DETROIT — The Thanksgiving feast is going to taste a little worse for the Red Wings.

Two late third-period goals only 27 seconds apart lifted the Nashville Predators to a 6-3 victory over the Red Wings on Wednesday night.

Ryan O'Reilly (seventh goal, 14 minutes 14 seconds) and Erik Haula (fourth, 14:41) scored goals that snapped a 3-3 tie ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — After the Buffalo Sabres tilted the ice late in the second period Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins needed a response. It wasn’t all that dissimilar from their season to this point: 8-2-2 in October and seven losses in nine November games prior to this one.

Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes offered the Penguins some important ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Want urgency? Want a team not satisfied with just reaching the top of the Atlantic Division standings? Want a team more concerned with carving up its opponent than Thanksgiving carvings?

Meet the Lightning.

There was something special in the pregame meal Wednesday night, because they wasted no time serving the Calgary Flames on...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Philadelphia Flyers have a lot to be thankful for this season.

Notably, Tyson Foerster, who scored the game-winning goal with 45.2 seconds left in regulation. Sean Couturier added a deflection up and over goalie Sergei Bobrovsky with 24 seconds left to give the Flyers a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers.

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The Blues had their chances to make this road trip a great one. Another presented itself on Wednesday night.

But the Blues lost again in overtime, 3-2 to the Devils, as St. Louis finished off a five-game road trip with a 1-1-3 record. Simon Nemec scored the game-winning goal for New Jersey with 2:02 left in overtime.

The Blues dropped to 0-7 ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — The Detroit Red Wings fell behind again, as has been their way lately, but this time they couldn't recover.

New Jersey scored two quick goals late in the first period Monday and went on to a 4-3 victory over the Red Wings.

This was the third consecutive game the Wings fell behind, but the second time in that stretch they ...Read more

It had been more than a month since the St. Louis Blues won consecutive games. The drought will continue.

With a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Monday night in New York, the Blues missed an opportunity to follow up on Saturday's 2-1 win over the New York Islanders.

Dylan Holloway and Brayden Schenn scored for the Blues, while Vincent ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — When Brandon Hagel prepared for this season, he knew the opportunities that were in front of him. Not only did he have the chance to bring a Stanley Cup championship back to Tampa, but also to represent Canada in the Olympics.

Last season’s 4 Nations Faceoff gave him a taste of international competition that he wanted to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — As Dan Muse spoke, the emotion, passion and honesty in his voice was evident.

His press conference following Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken felt like a breath of fresh air due to that level of rawness. But it was also indicative of the Penguins' precarious position around the NHL season's first quarter mark.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shakir Mukhamadullin and Macklin Celebrini both had goals in the first two periods, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov made 33 saves as the San Jose Sharks earned a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday to close out a four-game homestand.

Mukhamadullin scored his first goal of the season at the 15:53 mark of the first period, ...Read more

A scoreless game gave way to the Seattle Kraken’s 10th overtime game in just 22 outings this season. Kyle Palmieri won it on the New York Islanders’ fourth shootout attempt Sunday night at UBS Arena, 1-0.

The Kraken are headed home with a 2-1-1 road swing record.

The trip finale wasn’t a thrilling affair. Weariness likely played a factor...Read more

Not even the pesky Winnipeg Jets were a match for the resurgent Minnesota Wild.

After losing nine in a row to the Central Division rival Jets, including four straight in Winnipeg, the Wild finally prevailed 3-0 Sunday at Canada Life Centre to extend their season-high winning streak to five games.

Jesper Wallstedt made 32 saves for his NHL-...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — With first place in the Pacific Division hanging in the balance, two of the NHL’s most explosive attacks did not disappoint in a firefight at Honda Center in which the Anaheim Ducks out-dueled the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3 in overtime, on Saturday night.

The Ducks won for the third time in four games and Vegas managed to ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Scott Wedgewood has been one of the great stories in the NHL at the start of the 2025-26 season, to the point where Mackenzie Blackwood has not had the chance to work through some injury-related rust with a typical starter’s workload.

Blackwood picked a great time to have his best game of the young season Saturday night. ...Read more

At some point, the constant calls from Kraken coach Lane Lambert for his team to shoot the puck more often will start to resonate.

If the goaltending continues to be exceptional, the Kraken won’t need that much scoring.

Brandon Montour jumped off the bench and scored with 52 seconds left in overtime as the Kraken rallied for a 3-2 win over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Tampa Bay Lightning were able to get two points out of their up-and-back trip to the nation’s capital Saturday night, but their 5-3 win over the Capitals at Capital One Arena came at a cost.

The hockey was the easy part for Tampa Bay. It scored four first-period goals on its first six shots after Washington opened the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Parent surely liked an easy night or two between the pipes. He probably also liked it when his team staked him to a big lead.

On Saturday night, as the Flyers honored the Hall of Fame goalie, who backstopped the Orange and Black to consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975 and died on Sept. 21 at the age of ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Sharks were their own worst enemy at times during their game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Questionable Sharks line changes led to both the game-tying and go-ahead goals by the Senators, who earned a come-from-behind 3-2 win before a sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.

With the game tied 2-2, the Sharks ...Read more