SALT LAKE CITY – The Wild put their signature stamp on their inaugural trip to Utah.

Like they have all season, they rebounded from a rare regulation loss with a victory by rallying 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night at Delta Center to complete another winning road trip.

Matt Boldy scored in the shootout after Marco Rossi delivered a last-...Read more

The Boston Bruins received a spoonful of reality on Tuesday in Winnipeg and it did not go down smoothly.

The B’s slot defense and penalty-killing, which had been much improved under coach Joe Sacco, backslid in a big way with an 8-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, who went 3 for 6 on the power play at Canada Life Centre.

While going 7-2 in the ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Speaking to the media before the Philadelphia Flyers’ morning skate coach John Tortorella was asked about his team’s consistency of late.

“I thought the game [stunk], quite honestly,” he said of the Flyers 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday. “There wasn’t a lot of energy from either team. I don’t expect ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Colorado Avalanche hockey club is still not whole, but it sure looks like a potential powerhouse again.

Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and two assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had one goal and four assists as Colorado’s stars dominated in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.

The Avs...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Garnet Hathaway went out for morning skate on Tuesday and looked skyward to the rafters of Nationwide Arena.

The Philadelphia Flyers forward found the white banner with the blue trim and the name Johnny Gaudreau in the heavens of the building. It is a permanent tribute to the South Jersey native who should have been squaring ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y.— Somehow, a little incredibly, the Detroit Red Wings earned a much-needed victory Monday, a 6-5 shootout victory against the Buffalo Sabres, to turn around what was looking like a grim, ugly evening.

Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymmond scored in the shootout against former teammate James Reimer.

Goaltender Sebastian Cossa relieved ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — The Colorado Avalanche has made another significant shakeup to its goaltending depth chart.

Colorado traded starting goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, forward Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder Monday to the San Jose Sharks for goalie MacKenzie Blackwood, forward Givani Smith and a 2027 fifth-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — An ill-timed penalty against Bryan Rust meant all eyes turned to Tristan Jarry.

With the Penguins clinging to a 3-2 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the waning minutes of regulation on Saturday night, a couple of All-Star forwards in Auston Matthews and John Tavares peppered Jarry with wrist shots. From the top of the crease,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Technically this was the Flyers’ first meeting with the Utah Hockey Club, although the cast of characters are generally the same.

When the Arizona Coyotes closed shop, Utah’s owner acquired all the hockey assets, from the front office to the players on the ice.

One thing that didn’t make the trip to Salt Lake City was ...Read more

Michael Matyas planned to run a few errands on Sunday. Then the NHL came calling.

Matyas, who played 14 college hockey games a decade ago, lived the everyman’s dream this weekend. He served as backup goaltender for the desperate Kraken, who signed him to a one-day contract for their game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. ...Read more

DETROIT — The Colorado Avalanche need better play from Alexandar Georgiev in the bigger picture of the 2024-25 season, but the guys in front of their beleaguered goaltender really needed him to deliver Saturday night.

And he did.

Behind a strong effort from Georgiev and a much-needed power-play goal from the top unit, the Avalanche gutted ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – No one has stumped the Wild like the Kings have.

After handing the Wild their most lopsided loss earlier in the season, Los Angeles delivered another blow on Saturday night by cooling the Wild, 4-1, at Crypto.com Arena to end their season-long five-game win streak.

This was only the fifth regulation loss for the Wild (18-5-4), ...Read more

CHICAGO — Anders Sorensen had no idea this week he was going to become the next coach of the Chicago Blackhawks.

“No warning, blitzed,” he said Saturday before his debut against the Winnipeg Jets.

Sorensen saw his dream come true Saturday as he took his perch behind the Hawks bench in his first game as interim coach since replacing Luke ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins, by most measures, have been a lousy third-period team all season.

They have blown a bunch of leads. They had allowed the most goals in the NHL in the final frame entering Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. And only the New York Islanders had a worse goal differential in that ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins wiped out a two-goal third-period deficit with a spirited comeback and then Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime winner in a week, lifting the B’s over the Flyers, 4-3, on Saturday at TD Garden.

Zacha and David Pastrnak battled to maintain control of the puck along the boards before Pastrnak went around the net and fed...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey driver charged with hitting and killing National Hockey League hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, struggled to perform a field sobriety test and told officers he was “freaked out” by the situation, according to newly released bodycam footage.

The footage, obtained though an open-records ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Wild keep losing players but not games.

Relying on their most patchwork lineup to date with four regulars missing, they creamed the Ducks 5-1 on Friday night at Honda Center to win five in a row for the first time this season and remain atop the NHL with 40 points (18-4-4).

This is the Wild’s longest streak since they...Read more