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Golden Knights fall to lowly Blackhawks for 5th loss in 6 games
The Vegas Golden Knights tied a season high with their third consecutive loss, 5-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on Saturday.
Center Tomas Hertl had two goals and an assist, and left wing Victor Olofsson scored his 100th career goal, but the Knights (29-14-3) allowed three goals in the first period and two on the power play.
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Sean Keeler: Avalanche, please don't make Nuggets' mistakes. Pay Mikko Rantanen. Help Cale Makar. Don't break up the band.
DENVER — Give Moose his juice.
Let’s say, eight years at $101 million. Everybody gets what they want. Mikko Rantanen, the good solider and Nathan MacKinnon’s literal right-hand man, becomes a $100-million player. The Avs get him in on a deal with an average annual value of $12.6 — the same number as MacKinnon’s $12.6 million per ...Read more
Bruins cough up late lead, lose to Senators in shootout, 6-5
If Bruins’ management does indeed decide to take the “retool” path at the trade deadline, then they may look back at Saturday’s game in Ottawa as the game that sent them down that road.
In a wildly entertaining and raucous game, the Bruins had their most emotional win of the season in their grasp only to cough up a two-goal lead late in...Read more
Mike Vorel: Why it's time for the Kraken to say the scariest word in sports
SEATTLE — It's time to say the scariest word in sports.
But first, let's mine a metaphor we learned in middle school, via the titular character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby." In it, Jay Gatsby reaches for a green light that teases from the tip of Daisy Buchanan's dock. He reaches for a former flame, and an idyllic future ...Read more
Flyers knock off Devils to cap three-game road trip
NEWARK, N.J. — It wasn’t the most exciting game but sometimes, like goals, they don’t ask how wins happen they ask how many.
On a day when the teams were blocking pucks left and right — they combined for 32 on net — the Flyers beat the New Jersey Devils, 3-1, Saturday. Travis Konecny scored an empty-netter with 3 seconds remaining.
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Penguins start road trip with powerful display in Buffalo, snapping three-game skid
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rickard Rakell got things going. Cody Glass, Alex Nedeljkovic and a few others did the rest, as the Penguins opened a long road trip with a powerful display.
One so dominant that even their goaltender got involved, part of a two-point night for him.
Pittsburgh scored three times in the second period and cruised to a 5-2 ...Read more
Golden Knights' mini-slump continues with 4th loss in 5 games
The Golden Knights lost for the fourth time in five games, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday.
Center Tomas Hertl and defenseman Shea Theodore scored, but the Knights (29-13-3) allowed three unanswered goals after taking a 1-0 lead in the second period.
Keegan Kolesar had an ...Read more
Avalanche blow early three-goal lead against Oilers as defense wilts in 4-3 defeat
DENVER — Thursday night’s high-powered showdown between the star-laden offenses of the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers, featuring the league’s past two Hart Memorial Trophy winners, lived up to its billing.
Unfortunately for the Avs, the end result was undesirable, as Colorado blew a 3-0 lead en route to a 4-3 loss at Ball Arena.
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Kraken fall victim to bad bounce, lose to Jets in final minute
The Kraken managed to keep pace Thursday night against the best in the West, the Winnipeg Jets. Seattle watched the clock tick down, almost assured of at least one standings point.
Then a stroke of luck and quick reaction with 27 seconds remaining before overtime secured the Jets a regulation win, 2-1.
A routine Kraken clear up the boards hit ...Read more
Brayden Schenn's two goals lead Blues past Flames again
ST. LOUIS — That’s four small points for the Blues, and one giant leap in the Western Conference.
The Blues completed a two-game sweep of the Flames with a 4-1 win on Thursday night, taking all four points from a Calgary team that entered St. Louis earlier this week clinging to the final playoff spot in the West. St. Louis finished a four-...Read more
Sizzling power play leads Red Wings over Cup champion Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. — If this is some sort of a defining road trip for the Red Wings, they began it Thursday in resoundingly impressive fashion.
The Wings skated past defending Stanley Cup champion Florida, 5-2, to open this difficult four-game road trip and rebound from a disappointing loss Tuesday at home to San Jose.
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Another slow start dooms Sharks in 4-1 loss to Blue Jackets
Bad things usually happen to the San Jose Sharks when they’re not moving their feet.
It gets even worse when they only manage a handful of shots on net.
The Sharks were a step behind the Columbus Blue Jackets throughout the first period on Thursday, then were outshot 12-2 in the second period in what became a 4-1 loss at Nationwide Arena.
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Flyers' point streak continues as they roll to 5-3 win over Islanders
ELMONT, N.Y. — The Flyers keep rolling.
With a 5-3 victory against the New York Islanders, the Flyers have earned a point in four straight games. It is their longest streak since they notched at least a point in five straight from Nov. 23-30.
But the win came after an emotional start. Ryan Poehling was injured halfway through the first ...Read more
Wild get only two-thirds of the way there against Oilers, sink 5-3 on final-period goals
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A first-period parade to the penalty box by the Edmonton Oilers wasn’t that advantageous for the Minnesota Wild.
Why?
Because Edmonton’s stars were rested and raring to go.
Despite the power play gifting the Wild a two-goal head start, the Oilers rallied 5-3 Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center in another letdown for ...Read more
Penguins place struggling goalie Tristan Jarry on waivers
PITTSBURGH — Tristan Jarry's time with the Penguins could soon be up after the team announced before Wednesday's practice that the former All-Star would be placed on waivers.
The Penguins said the struggling goalie will go on waivers at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The rest of the NHL will have the ability to claim him, but his struggles over the last ...Read more
Phil Thompson: With embarrassing loss after embarrassing loss, is the Blackhawks rebuild leaving emotional wreckage?
CHICAGO — A loss is just a loss, right?
Not necessarily.
If there’s anything this Chicago Blackhawks season has taught us, there are degrees to losing — and not just margins of victory, points in the standings or other statistical measures.
We’re talking about emotional damage.
Such was the case with Monday’s soul-draining 5-2 loss...Read more
Devon Toews scores in overtime as Mackeznie Blackwood leads Avalanche past Rangers
The Colorado Avalanche’s power play had a very bad Tuesday night, and the head coach called it the least of his worries.
That’s how little Jared Bednar thought of his team’s performance — even if the result ended up being much better than the process. Devon Toews scored with 36.1 seconds left in overtime and the Avalanche rallied for a ...Read more
Penguins give away another game in the third, end disappointing homestand with loss to Kraken
PITTSBURGH — The Penguins on Tuesday ended their homestand with another frustrating defeat.
Despite Evgeni Malkin’s return, the Penguins could not pull away from the visiting Seattle Kraken and lost, 4-2, after blowing a third-period lead at PPG Paints Arena.
They dropped four of their five games on the homestand, including the last three....Read more
Bruins exact revenge over Lightning, win 6-2
BOSTON — For one night anyone, it felt like old times on Causeway.
With bad blood spilling all over TD Garden between two teams that played a week ago, the Boston Bruins sprinted to a 4-0 second period lead and hung on for a 6-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Memo to the NHL: Let’s have more of this.
After making 39 stops for ...Read more
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