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

The Blues snapped their four-game winless streak with a 2-1 win over the Islanders on Saturday afternoon at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.

Brayden Schenn and Pius Suter scored for the Blues, who received 28 saves from Jordan Binnington. Anders Lee scored for the Islanders with 3:20 left in the third period to spoil the shutout attempt.

New York put...Read more

DETROIT — This time it was the Detroit Red Wings who pulled off an impressive rally.

Alex DeBrincat's goal at 1 minute, 50 seconds of overtime gave the Wings a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.

DeBrincat drove down wing, then fired a shot over the shoulder of goaltender Jet Greaves for DeBrincat's ...Read more

The Boston Bruins lost a late lead in Los Angeles on Friday, but this time they were determined not to be left empty-handed.

Morgan Geekie notched his second goal of the game — both of them sniper’s tallies — and the B’s knocked off the Los Angeles Kings, 2-1, with an overtime victory in LA.

In a back and forth OT session, David ...Read more

A loss to the Penguins last month was the Wild at their worst.

The rematch showed their best.

Backed by a three-goal first period, the Wild routed host Pittsburgh, 5-0, Friday night at PPG Paints Arena for their season-high fourth straight win.

Matt Boldy scored twice during a three-point effort, while Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek ...Read more

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