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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.
The difference for the ...Read more
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
Flyers earn a point despite losing in 3-2 shootout to Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s been an emotional few days for the Flyers.
They dismantled Cutter Gauthier and the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday before mounting their eighth comeback in the third period — an NHL-best — on Monday against the defending champion Florida Panthers.
Tuesday, they faced a Columbus Blue Jackets team that had won four ...Read more
Blues begin two-game set by quieting Flames in 2-1 win
ST. LOUIS — It's tough to say that two-game stretches in January are pivotal to the season's outcome, but this week's two-game set vs. the Flames could qualify.
The Flames entered Tuesday in the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, the exact team that the Blues are trying to chase down. They entered winners of three in a row, and ...Read more
Golden Knights lose to Predators, Marchessault despite Dorofeyev's hat trick
Right wing Pavel Dorofeyev recorded his first NHL hat trick, but the Golden Knights couldn’t complete the comeback in a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.
Dorofeyev, after scoring twice on Sunday, increased his team lead to 19 goals this season, but the Knights (29-12-3) fell behind 4-0 midway through the ...Read more
Sharks skate past Red Wings with barrage of third-period goals
William Eklund, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro all scored third-period goals to help lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday to open a five-game road trip.
Eklund and linemate Macklin Celebrini also had two assists each, and goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves for just his second win in ...Read more
Luke DeCock: Eric Staal arrived at a franchise with no history, and helped make some worth celebrating
RALEIGH, N.C. — As a player, Eric Staal didn’t have to sit through many of the ceremonies like the one celebrating his career Sunday afternoon. The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t have a Hall of Fame. There wasn’t a long list of former greats waiting patiently for their moment of honor.
There were two in his early years, both in seasons more...Read more
Noah Cates scores game-winning goal as Flyers overcome early deficit to defeat Panthers, 4-3
PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday night, a raucous, wild crowd helped fuel the Flyers to a victory against Cutter Gauthier and the Anaheim Ducks.
On Monday night, it was a scrappy Flyers squad that helped get the fans into it, and together they skated away with a 4-3 win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. The Flyers have ...Read more
Dorofeyev strikes twice as Knights beat Wild without Eichel
LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights won for the first time in three games, defeating the Minnesota Wild 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.
Left wing Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and an assist. Right wing Keegan Kolesar and center Tomas Hertl also scored for the Knights (29-11-3), who played for the second straight day after losing 2-1 to...Read more
Hurricanes raise Eric Staal's No. 12 to the rafters, rally for a point against the Ducks
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes retired Eric Staal’s jersey Sunday, then put him to work.
Staal was the siren sounder at the Lenovo Center as the Canes took the ice to face the Anaheim Ducks. Batting leadoff, with former teammates Mike Commodore and Cam Ward to follow on the siren, Staal gave it a long, determined crank.
The ...Read more
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