ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild not slowing down a surging Utah team is understandable.

But that one-win San Jose was just as much of a handful shows how troubling the Wild’s plight is becoming.

Make that two victories for the Sharks, after they persevered 6-5 in overtime Sunday at Grand Casino Arena to complete a weekend sweep of the...Read more

Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov scored 32 seconds into overtime and the Golden Knights lost 2-1 at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday.

Kucherov scored on a 2-on-1 after defenseman Shea Theodore turned the puck over in the offensive zone.

Rookie goaltender Carl Lindbom made 26 saves in his NHL debut with the ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — The Colorado Avalanche rallied twice Sunday afternoon, which was enough to claim one point.

It was not enough to snap a losing streak that has now reached four games.

Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game for the New Jersey Devils to send the Avs to a 4-3 overtime defeat at Prudential Center. Both Nathan MacKinnon and...Read more

SEATTLE — Jordan Eberle scored two goals as the Kraken defeated the Oilers, 3-2, on Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena.

Notable

The Kraken knocked off another team that usually has their number on Saturday.

The Kraken struck first after a back-and-forth first minute and a half of play. Matty Beniers hit Eberle on a 2-on-1 and the Kraken ...Read more

The St. Louis Blues blew a four-goal lead in an eventual 6-4 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday night in Detroit.

Simon Edvinsson scored the game-winning goal for Detroit with 9:12 left in the third period, highlighting a roaring rally by the Red Wings after the Blues built a 4-0 lead after just 23 minutes of game action.

Jake Neighbours (twice...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins rallied back from two down in the third period Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena, but they lost, 5-4, in a shootout.

Arturs Silovs stood tall in Pittsburgh’s first overtime session of the season. He made a couple of difficult saves and stared down Kirill Marchenko on a breakaway.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Logan Cooley was a one-season wonder with the Minnesota Gophers, the forward having a short-but-sweet college career before graduating to the NHL.

But Cooley enjoyed being back in the Twin Cities, and he played like it, too.

His sizzling start continued Saturday when his pair of goals and assist helped the Mammoth run away,...Read more

The Golden Knights lost in regulation for the first time this season in a 3-0 defeat to the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., on Saturday.

It’s the first time the Knights (5-1-2) have been shut out this season. They entered Saturday averaging a league-best 4.29 goals per game.

Goaltender Akira Schmid made 22 saves as ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — If the Lightning are going to dig themselves out from their worst start in franchise history, Nikita Kucherov will have a lot to do with it.

When things start to go bad — as they have for the Lightning in the first two-plus weeks of the season — the burden falls on your best players.

But Saturday’s 4-3 win against the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was a New York State of Mind for the hometown team on Saturday.

Backed by a pair of goals from New York native Trevor Zegras, who also scored a shootout goal, the Philadelphia Flyers clawed back and skated away with a 4-3 win against the visiting New York Islanders.

Matvei Michkov beat countryman Ilya Sorokin in the ...Read more

BOSTON — Sometimes, there is no explaining the game of hockey.

The Colorado Avalanche, one of the best teams in the NHL, dominated the struggling Boston Bruins through the first 14 minutes of Saturday’s matinee at TD Garden. But just when you thought you could chalk up the seventh straight loss for the B’s, they somehow turned it around ...Read more

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov had his best game of the season Friday, but the San Jose Sharks could not stay out of the penalty box in a 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center.

The Sharks were on the penalty kill five times in the first two periods and allowed two power-play goals to Dougie Hamilton in the second period, with the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning are so much better than this.

Better than a 1-4-2 record. Better than the crucial breakdowns late. Better than four consecutive one-goal losses, and better than the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

That’s what you should be telling yourself.

Because the alternative is too depressing to think about.

The ...Read more

DENVER — There was one phrase to describe Valeri Nichushkin’s performance Thursday night: C’est magnifique.

Debuting the Quebec Nordiques throwbacks for the first time, the Avalanche had turnover and defending troubles early and power-play struggles throughout until Nichushkin came through late to steal a point in a 5-4 shootout loss ...Read more

The Kraken finished a six-game road trip 2-2-2 with another eye-catching win against the Winnipeg Jets, who won the Presidents’ Trophy last season with the league’s best record.

When one of the best active goalies in the world is at the other end of the ice, it’s always tempting to compare. That got easier and easier as the clock wound ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks ended a month’s worth of frustration on Thursday as Will Smith scored at the 1:37 mark of overtime to give his team a thrilling 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Macklin Celebrini recorded his second career NHL hat trick and matched a career high with five points, as he assisted on Smith’s ...Read more

BOSTON — With the game in their reach at the start of the third period yet again, the Bruins failed to make the right plays at winning time on Thursday night at TD Garden.

Yet again.

The B’s coughed up three goals in the third period, plus an empty-netter, and fell to the Anaheim Ducks, 7-5, absorbing their sixth straight defeat in ...Read more

What we saw Thursday was not a recipe for sustained success for the Penguins. But they sure cooked up an entertaining game as they beat the Florida Panthers, 5-3.

The Penguins won their fourth consecutive game in thrilling fashion, despite taking only 15 shots, going 1 for 3 on the penalty kill and giving up a pair of third-period goals.

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OTTAWA, Ontario — The Flyers traveled to Canada’s capital for a showdown with the Ottawa Senators.

Facing a hungry team with just one win in their past six games, the visitors got off to a good start, but in the end they fell to the Senators, 2-1. It snapped Philly’s two-game winning streak and moved its record to 3-3-1.

Entering the ...Read more