ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild got the better of the best team in the NHL then got upset by a bottom-five foe.

After a thrilling shootout victory over the league-leading Colorado Avalanche a day earlier, the Wild weren’t as sharp. They were downed by two bad breaks en route to getting dumped 3-2 in a shootout by the lowly Buffalo ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Maple Leafs arrived at PPG Paints Arena amid a mess of problems. Nobody in the Eastern Conference had allowed more goals. Only the Sabres had fewer points and road wins, triggering a full-blown Canadian emergency.

Roles were reversed on Saturday.

Instead, the Penguins looked like the team heavy on questions and short on ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins tried to give the game away on Saturday, but Jeremy Swayman refused to lose.

After the B’s coughed up two leads in the third period, Swayman stopped Lucas Raymond, Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat and Casey Mittelstadt scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the B’s to a 3-2 shootout win over the Detroit Red...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — The Flyers closed out a four-game road trip with win No. 3, defeating the New Jersey Devils, 5-3.

It extended their winning streak to three games. Philly has now won five of its last six and is 14-7-3 on the season.

Owen Tippett scored the 100th goal of his NHL career and earned his 200th NHL point when he gave the Flyers a 1-...Read more

During their rocky start to the season — a time that seems so far away now — Lightning players often talked about the faith they had in each other, the belief in their ability to pull together to salvage their season.

They have developed a synergy on the ice that special teams create, and their 4-1 win over the Rangers on Saturday afternoon...Read more

SEATTLE — The Edmonton Oilers dominated Saturday's chippy matinee at Climate Pledge Arena, exiting with a 4-0 victory.

Kraken winger Mason Marchment had an eventful afternoon. He certainly had help from Edmonton as he crashed into Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner (26 saves), but nonetheless was seated in the box serving a goaltender ...Read more

DENVER — The old guys on the Colorado Avalanche handed out a few lessons Saturday afternoon to the young Montreal Canadiens.

Brock Nelson, Gabe Landeskog and Brent Burns combined for five goals, while Nelson had a four-point day as the Avs routed the Canadiens, 7-2, at Ball Arena.

The Avs, wearing their Quebec Nordiques throwback uniforms, ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dan Muse talked extensively on Friday morning about building on the response he saw in Wednesday’s game.

This should work.

Down two goals entering the third period on Friday in Columbus, the Penguins came all the way back to earn a 4-3 overtime victory against the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

Kris Letang ended it ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild’s switch from afterthought to juggernaut keeps getting more stunning.

They snapped the Avalanche’s 10-game win streak, knocking off the NHL’s top team, 3-2, in overtime Friday afternoon at Grand Casino Arena for their season-best seventh straight victory.

Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy capitalized in the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — No overtime needed — or wanted — on Friday.

The Blues used a big third period to beat the Senators, 4-3, at Enterprise Center on Black Friday. St. Louis scored three times in the third period, as Matthew Kessel's goal at 9:19 of the period served as the game-winner.

Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich also scored in the third ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights lost again.

The Knights ended a shutout bid late in the third period but lost their fourth straight game in a 4-1 defeat to the Montreal Canadiens at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.

Captain Mark Stone put the Knights on the board with 4:44 remaining, but the Knights failed to claw out of a three-goal hole.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — William Eklund and Adam Gaudette scored goals 1:14 apart in the second period to help lift the Sharks to a penalty-filled and sometimes feisty 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday afternoon at SAP Center.

Eklund’s power-play goal from a sharp angle off an assist from Macklin Celebrini at the 14:03 mark of the ...Read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — Despite giving up a 3-0 lead, the Flyers turned the lights back on when it mattered most to defeat the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout.

Trevor Zegras and Travis Konecny scored, and Sam Ersson stopped Bo Horvat to win the game.

The Flyers are a perfect 5-0 in shootouts this season. They have won two straight and four of ...Read more

BOSTON — With all the absences from their lineup, the Bruins needed to play about a perfect game to come out on top of the New York Rangers in the annual Black Friday matchup at TD Garden.

And they were far from perfect.

After falling behind 4-0 in the first two periods, the B’s made a spirited comeback attempt in the third period to cut ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Tristan Mikelas didn't have high expectations when his family arrived at the Dave & Buster's North Hills location along McKnight road. Upon entry to the barcade, he quietly sat and waited alongside his parents.

A few months earlier, his mother, Tonya, had stumbled upon the non-profit "So Many Angels" while casually scrolling ...Read more