TORONTO — It’s been a long and winding road trip for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stopping in five cities with multiple time zones and climates, they wrapped things up Sunday night with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Atlantic Division’s top team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Morgan Rielly scored the winning goal off a pass from Auston Matthews after ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins earned one point against the New York Islanders on Sunday, but the hockey gods deemed them worthy of nothing more.

In a game in which they were outplayed for the first 40-plus minutes, David Pastrnak scored twice in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit and send it to overtime.

But an Ilya Sorokin save on Brad ...Read more

Had Sunday evening’s contest lasted just 20 minutes, the Pittsburgh Penguins would have smoothly sailed to snapping a losing streak.

Instead, the Penguins will have to wait another season to see if they can win a regular-season game in Raleigh, N.C. For the eighth straight time, the Penguins fell to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center, ...Read more

SEATTLE — Ten seconds after the puck was dropped Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena, the ice went dark. An inexplicable, likely accidental button push killed the illumination and caused an unexpected stoppage of play.

It was the first glitch of a night where there were too many malfunctions in the opening minutes by the Seattle Kraken to ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes average the most shots in the NHL, and Filip Gustavsson is almost unbeatable when he faces a plethora of pucks.

But this dream matchup for the Wild goaltender never came to fruition.

That’s because the Wild players in front of him held Carolina in check, the 4-0 victory Saturday night at Lenovo ...Read more

The good news for the Boston Bruins on Saturday was that on the final game of their three-game road trip they finally managed to score more than one goal.

The bad news is that they picked the wrong night to have some defensive lapses.

The B’s scratched back from a two-goal deficit and then another one-goal hole but ultimately fell to the ...Read more

Whatever it is coach Todd McLellan has done to transform the Detroit Red Wings, it sure is working.

Playing in Winnipeg on Saturday, home of the NHL-leading Jets, the Wings never trailed while defeating the Jets 4-2.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Wings (17-18-4) with McLellan behind the bench — they lost his debut against ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche dug deep, fueled by some officiating-driven anger, and authored a wild, remarkable comeback two nights ago in an electric evening at Ball Arena.

This was not that.

The Montreal Canadiens ended Colorado’s six-game winning streak with a 2-1 shootout victory Saturday at Ball Arena. Cole Caufield and Kirby Dach ...Read more

The modest steps will have to wait ... again.

In their seventh try at winning a third straight game, the St. Louis Blues again failed, this time in a 6-4 loss to the Blue Jackets on Saturday night at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. St. Louis is now 0-6-1 is such games this season, and missed a chance to go three games over .500 for the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cody Ceci scored with 24.2 seconds left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday before a sellout crowd at SAP Center.

Ceci took a pass from Alexander Wennberg at the point and fired a shot that got past Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom for his third goal of the season...Read more

ST. LOUIS — What Winter Classic hangover?

The Blues assuaged any fears of a Wrigley Field letdown on Friday night in beating the Senators, 4-0, on Friday night at Enterprise Center. Brandon Saad had a hat trick to snap a 19-game goalless streak, and Brayden Schenn scored his seventh goal of the season to lead the Blues' offense, while Jordan ...Read more

A courtroom secretary’s presence would have been welcomed to keep track of it all.

There were all sorts of infractions Friday night at Amerant Bank Arena, as the Penguins and Panthers combined for 13 penalties, including two double-minors and a 10-minute misconduct. Despite the Penguins spending more than twice as much time on the power play,...Read more

CHICAGO — This feels different.

The Chicago Blackhawks have had losing streaks before their current five-game skid. They’ve even had gut-wrenching losses before Tuesday’s very visible trouncing in the Winter Classic.

It’s not just that they’re losing. It’s how they’re losing.

The few positives they could rely on now look like ...Read more

SEATTLE — Canucks 4, Kraken 3 SO at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: For the second time in a week, Seattle turned the tables on Vancouver in the final five minutes with the Kraken goaltender pulled for an extra attacker. The Kraken forced overtime after trailing by two goals in the third period on Thursday night and secured a standings point ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have been good following losses this season.

It didn’t look that way after the first period Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers. But as the Knights have become accustomed to, they found a way to get things going in the right direction.

The team scored three goals in the second period to beat the ...Read more

DENVER — Devon Toews scored 48 seconds into overtime Thursday night to complete another crazy Colorado Avalanche win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Jason Zucker scored his third goal of the night to give the Sabres a two-goal lead at Ball Arena, but Cale Makar had his second of the evening with 2:28 left and Jonathan Drouin sent it to overtime with...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights scored three goals in the second period to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday.

Five different players scored for the Knights, while goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves to win his fifth consecutive start. The team bounced back after having its six-game winning streak snapped against the ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Detroit Red Wings continue to make strides under new coach Todd McLellan.

This time in dramatic fashion.

Jonatan Berggren, coming out of the penalty box, took a pass from Tyler Motte and scored on the breakaway with 35 seconds left giving the Wings a thrilling 5-4 victory.

Ben Chiarot blocked a shot, got the puck to ...Read more