PHILADELPHIA — Cale Makar is the ultimate weapon when another team tries to park the bus.

It took the Colorado Avalanche a while to find a way through against the Philadelphia Flyers, but eventually, Makar scored twice in a 3-2 win Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.

For much of the game, the Flyers tried to defend the Avalanche with a plan ...Read more

BOSTON — Whatever is ailing the Bruins, it certainly feels like we are past the point where “hard work” and grinding through” is going to get them past it.

Facing another eminently eatable team in the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday at TD Garden, the B’s spotted their guests three first period goals and could never recover, taking a 5...Read more

Rangers 2, Kraken 0, at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Kraken played the game they needed to for the first 22 and a half minutes to keep the talented, 11-4-1 Rangers at arm’s length. They didn’t take a single penalty and kept the dangerous chances to a minimum.

Then the game trickled away from them, and a four-game win streak ended in ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights lost 5-2 to the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

Left wing Brett Howden and right wing Keegan Kolesar scored, and Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves in his first start since Oct. 30 for the Knights (11-5-2), who have lost two straight at home after winning their first eight games.

Capitals goaltender ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Martin Necas says he’s not superstitious, and that his hair may not always remain blond.

But the Carolina Hurricanes forward won’t be changing his look anytime soon — not the way he’s looking on the ice.

Necas continued to pile up points, now a game-to-game thing, on Sunday as the Hurricanes took a 4-1 victory over ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — What was supposed to be a test to certify the Wild was downgraded to a quality control check.

With three of their best players injured, the Wild could never get a proper read on their potential, especially against a pesky Central Division rival that is expected to contend for the Stanley Cup.

Instead, it was more important ...Read more

This road trip through California has suddenly turned ugly for the Red Wings.

The news didn't get any better Saturday for the Wings, who barely got anything going offensively in a 4-1 loss to Los Angeles.

One night after the Wings blew a two-goal lead in Anaheim and allowed a season-high six goals to the low-scoring Ducks, the Wings were ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There was nothing left to say after the Flyers' overtime win on Thursday night in Ottawa. It was a game they didn’t deserve to win — but they did.

Even riding a four-game point streak heading into Saturday’s matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, they could have had their heads filled with doubt but as Travis Konecny said in ...Read more

This was two games in one, but in the end Friday, the Red Wings' poor part of the game was costly.

Anaheim scored four straight goals, including two in a span of 38 seconds midway in the third period, leading the Ducks to a 6-4 victory over the Wings.

The Wings (7-8-1) led 3-1 early in the second period after Lucas Raymond's goal, but Anaheim ...Read more

DENVER — The much-needed reinforcements arrived Friday night for the Colorado Avalanche, but another early-season headache also returned.

The Ball Arena crowd seemed primed for a party, but the Avs’ goaltending issues snuffed that out early in a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals. Justus Annunen, starting for the first time in five games ...Read more

Center William Karlsson scored the game-winning goal with 1:18 remaining and added an empty-net goal seconds later, as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from two goals down to defeat the Utah Hockey Club 4-2 at Delta Center on Friday.

Center Tomas Hertl scored twice, and goaltender Adin Hill made 32 saves for the Knights (11-4-2) as they swept ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It felt like Tristan Jarry never left.

The embattled Penguins goaltender saw his first NHL action since Oct. 16 on Friday, and what transpired during a 6-2 victory for the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena looked scarily similar to what we've seen out of Jarry this season.

His teammates, too.

There were odd-man ...Read more

SEATTLE — Kraken 3, Blackhawks 1 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: The Seattle Kraken (8-8-1) matched their season high winning their third straight game but there was concern about captain Jordan Eberle after he left the game in the opening seconds of the second period following a hard crash into the end boards.

Quotable: “Talked to him ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The line juggling continued for the Wild, but this time for a different reason.

After Mats Zuccarello and Joel Eriksson Ek left injured in the first period, the short-handed Wild used patchwork combinations to blank the Canadiens, 3-0, on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center in their return home from a trip that already had ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks did just about everything they wanted to do in the first period of Thursday’s game against the New York Rangers.

Then, as the second period wore on, they began to do the exact opposite.

The Sharks scored first at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t overcome their mistakes in the latter half of the second, allowing three ...Read more

OTTAWA, Ontario — In a game that had a lot go wrong, the Flyers somehow ended up on top.

Struggling to find their structure and identity throughout much of the game, the Flyers came to life and tied things up before Matvei Michkov sealed the deal in overtime. He found some daylight at the right post to give the Flyers a 5-4 win over the ...Read more