DENVER — Mackenzie Blackwood has uncovered the key to Gavin Brindley’s success.

Brindley, who has evolved from training camp surprise to NHL regular to fill-in second-line forward in a hurry, had a goal and an assist Thursday night to help the Colorado Avalanche machine roll on in a 6-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Ball Arena.

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SEATTLE — Kraken 5, Jets 3 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: Two wins in three weeks against the defending Presidents’ Trophy winners was a lot to ask for. But the struggling Seattle Kraken managed it, scoring four goals plus an empty netter to beat Winnipeg on Thursday night.

Winger Eeli Tolvanen has been following instructions and firing ...Read more

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov was the San Jose Sharks’ best player for a third straight game on Thursday.

But thanks to a mostly sloppy and lethargic performance by his teammates, Askarov’s effort didn’t result in a win.

Askarov made 34 saves, but the Sharks couldn’t get out of their own way in a 2-0 loss to the Calgary Flames, ending San ...Read more

DETROIT — All that work the Red Wings put in on the power play the last few days proved to be beneficial.

The Wings scored twice on the power play Thursday, spurring them to a 6-3 victory over Anaheim at Little Caesars Arena.

Moritz Seider and Alex DeBrincat had the power-play goals. DeBrincat, who screened Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal on...Read more

The Bruins struggled on their breakouts both early and late, wiping a good effort in between those bookends, and they saw their seven-game win streak go up in smoke in a 5-3 loss to the Senators in Ottawa on Thursday.

Tim Stutzle scored the winning goal with 5:43 left in the third, spoiling a spirited comeback attempt by the B’s.

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SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Marchand has joined the 1,000-point club.

With his assist on Eetu Luostarinen’s empty-net goal late in the third period of the Florida Panthers’ 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena, the veteran winger became the 102nd player in NHL history to log 1,000 points in his career.

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PHILADELPHIA — Facing Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers, the Flyers grinded things out and, although they lost 2-1 in overtime, earned a point for the fourth straight game.

Jack Roslovic scored off a pass from Matthew Savoie as they got behind the Flyers’ defense in the extra frame. The Flyers are now 2-0-2 in their ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The lineup the Lightning fielded on Wednesday night against the Rangers at Benchmark International Arena certainly wasn’t whole.

Missing several key players due to injury — including defensemen Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh, as well as center Anthony Cirelli — forced the Lightning to call up reinforcements from AHL ...Read more

While the Kraken did get a point by going to overtime, this was an inexcusable loss considering the situation facing Columbus, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Blue Jackets played an overtime game on Monday night in Edmonton, was starting the same goalie for a second straight day — a rarity these days — and was uncertain who would...Read more

Collin Graf scored at the 2:40 mark of overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night at Grand Casino Arena.

Graf’s goal came on an odd-man rush as he took a pass from Macklin Celebrini and made a forehand to backhand move to beat Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson for his second goal of the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The race to the bottom sped up a little Tuesday night.

Fortunately for the St. Louis Blues, it wasn't them sinking in the standings.

In a matchup between the bottom two teams in the NHL, the Blues beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 at Enterprise Center.

The win was the fourth time in the last five games the Blues (6-8-3) picked up at ...Read more

BOSTON — A little old-time hockey broke out at TD Garden, at least what passes for it these days, and the Bruins managed to stretch their winning streak to seven games with their second straight win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.

In a game filled with hard feelings and questionable hits, David Pastrnak had a three-point night (two ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild felt rookie Jesper Wallstedt deserved to stay in the net, and Wallstedt rewarded them for that decision.

In a battle of the backups, Wallstedt narrowly edged out the Flames’ Devin Cooley by blanking Calgary 2-0 Sunday night at Grand Casino Arena with 36 saves.

It was Wallstedt’s first shutout of the ...Read more

A night after a spirited overtime victory in St. Louis, the Seattle Kraken dropped yet another back-to-back finale in Dallas. They put up a fight this time. Kraken goaltender Matt Murray (22 saves) and Stars counterpart Casey DeSmith (30 saves) were both stellar through two scoreless periods of Sunday’s taut 2-1 game.

Seattle (7-4-4) hasn’t...Read more

DETROIT — You talk about a game being decided by the special teams, Sunday's Detroit Red Wings' contest certainly was.

And not to the Wings' benefit.

The Chicago Blackhawks scored three power-play goals on its way to a 5-1 victory over the Red Wings.

The Wings continued to struggle on the power play, failing on five attempts, and are now 1 ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The building was buzzing Sunday afternoon as rookie goalie Sergei Murashov made his much-anticipated NHL debut. But the Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to hold onto a third-period lead at PPG Paints Arena and they lost 3-2 to the Los Angeles Kings.

Kevin Fiala scored with 8:08 left in the game to spoil the 21-year-old’s first ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Yaroslav Askarov made 37 saves, including 12 in a frantic third period, to help the San Jose Sharks pull out a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night at SAP Center.

Macklin Celebrini, Adam Gaudette, and Alexander Wennberg all scored for the Sharks, who killed all five penalties they took thanks to the ...Read more