LAS VEGAS — In this city where many hopes and dreams are dashed, the Red Wings saw their playoff aspirations take another massive hit.

Vegas sank the Wings further from the playoff picture Saturday with a 6-3 victory.

Alex DeBrincat's 32nd goal, at 9 minutes, 36 seconds of the third period, cut the Vegas lead to 5-3. But Vegas' Jack Eichel ...Read more

MONTREAL — The Colorado Avalanche ran out of gas Saturday night, about 11 minutes from what would have been a fantastic road trip through eastern Canada.

The new guys salvaged it, anyway.

Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle scored in the shootout to help the Avs shake a late collapse and claim a 5-4 win Saturday night at Bell Centre. In the end, ...Read more

DALLAS — The Flyers showed some heart in Texas.

After spotting the Stars a two-goal lead in the first period, they battled back and earned a point with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars. Thomas Harley scored five-hole on Sam Ersson, who came in relief for Ivan Fedotov after the first 20 minutes, just 9 seconds into overtime.

The Flyers...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — This is the kind of goal rut that works for the Minnesota Wild.

Since shedding their own slump, they keep stymieing opposing offenses, on Saturday afternoon snubbing the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in the finale of their season-long seven-game homestand at Xcel Energy Center.

“Everything is going really good,” Marco Rossi said, ...Read more

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks roster seems to be getting younger and less experienced with each passing week.

The Sharks shipped a handful of veterans to contending teams before the NHL trade deadline on March 7, and on Thursday, defenseman Luca Cagnoni made his NHL debut and goalie Georgi Romanov made his first NHL start.

Predictably, the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Right wing Pavel Dorofeyev recorded the second hat trick of his career, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.

Dorofeyev, who had a hat trick on Jan. 14 in Nashville, reached the 30-goal mark for the first time in his career.

Center Jack Eichel recorded two assists to tie his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A couple of records were reached on Thursday in the Flyers' 3-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

No, Alex Ovechkin didn’t score his famous “Ovechtrick” of nine goals, which he joked about in a commercial back in the day. But he did score his 888th career goal, putting him seven away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s goal ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Carter Verhaeghe remembers one overriding feature about playing parts of two seasons with the Missouri Mavericks in the low-level East Coast Hockey League.

“I remember it’s not where I wanted to be,’’ he said.

He remembers something else about the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey Association for ...Read more

A four-goal second period sent the Seattle Kraken sailing past the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night at United Center. Center Shane Wright found the net twice, defenseman Adam Larsson factored in on three scoring plays (one goal, two assists) and Seattle won, 6-2.

A power-play shot from Blackhawks phenom Connor Bedard deflected off Kraken ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins picked a bad time to blow a two-goal lead for the first time in a while.

They were on their way to a fifth straight win Tuesday when they let the New York Islanders score four times in the third period and win, 4-2, at PPG Paints Arena.

The four-point swing in the standings may be a fatal blow for their playoffs ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Late-season visits to Nashville haven’t gone well for the St. Louis Blues in recent seasons.

But, then again, this season is proving itself different from the previous two.

With a 4-1 win over the Predators on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena, the Blues continued their consistent play since the 4 Nations break and have...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Detroit Red Wings need points in these final games of the regular season. They can't afford letting games slip away without earning anything in the points column.

But Tuesday, playing against the Eastern Conference's best team, the Wings will return home with no points losing 4-1 to the rampaging Washington Capitals.

Pierre...Read more

DENVER — A moose is a creature of thunder and beauty. The “Moose” is a creator of wonder and mystery.

Mikko Rantanen returned to Ball Arena with no one completely sure why he left. Regardless of Texas’ lack of state income tax, Sunday showed that he played right into the Avalanche's hands.

Colorado can win a Stanley Cup without him. ...Read more

BOSTON — While the Buffalo Sabres have been the standard of futility in the National Hockey League for over a decade now, the Bruins, in their current state, are now looking up at their lowly Atlantic Division rivals in terms of offensive talent.

That was clear for much of Monday night at TD Garden but it took an Alex Tuch deflection of an ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The stingy Los Angeles Kings and their almost unbeatable goaltender didn’t fare as expected against an ice-cold Minnesota Wild offense.

After ending Darcy Kuemper’s shutout streak, the Wild rallied 3-1 past Los Angeles on Monday night at Xcel Energy Center for their second victory in their past six games.

Mats ...Read more