The Kraken closed ranks and made off with a 2-1 victory Monday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, the top team in the Eastern Conference.

As regulation wound down, Eeli Tolvanen took a holding penalty while fending off a Hurricanes extra-attacker goal. The Kraken withstood a tense 89 seconds of 6-on-4 hockey at Climate Pledge Arena.

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TORONTO — It can be a good life if you don’t weaken, and right now the Philadelphia Flyers are staying strong.

Facing a Toronto Maple Leafs in a tailspin, the Flyers bent but did not break and skated away with a 3-2 shootout victory. On this night in Toronto, the Flyers won their third straight game for the first time since the end of ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There was no mincing of words after Saturday's loss in Carolina by coach Todd McLellan.

The Detroit Red Wings largely weren't that great, and McLellan talked about some of the "empty jerseys" that have been wearing the Wings' threads, working and playing but not necessarily producing results.

That changed Monday in ...Read more

And so the streak ends.

In a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, the St. Louis Blues snapped a 10-game road losing streak that dated back to before Christmas.

Pavel Buchnevich scored the game-winning goal with 3:39 remaining in the third period, picking the far corner for his 14th goal of the season. It was the Blues' first road win since Dec. 20...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Michael Misa scored at the 1:40 mark of overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday before a sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.

On the goal, Misa took a drop pass from William Eklund, skated into the Jets’ zone, fought off a check from defenseman Haydn Fleury, and beat goalie ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — One day after blowing a multi-goal lead and losing another shootout against one of the worst teams in the league, the Pittsburgh Penguins had to face one of the best.

And they delivered one of their best performances of the season. The Penguins smashed the Vegas Golden Knights, 5-0, on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.

Arturs Silovs ...Read more

SEATTLE — Climate Pledge Arena hat-throwers were done dirty again.

On Jan. 27, Jared McCann’s hat trick was canceled out by a disallowed goal just as the final hats were cleaned off the ice. It was a bizarre enough occurrence that it made the social media rounds, and the organization even offered to replace the lost caps.

A month later, it...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The NHL trading deadline is Friday, and the Red Wings might be in need of some sort of spark.

Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Hurricanes in Carolina was the latest evidence of a Wings team that could use a boost.

The defeat left the Wings with only two victories in their last seven games (2-4-1). They've also only scored more than...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — For the second straight game the Lightning dug themselves a quick hole, but on Saturday night against a Buffalo team nipping at their heels in the Atlantic Division standings they couldn’t bounce back from their slow start.

And before they knew it, a three-goal deficit little more than eight minutes into the game spiraled into...Read more

DENVER — There were some exaggerated exhales Saturday afternoon at Ball Arena.

Gavin Brindley and Cale Makar both snapped goal-scoring droughts and the Avs grinded out a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. Makar scored twice, including one into an empty net, and Nathan MacKinnon had a pair of assists to help Colorado win for the second ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the go-ahead goal at the 9:27 mark of the third period to help lift the San Jose Sharks to a badly needed and entertaining 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.

Trailing a rush up the ice, Mukhamadullin took a pass from William Eklund and ...Read more

So much has gone right for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season. But their biggest weakness cost them another point Saturday.

They fell, 3-2, in a shootout to the struggling New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Pittsburgh’s record in shootout games is now 1-8.

Two of the Penguins’ three shootout attempts didn’t hit the net. Rangers ...Read more

The Wild weren’t rusty in their return from the three-week Olympic break … but they were in their second game back.

They lost their touch and fell, 5-2, to the Mammoth at Delta Center on Friday, and it cost the Wild their six-game win streak.

Former Minnesota Gopher Logan Cooley scored for Utah, and Team USA gold medalist Clayton Keller ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights rallied for a chance to tie at the end of regulation, but lost, 3-2, to the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Friday night.

Tomas Hertl scored a power-play goal for his 600th career point, and Braeden Bowman added a goal in the third to cut a three-goal deficit to one midway through the first.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The honeymoon is officially over for the San Jose Sharks.

For months, this young, rambunctious, and altogether infectious bunch played with house money, thumbing their collective noses at the idea of another year of rebuild futility. They pretended to be a finished product.

They didn’t know any better. And if they did, ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche had a chance Thursday night to regain some real separation between them and the Minnesota Wild.

It didn’t happen, and special teams were again an issue.

Minnesota’s Joel Eriksson Ek scored a pair of power-play goals, while the Avalanche took too many penalties and did not convert their chances with the ...Read more