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

BOSTON — In a perfect world, you would have liked to have seen the Bruins put away the Seattle Kraken earlier than they did on Sunday at the Garden.

But with the way things had been going for the B’s, who are we to argue with a second straight shutout?

The B’s rode a dominant first period and hung on during a wild third period to post ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Less than a minute after scoring the tying goal, the San Jose Sharks gave up the game-winner to Pius Suter with 25.7 seconds left in a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

The Sharks had a chance to tie the game as time expired, but Fabian Zetterlund fanned on a shot attempt after William Eklund fed him in ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Brett Howden scored with 2:45 left in overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

William Karlsson scored early in the third period as the Knights rallied from a two-goal deficit, but Alexander Kerfoot notched the tying goal for Utah with 6:50 remaining.

The Knights ...Read more

DETROIT — Coach Derek Lalonde was confident Dylan Larkin had another "gear" while talking about the Red Wings captain earlier in the week.

It had been a good start to the season for Larkin, but maybe not to the elite level of the past several years. He came into Saturday's game with one assist, and still only has one.

But assists ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Just one week ago, the Penguins seemed to be in total disarray. Their team defense was among the NHL’s worst. They weren’t getting saves. They blew leads in three of four losses on the Western Canada road trip. And then there was the captain.

Sidney Crosby was stuck in an early-season slump, unable to singlehandedly pull his ...Read more

That eight-goal outburst to open the road trip must feel like a distant memory for the Seattle Kraken after the way the past two games have gone.

Seattle’s offense was again unable to create any consistent scoring pressure and generated only a few good scoring chances in a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senatorson Saturday night.

The five-game road ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Blues didn’t need one more player to add to the stack of injured players. And they didn’t need it to be this player that joined them.

During a 4-2 Blues win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, defenseman Philip Broberg left the game in the second period and did not return. Broberg suffered a lower-body injury ...Read more

One good game will not be enough to calm the nerves of the Bruin fandom that has seen some consistently shoddy play from its squad through the first month of the season.

But on Saturday in Philadelphia, the B’s looked like a team that was finally sick of getting its butt kicked.

The B’s got goals in all three periods and timely stops from ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a game of excess — from players to pucks — the Wild stayed on script to outlast the Lightning.

They prevailed, 5-3, on Friday night at Xcel Energy Center to improve to 7-1-2 in their return home from winning five on the road.

Kirill Kaprizov scored with 5 minutes, 24 seconds left in the third period, breaking a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The last time the Flyers played at the Wells Fargo Center, it was a house of horrors in a loss to the Montreal Canadiens. But after a solid 2-0 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, the Flyers hoped the ghosts of the last game in Philly wouldn’t haunt them on Thursday night.

And it didn’t as the Flyers skated away with a 2-1...Read more

PITTSBURGH — For much of the evening, the small smattering of fans who chose PPG Paints Arena as the venue for their Halloween festivities were dealt their lion’s share of tricks.

The Penguins thrice squandered power-play opportunities on Thursday evening, and struggled mightily to break through against the Ducks and their netminder Lukas ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — There were seven power plays and three power-play goals. There were three goals scored in 52 seconds. There were two players celebrating the same goal, five goals in all and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour.

And all that in the first period.

After spending six games on ...Read more

A lot has changed since the last time the Florida Panthers played in Finland as part of the NHL Global Series in 2018.

Tampere native Aleksander Barkov was 23 years old and in his first season as the Panthers’ captain, still well on his way to becoming one of the league’s top two-way forwards who would ultimately find his name at the top of...Read more

For 54 minutes Wednesday night, the severely shorthanded Colorado Avalanche played about as well as expected, considering the circumstances.

That, however, came after the first six minutes went about as poorly as someone could imagine. The big guns on the Tampa Bay Lightning had a huge night, and the Avs’ pushback was met by one of the best ...Read more

For 54 minutes Wednesday night, the severely shorthanded Colorado Avalanche played about as well as expected, considering the circumstances.

That, however, came after the first six minutes went about as poorly as someone could imagine. The big guns on the Tampa Bay Lightning had a huge night, and the Avs’ pushback was met by one of the best ...Read more

The Golden Knights went to Los Angeles in search of their first road win of the young season.

They are going to have to continue their search elsewhere.

A four-game winning streak came crashing to a screeching halt in a 6-3 loss to the Kings at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night as the Knights (7-3-1) left their offense at home until a late ...Read more