SAN JOSE, Calif. — Forward Philipp Kurashev scored on his shootout attempt, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov didn’t allow a goal at the other end as the San Jose Sharks earned a raucous 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at SAP Center.

The Sharks are now 10-4-1 since Oct. 23.

With the Sharks leading and scrambling late in regulation...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have climbed to the top of the NHL standings with help from a deep lineup, strong goaltending and consistent effort without the puck.

Having two of the best players in the world and star power supporting them certainly helps, too. The stars showed out Thursday night.

Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an ...Read more

The Kraken got an assist from Chicago star Connor Bedard’s smart mouth, completing a multi-goal comeback Thursday night to win, 3-2, on the road.

Bedard wanted a call and let the nearest referee know it, all the way from the corner of the ice to the bench, to the point where he was penalized for abuse of officials. With three seconds left in ...Read more

Center Jack Eichel scored twice and had an assist, and the Golden Knights defeated the Utah Mammoth, 4-1, at Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday night.

Eichel scored both goals in the second period, finding the back of the net for the first time since scoring twice on his 29th birthday Oct. 28 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Defenseman...Read more

DETROIT — One team the Red Wings haven't had much of an answer to this season are the New York Islanders.

That's two games now the Wings have faced the Islanders, and haven't been close in either, Thursday losing 5-0.

Completing a seven-game road trip with six victories, the Islanders (12-7-2) rolled to a 2-0 lead in the first periods and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — You’ve heard this all before: Another slow start. Another early deficit. Another comeback.

The Flyers trailed 2-0 and tied things up before Travis Sanheim scored the game-winner in overtime to give the Flyers a 3-2 win. It is the Flyers’ second win in five games.

Centering the fourth line between Nic Deslauriers and Garnet...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Nick Paul returned to the Lightning lineup Thursday night against Edmonton, and he certainly made his presence felt.

After missing the first 19 games of the regular season recovering from preseason left wrist surgery, Paul knew it might take him a while to get readjusted to the pace of NHL hockey.

But when the Lightning needed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — About two weeks ago, Jason Myrtetus received a phone call from the Flyers.

The team was figuring out its plans for the annual Hockey Fights Cancer night and wanted to know if the Flyers broadcaster and host of the “Flyers Daily” podcast would be interested in dropping the ceremonial puck.

“I said, ‘Let me think about ...Read more

Jesper Wallstedt finally gave up a goal, but the Wild goaltender kept another streak going.

Wallstedt has yet to lose in regulation after making a career-high 42 saves Wednesday night at Grand Casino Arena in a 4-3 nail-biter, which the Wild won in a shootout, against the high-flying Hurricanes.

Matt Boldy had the only goal of the shootout, ...Read more

Silver linings are not cutting it for the Bruins anymore.

Once more, the B’s fought back from a two-goal deficit to start the game and then a one-goal deficit in the third period on Wednesday against the Ducks in Anaheim. But as has happened far too often this season, the depleted B’s failed to get anything out of their otherwise admirable ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — By now, you have likely heard that Macklin Celebrini — the San Jose Sharks’ wunderkind forward and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL draft — is good.

But I am not sure you, the hockey world, or the sporting public at large quite understands just how good this 19-year-old actually is.

Because to call what is ...Read more

MIAMI — As if the Florida Panthers haven’t already been dealing with a slew of long-term injuries, now the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup champions have two more to deal with.

One came on the ice. One was off ice. Both freaky, fluky accidents.

Forward Cole Schwindt, who has been filling in as Florida’s fourth-line center with two ...Read more

Ben Hutton has waited his turn, and then some, to get into the lineup. He’s waited even longer to score a goal.

The veteran defenseman found the back of the net for the first time in almost two years to help the Golden Knights hold off the New York Rangers 3-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Hutton’s shot 3:23 into the second period trickled...Read more

SAN JOSE – Macklin Celebrini scored at the 2:52 mark of overtime to complete his third career hat trick to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday at SAP Center.

Handling the puck near the blue line and with the Sharks on a power play, Celebrini fired the puck past Utah goalie Vitek Vanecek for his 13th goal of the...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings are in first place and it's in large part because of the youngsters.

Nate Danielson scored his first NHL goal and had an assist, Emmitt Finnie scored a power-play goal (with Danielson assisting) and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had an assist Tuesday as the Wings defeated Seattle, 4-2, and moved into sole possession of first ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Given what happened in their last game, a case could be made that with the Lightning up two goals after one period, the Devils had them right where they wanted them Tuesday night.

Two nights before, Tampa Bay was up two goals on Vancouver going into the first intermission, but the night ended with the Canucks scoring six ...Read more

One team wasn't going to be desperate enough — it was the Blues.

In a matchup of two of the five worst teams in the NHL, the Maple Leafs beat the Blues, 3-2 in overtime, on Tuesday night in Toronto. William Nylander scored the game-winning goal with 53.9 seconds remaining in overtime.

Nylander scored after John Tavares held off both Philip ...Read more

The Florida Panthers shook off their loss a couple days ago to the Tampa Bay Lightning and a two-goal deficit in the first period Monday to beat the Vancouver Canucks 8-5 at Amerant Bank Arena.

But they still can’t shake off the injury bug, which once again is hitting the team.

The Panthers are already down five key players (forwards ...Read more