have been commendable.

That they were better with a patchwork lineup was downright impressive.

In another show of progress for their net-out defending, the Wild blanked upstart Anaheim 2-0 Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena to continue their own resurgence: They have won...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — This wasn’t late-April, and there were plenty of scattered empty seats at Amerant Bank Arena for the first regular-season meeting between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers on Saturday night. Not to mention, a lot of the usual suspects were missing.

Those anticipating another slugfest between the cross-state rivals...Read more

The Nashville Predators snatched a win from the Penguins in their first Swedish showdown, rallying to beat them, 2-1 in overtime Friday at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena.

Arturs Silovs gave the Penguins another strong start and was 70 seconds away from a shutout when Filip Forsberg, a Predators winger and star Swede, tied the score.

Steven Stamkos...Read more

DENVER — Mackenzie Blackwood has uncovered the key to Gavin Brindley’s success.

Brindley, who has evolved from training camp surprise to NHL regular to fill-in second-line forward in a hurry, had a goal and an assist Thursday night to help the Colorado Avalanche machine roll on in a 6-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Ball Arena.

“He�...Read more