The Golden Knights lost in regulation for the first time this season in a 3-0 defeat to the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., on Saturday.

It’s the first time the Knights (5-1-2) have been shut out this season. They entered Saturday averaging a league-best 4.29 goals per game.

Goaltender Akira Schmid made 22 saves as ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — If the Lightning are going to dig themselves out from their worst start in franchise history, Nikita Kucherov will have a lot to do with it.

When things start to go bad — as they have for the Lightning in the first two-plus weeks of the season — the burden falls on your best players.

But Saturday’s 4-3 win against the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was a New York State of Mind for the hometown team on Saturday.

Backed by a pair of goals from New York native Trevor Zegras, who also scored a shootout goal, the Philadelphia Flyers clawed back and skated away with a 4-3 win against the visiting New York Islanders.

Matvei Michkov beat countryman Ilya Sorokin in the ...Read more

BOSTON — Sometimes, there is no explaining the game of hockey.

The Colorado Avalanche, one of the best teams in the NHL, dominated the struggling Boston Bruins through the first 14 minutes of Saturday’s matinee at TD Garden. But just when you thought you could chalk up the seventh straight loss for the B’s, they somehow turned it around ...Read more

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov had his best game of the season Friday, but the San Jose Sharks could not stay out of the penalty box in a 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center.

The Sharks were on the penalty kill five times in the first two periods and allowed two power-play goals to Dougie Hamilton in the second period, with the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning are so much better than this.

Better than a 1-4-2 record. Better than the crucial breakdowns late. Better than four consecutive one-goal losses, and better than the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

That’s what you should be telling yourself.

Because the alternative is too depressing to think about.

The ...Read more

DENVER — There was one phrase to describe Valeri Nichushkin’s performance Thursday night: C’est magnifique.

Debuting the Quebec Nordiques throwbacks for the first time, the Avalanche had turnover and defending troubles early and power-play struggles throughout until Nichushkin came through late to steal a point in a 5-4 shootout loss ...Read more

The Kraken finished a six-game road trip 2-2-2 with another eye-catching win against the Winnipeg Jets, who won the Presidents’ Trophy last season with the league’s best record.

When one of the best active goalies in the world is at the other end of the ice, it’s always tempting to compare. That got easier and easier as the clock wound ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks ended a month’s worth of frustration on Thursday as Will Smith scored at the 1:37 mark of overtime to give his team a thrilling 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Macklin Celebrini recorded his second career NHL hat trick and matched a career high with five points, as he assisted on Smith’s ...Read more

BOSTON — With the game in their reach at the start of the third period yet again, the Bruins failed to make the right plays at winning time on Thursday night at TD Garden.

Yet again.

The B’s coughed up three goals in the third period, plus an empty-netter, and fell to the Anaheim Ducks, 7-5, absorbing their sixth straight defeat in ...Read more

What we saw Thursday was not a recipe for sustained success for the Penguins. But they sure cooked up an entertaining game as they beat the Florida Panthers, 5-3.

The Penguins won their fourth consecutive game in thrilling fashion, despite taking only 15 shots, going 1 for 3 on the penalty kill and giving up a pair of third-period goals.

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OTTAWA, Ontario — The Flyers traveled to Canada’s capital for a showdown with the Ottawa Senators.

Facing a hungry team with just one win in their past six games, the visitors got off to a good start, but in the end they fell to the Senators, 2-1. It snapped Philly’s two-game winning streak and moved its record to 3-3-1.

Entering the ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hold off on those Red Wings' Stanley Cup parade routes for a just a bit.

There's been a rare bump in the road during this early season surge.

Buffalo's Jack Quinn (power play) and Josh Doan scored almost four minutes apart in the third period Wednesday sending the Sabres to a 4-2 victory.

Quinn, who added two assists, one-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There were milestones galore Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena as the Penguins pulled away from the Vancouver Canucks, 5-1, and extended their winning streak to three.

Tommy Novak scored his first goal in black and gold. Goalie Arturs Silovs earned a sliver of revenge against his previous team. Kris Letang had a pair of assists, giving...Read more

A Kraken team badly depleted by injuries trailed by a single goal after Tuesday’s first period at the Washington Capitals, which was perfectly fine. No sweat.

Just 1:33 into the second period, the Capitals had extended the lead to three goals, and that was a real problem. Seattle winger Jaden Schwartz ended Washington goaltender Logan ...Read more

Brad Marchand tried to contain his emotions midway through the first period Tuesday. He looked up at the scoreboard at TD Garden and watched nearly 16 years of his life flash before his eyes. As it ended, with tears welling in his eyes, the veteran winger received a round of applause from what was his home crowd for his entire NHL career up ...Read more