SAN JOSE, Calif. – Kirill Kaprizov is down a tooth but up in the NHL scoring race.

The Wild star returned to form on Thursday night — albeit with a new look after taking a puck to the face last game — by architecting the turning point in a 5-2 win over the Sharks at SAP Center after not factoring into the offense during his previous two ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Blues understood that losing key players to injury would shift their style of play. But they still need to generate some offense to survive.

During a 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night, the Blues failed to threaten much in the offensive zone. They had 10 shots on goal through two periods. It took them until ...Read more

For about 58 minutes, the Colorado Avalanche played a fantastic game at Canada Life Center in Winnipeg.

The problem for the Avs? The best team in the NHL to date was the opponent, and Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck looked a lot more like a two-time Vezina Trophy winner than he did the last time the Avalanche saw him.

Gabriel Vilardi scored ...Read more

BOSTON — Brad Marchand shed the goat horns just in time avert disaster and lift the Bruins to a 4-3 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames at TD Garden on Thursday.

Elias Lindholm stole the puck behind the net and fed Marchand out front. Dustin Wolf made the initial save, but Marchand was able to get his backhand on it and sweep it back ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — No Matvei Michkov. No Aleksei Kolosov. No problem.

The Flyers skated away with a 2-1 shootout victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning, snapping a two-game losing streak.

Owen Tippett tied things up with under five minutes to go in regulation to send the game into overtime. Streaking down the left side, he put a backhander over ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes had a bunch of streaks on the line Thursday.

The Canes had won seven straight games, the longest active streak in the NHL.

Martin Necas had a seven-game point streak and Andrei Svechnikov a six-game streak, and goalie Pyotr Kochetkov had won five straight starts.

All of those streaks continued as the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In his two-plus years as Flyers head coach, John Tortorella has preached that nobody is above the law and backed up those words with his actions.

Thursday afternoon provided the latest example, as Tortorella announced that rookie sensation Matvei Michkov will be a healthy scratch for the team’s game Thursday against the Tampa...Read more

Noah Hanifin scored twice in the third period, including the game-winner with 48.4 seconds remaining, to give the Golden Knights their first road win of the season, 4-2 over the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Wednesday.

Hanifin, who had a three-point game Saturday against the Utah Hockey Club, tied it 2-2 on the power play at 10:05, then ...Read more

CHICAGO — Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat supplied all the offense Wednesday the Red Wings needed.

They each scored, and assisted on each other's goals, as the Wings rolled past Chicago, 4-1.

Joe Veleno supplied added cushion with his first goal of the season, tipping in Moritz Seider's shot at 3 minutes, 3 seconds of the third period to ...Read more

Avalanche fans can breathe a sigh of relief about Cale Makar.

Jared Bednar said Wednesday morning that Makar is “OK” and could play Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets. Makar did not skate Wednesday at Family Sports Center, but it was an optional practice.

“He’s OK. He’s making the trip,” Bednar said. “Wants to see if he’s ...Read more

SAN JOSE — Vitek Vanecek did everything he could to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

Alexander Wennberg did the rest, scoring at the 3:11 mark of overtime to lift the Sharks to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets at SAP Center.

Wennberg took control of the puck in the neutral zone, skated into the Blue Jackets...Read more

Just when it appeared the Pittsburgh Penguins might be turning a defensive corner, some ghosts from the beginning of the season came back to haunt them once more Tuesday night. They blew a two-goal lead in the third period of a game they controlled for long stretches and lost to the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout at UBS Arena in Elmont, N....Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Blues won their second straight game by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night but lost forward Dylan Holloway, who exited the game in the first period after he was hit in the right side of his head and neck region by a puck.

The team later announced during the second period that he was alert and stable and being...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov left the game injured, and the Wild’s momentum went with him.

After dominating the puck and possession for a period and a half, the Wild crumbled the rest of the way for a 5-1 collapse to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center that snapped their three-game win streak with only their ...Read more

After their two most complete performances of the season that produced a pair of shutout victories over the weekend, the Bruins went back to beating themselves on Tuesday in Toronto.

The B’s single-filed their way to the penalty box in the second period and the Maple Leafs’ power play, ranked 31st in the league coming into the game, made ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s not often you see an NHL coach come into the Lenovo Center to face the Carolina Hurricanes saying he feels good about the game.

But John Tortorella of the Philadelphia Flyers is a different kind of coach and personality, as everyone in the league knows. He also can be blunt in his remarks.

Before Tuesday’s game ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — John Tortorella likes to look at the NHL's 82-game schedule in segments.

The Flyers coach breaks the long season into 10- to 15-game chunks to analyze how things are going. "That's going to be frightening," the bench boss said before the Flyers game in Boston about the opening block.

After 12 games, the Flyers are 4-7-1, with ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s too early in the NHL season for a big game, isn’t it?

The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals have been two of the best teams in the NHL this season, and the two went head to head Sunday in a Metropolitan Division game at the Lenovo Center.

The Hurricanes took a 4-2 victory in a game that wasn’t lacking ...Read more