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

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