SEATTLE — Red Wings 4, Kraken 3 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Seattle Kraken turned in a much cleaner effort on the heels of consecutive blowouts and kept Saturday’s game close, but dropped their fourth straight game in regulation.

The beleaguered Kraken penalty kill made it most of the way through its first appearance of the night,...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning’s second of three games against the Islanders over a stretch of 12 days played out much like many of the teams’ recent meetings. It was a tight-checking defensive struggle, fast-paced but with little space to create scoring chances.

Saturday night at Benchmark International Arena, the Lightning went into the ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins did not play their best game of the season Saturday, not by a long shot. But just enough opportunism in the offensive zone, defensive tenacity in their own zone and some very good goaltending by Jeremy Swayman (29 saves) led them to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at TD Garden.

After a shaky second period, ...Read more

Goaltender Akira Schmid recorded a 24-save shutout in his first start against his former team, and the Golden Knights won their third straight game 3-0 against the New Jersey Devils on Friday at Prudential Center.

Schmid was acquired in a trade with the Devils on June 29, 2024, along with right wing Alexander Holtz, for left wing Paul Cotter.

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CALGARY, Alberta — The Minnesota Wild keep finding themselves in tight games, but they’re not all flattering.

After blowing the chance to run up the score during four first-period power plays, including a four-minute look, the Wild were dumped 4-1 by the Calgary Flames on Thursday night at Scotiabank Saddledome to end their 12-game point ...Read more

The Seattle Kraken allowed three goals — a fourth just barely hugged the goal line — to the Edmonton Oilers and nearly came all the way back. And that was only Thursday’s first period.

Freddy Gaudreau scored his first goal in a Kraken uniform, but NHL superstar Connor McDavid had a goal in each period for his 13th career hat trick in a 9-...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a wild and exciting game that saw plenty of highlights, the Red Wings couldn't get the last one.

Columbus scored two goals in the shootout, none for the Wings, as the Blue Jackets defeated the Wings, 6-5, in a shootout.

The Wings dropped to 14-11-3 while opening this season-long six-game road trip.

Patrick Kane and Alex ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins have not played many stress-free hockey games this season. More often than not they are locked in a one-goal game when the third period rolls around.

But on Thursday, the B’s enjoyed what was a rarity for them — a relatively anxiety-free 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at TD Garden. Though the score was lopsided, it ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Evgeni Malkin hadn't scored in this building since March 3, 2022. He certainly made up for lost time in a big way.

The Penguins even got a helping hand in the process.

After the Penguins blew a three-goal lead to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, Malkin picked up his second goal of the game at 17:17 of the third period, the ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers have had their share of tough-luck losses as of late.

And then there was their result Thursday night.

After an overall stellar performance in net by Sergei Bobrovsky and from the defense in front of him, the Panthers gave up a goal late in regulation and ultimately fell, 2-1 in overtime, to the Nashville ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — With leading scorer Tyson Foerster out 2-3 months after getting injured in Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, there were questions about how the Flyers would find offense.

The answer? Easily.

The Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, for their fourth win in the past five games. Since losing two straight in mid-...Read more

The winning goal crossed the net, and a clad of gold sweaters mobbed Carter Hart near the left faceoff circle.

In his first start in nearly two years, in a new era of his professional career and life, Hart did enough to get the Golden Knights a much-needed victory.

Hart finished with 27 saves — six of them in overtime — and the Golden ...Read more

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Wild didn’t make the same mistake twice.

After their seven-game win streak was snapped by the struggling Sabres, the Wild got back to business and blanked the Oilers, 1-0, Tuesday night at Rogers Place to avoid losing to another down team.

Jesper Wallstedt continued his remarkable run, stopping 32 shots for his ...Read more

DENVER — An early deficit and an unplanned goaltending change wasn’t nearly enough to slow down the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avs continued to mash their way through the early part of this schedule with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to continue his historic start to this...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Home-ice advantage has been good to the Florida Panthers over the past few years as they have evolved into one of the NHL’s top teams.

Which is why this current stretch, even with Florida missing so many players, is a bit surprising.

With a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena, the Panthers (...Read more