Defenseman Mario Ferraro and center Michael Misa each scored before everything went off the rails for the San Jose Sharks, who allowed five unanswered goals in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago.

Leading 2-0, the Sharks allowed a goal to defenseman Sam Rinzel with 30 seconds left in the second ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Not a pleasant way for the Detroit Red Wings to end this season.

Having been eliminated from playoff contention last weekend and seeing their playoff drought reach an NHL-high 10 consecutive years, the Wings put a stamp on the season Wednesday with an 8-1 loss to the Florida Panthers.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There wasn’t anything on the line for the Lightning in their regular-season finale against the Rangers Wednesday night at Benchmark International Arena. Going into Game 82, Tampa Bay’s first-round matchup with Montreal already had been set and it had gained home-ice advantage for the series.

So the 4-2 loss to the Rangers ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hunter Haight didn’t have to wait long to get another crack at his first NHL goal … and the Minnesota Wild rookie made the do-over count.

After having a goal overturned the previous night at St. Louis, Haight scored for real in the Wild’s 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday at Grand Casino Arena, in their regular...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The kids are all right.

With their playoff spot solidified, the Philadelphia Flyers rested a few of their veterans and fielded a roster filled with young blood, including 11 players 25 years old or younger. Two of them, defensemen Oliver Bonk and Hunter McDonald, made their NHL debuts, hitting the ice for the first double-...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins are shuffling off to Buffalo.

The B’s emphatically secured the first wild card and a date with the Atlantic Division champion Sabres, taking out the New Jersey Devils with an early knockout punch and cruising to a 4-0 victory at TD Garden on Tuesday.

While the Sabres are returning to the playoffs after a 14-year ...Read more

A playoff spot was clinched Monday night at Climate Pledge Arena, but not by the home team.

The Kraken had a chance to mess with the L.A. Kings, who were chasing the last remaining Stanley Cup Playoffs spot, after the Philadelphia Flyers and Anaheim Ducks clinched earlier in the evening. The team chasing the Kings, the Nashville Predators, lost...Read more

The thought of winning the Pacific Division didn’t seem possible for the Vegas Golden Knights two weeks ago.

They’re on the doorstep of adding another banner to the rafters, and clinching home-ice advantage to start the playoffs after defeating the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Monday.

The Knights (38-26-17) will head into the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning pushed toward gaining home ice in the first round, and still have an outside chance of winning the Atlantic Division, following their 4-3 overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night at Benchmark International Arena.

Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winner 27 seconds into the 3-on-3 overtime...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The roars started when the Philadelphia Flyers came out onto the ice. They dipped and dropped and rose again across 65 minutes of heart-racing action and became deafening when Tyson Foerster found the back of the net in the shootout to give the Flyers the lead.

But it was nowhere as loud as when Dan Vladař stoned Carolina ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks finally played with the necessary amount of desperation as they faced elimination from playoff contention.

Igor Chernyshov scored a first-period power-play goal, and Macklin Celebrini scored twice in the third period as the Sharks beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 at Bridgestone Arena, remaining alive, for now, in their bid ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — In their third-to-last game of the season, the St. Louis Blues handled an undermanned Wild team in a 6-3 win over Minnesota on Monday night at Enterprise Center.

Colton Parayko, Otto Stenberg, Pavel Buchnevich, Theo Lindstein, Jake Neighbours and Jimmy Snuggerud (empty-net) scored for the Blues, who scored four straight goals ...Read more

MIAMI — Cole Reinhardt opened and capped scoring for the Florida Panthers as they defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 on Monday at Amerant Bank Arena in their second-to-last game of the season.

Reinhardt scored the game-winner with 1:50 left in regulation.

It was Reinahrdt’s first multi-goal game of the season.

Florida improves to 39-38-4. ...Read more

New York Rangers goalkeeper Jonathan Quick is calling it a career after 19 NHL seasons and three Stanley Cup championships — with 16 of those seasons and two championships as a member of the Los Angeles Kings.

The 40-year-old goalie told reporters Monday that he would be playing in his final game that night when the Rangers visit the Florida ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The black-and-white photo is as dated as it is iconic.

It shows Rogie Vachon, left hand tucked into a pocket of his bell-bottom jeans and a cigar wedged between two fingers of his right hand, which rests on the hood of a new Mercedes in an empty parking lot outside the Forum. His open V-neck shirt has huge lapels, his hair hangs...Read more

James Hagens’ debut for the Boston Bruins wasn’t spectacular, but he made his presence felt in a hotly contested victory over a desperate Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

In the 3-2 victory at Nationwide Arena, Hagens recorded an assist but the stars of the game were Joonas Korpisalo (34 saves) and Sean Kuraly, who had a three-point ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Dylan Strome is one of the best faceoff men in the league. But the Washington Capitals center made sure the referee had no choice but to kick him out of the opening draw Sunday.

Strome stepped out, and Alex Ovechkin skated in to take the first faceoff against Sidney Crosby in their 100th — and perhaps final — meeting.

While ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar will miss the next two games after getting hit in the face with a puck Saturday night.

Bednar has sustained “facial fractures and a corneal abrasion,” the club announced Saturday. He was taken to a local hospital Saturday night after getting hit in the right side of his face during the third ...Read more