PITTSBURGH — In Toronto, Kyle Dubas' mandate was to make a good team something more than that. He failed. The 105-point club he inherited won all of one playoff series in five years, falling short largely because Dubas never got the goaltending right.

In Pittsburgh, Dubas' mandate was to try to win immediately with Sidney Crosby. He failed, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- And now they wait.

The Blues players are done making their case to management about what to do before Friday's trade deadline. With a 3-2 shootout win over the Kings on Wednesday night, the Blues finished their pre-deadline schedule one point behind the Flames for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.

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The Golden Knights scored three times in the first period and cruised to their third straight victory, 5-2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday.

Center Jack Eichel and defenseman Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist each for the Knights (37-18-6), who improved to 3-0 on a season-long five-game homestand and won for the ...Read more

San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier is on fire.

The Sharks are looking hot, too.

The Sharks’ vision of what they can become is undeniable. We saw it manifest in arguably the team’s two best wins of the season: back-to-back victories in Toronto and Buffalo on Monday and Tuesday.

Against a Stanley Cup contender in the Maple Leafs, ...Read more

SEATTLE — In one fell swoop, the Kraken said goodbye to an alternate captain and an All-Star, sending center Yanni Gourde and winger Oliver Bjorkstrand to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, two days before the NHL trade deadline.

The Kraken received a bundle of high draft picks — first-rounders in 2026 and 2027 and a second-rounder this ...Read more

SEATTLE – Marcus Foligno smacked Filip Gustavsson’s goalie pad with his stick repeatedly in praise, and Brock Faber stood at the Wild bench and offered fist-bumps to the penalty killers as they arrived for a break.

Later, Faber skated over to Gustavsson and gave him a couple of pats on the back.

After Faber was dinged with a pair of ...Read more

It certainly wasn’t pretty, but one power play chance and strong goaltending was enough.

Casey Mittelstadt scored with 4:06 remaining and Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves to help the Colorado Avalanche fend off the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-1, Tuesday night at Ball Arena.

The Penguins, who are in last place in the Atlantic Division and have ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The storylines were plentiful on Tuesday night.

Former Flyers Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost returned, and current Flyers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier were facing their old pals. It was also a battle of Calder Trophy candidates, Matvei Michkov and Dustin Wolf.

And with the Flyers and Calgary Flames each fighting for a ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks still had a job to do Tuesday even though it appeared one of their teammates was on the verge of joining another NHL franchise.

With goalie Vitek Vanecek held out of the game for trade-related reasons, the Sharks got third period goals from William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli to help seal a 6-2 ...Read more

BOSTON — On Tuesday afternoon, Bruins’ GM Don Sweeney completed a trade ahead of the deadline as a bona fide seller, dishing Trent Frederic and Max Jones for draft picks and a prospect.

On Tuesday night, the remaining Bruins responded with a performance that carried a distinct playing-out-the-string vibe.

That’s not to say there wasn’t...Read more

The San Jose Sharks earned an unlikely and dramatic comeback victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.

The Sharks erased a two-goal deficit in the third period, killed off a penalty in overtime, and saw Tyler Toffoli and Fabian Zetterlund both score goals in the shootout to earn a dramatic 3-2 win over the Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Seth Jones left his winter parka in Chicago.

“I don’t need it,’’ he said.

The Florida Panthers scratched defense off their midseason shopping list.

“We got just what we wanted,’’ president of hockey operations Bill Zito said of Jones.

Now the question becomes a simple but complicated one are this trade...Read more

PITTSBURGH — At the beginning of this season, the Penguins harbored what felt like legitimate hopes of making the postseason.

They finished 2023-24 with a 10-5-3 kick but ceded too much ground early. By September 2024, several significant players had gotten healthy. There was also a renewed sense of urgency, a belief that what transpired over...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights scored twice on the power play in the third period and defeated the New Jersey Devils 2-0 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

Defenseman Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist. Captain Mark Stone also scored for the Knights (36-18-6) in their fifth win in six games.

Goaltender Adin Hill stopped all 24 shots he faced ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Kings' needs are obvious with Friday's NHL deadline looming, but is the price to meet them too high? For the Ducks, the question is will they make a push to end their six-year playoff drought or continue their build for the future?

The Kings entered the weekend third in the Pacific Division, five points up on Vancouver for ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — For the second straight day, a team came into the Lenovo Center looking to get well against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Edmonton Oilers did that Saturday, beating the Canes to end a five-game losing streak. The Calgary Flames, shut out in their past two games, couldn’t do it Sunday.

The Flames took the game to overtime, ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Any victory would have ended the Minnesota Wild’s three-game losing streak, but the way in which they shed that slump was exactly what the team needed.

The Wild blanked the Boston Bruins 1-0 Sunday at Xcel Energy Center with a no-nonsense efficiency that could certainly serve as a reset.

Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves for...Read more

MIAMI — The Florida Panthers on Sunday placed star winger Matthew Tkachuk on long-term injured reserve, a move that gives them significant salary cap flexibility needed after their blockbuster trade for defenseman Seth Jones on Saturday but one that all but certainly means Tkachuk will not play again until the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Rickard Rakell scored two goals Sunday in a wild game between the Penguins and the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. But after clawing out of two deficits, the Penguins lost, 6-5, in overtime. William Nylander got the winner for Toronto.

The Penguins somehow came out of a tumultuous opening period with a 3-2 lead.

Unlike ...Read more