Goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 3-0 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

The win extended the Knights’ winning streak to six games.

Left wing Brett Howden scored his 15th goal in the second period. Right wing Victor Olofsson added a power-play goal in the third...Read more

What the Penguins have done since Thanksgiving Eve has been admirable. When everyone thought they were circling the drain, they won nine of 13 entering the NHL's Christmas break, flirting with a possible playoff spot.

Their power play, which last year was a significant drag, was clicking at 30.8% during that time, their penalty kill at 90.6%. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks’ losing streak has reached seven games.

In front of a sellout crowd of 17,435 spectators, San Jose couldn’t match score for score with Calgary, the fifth-best team in the NHL’s Pacific Division.

Instead, the Sharks managed just one goal on 22 shots, squandering a strong performance from goaltender...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Kings have seen each of the last three seasons end in first-round playoff losses to the Edmonton Oilers. And if the current NHL season had ended Saturday, guess who the Kings would face in the first round of the playoffs?

That made Saturday's matinee at Crypto.com Arena, the first meeting of the season between the teams, an ...Read more

More consistent and thorough efforts had allowed the Penguins to bank important points before the NHL’s Christmas break. Coming out of the annual respite, however, a second-period lull on Saturday cost them.

The Penguins allowed three goals in four minutes to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena and could not recover, suffering a 6-3 loss in ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins were given the rare gift of an immediate do-over and they made the most of it on Saturday night at TD Garden.

After the Blue Jackets romped over the Bruins in Columbus on Friday, the B’s walloped the Jackets, 4-0. It wasn’t the cleanest performance, but when they turned over the puck, the B’s did their best to shut ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk’s Christmas involved plenty of rest and relaxation.

“A lot of time in the pool,” Tkachuk said. “A lot of ice.”

The Florida Panthers’ star winger needed it after enduring a dangerous knee-on-knee hit by Nikita Kucherov in the first period of Florida’s 4-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — There’s something about games out of NHL-mandated breaks that get the Flyers going.

Last season, they beat the Vancouver Canucks out of the holiday break and the Florida Panthers after the combined bye week and All-Star Weekend. This season, after spending a few days resting and resetting, they came out of the holiday ...Read more

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Rivalries in sports are built on a foundation of contempt.

Proximity helps, as does frequency. But ultimately creating the kind of passionate conflicts that start with players and coaches and trickle down through a fan base starts with playing meaningful games with something on the line.

Someday, that’ll happen for the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks found a new way to lose a third-period lead Friday.

Up by a goal with less than 19 minutes left in regulation time, the Sharks allowed shorthanded goals to defenseman Brayden McNabb and center Jack Eichel in 23 seconds in what became a 6-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at SAP Center.

The Sharks also ...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — Geography says there’s potential for a rivalry to develop between the Colorado Avalanche and Utah HC. It’s still on the players and teams, not map locations, to build a proper one.

The Avs and their new Rocky Mountain neighbors got closer to making potential a reality Friday night. Artturi Lehkonen scored his first career...Read more

DALLAS — The Wild finally defeated the Stars and without their best player.

Kirill Kaprizov was sidelined Friday with a lower-body injury, but the Wild rallied for a 3-2 victory in overtime in his absence at American Airlines Center to end a four-game skid to their Central Division rivals that was a seven-game rut when factoring in their ...Read more

CHICAGO — As a chilly mist hovered over Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon, construction workers moved boxes across a large graphic of ivy where the third-base line normally would be.

Four days before a Tuesday afternoon puck drop for the NHL Winter Classic, the conversion from baseball ballpark to hockey rink is taking shape for the outdoor ...Read more

DETROIT — That bump, or spark, that many teams get after hiring a new coach mid-season, well, the Red Wings didn't get one.

The Wings pretty much Friday looked like the team that has disappointed much this season, losing 5-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Friday's debut of new head coach Todd McLellan, who replaced Derek Lalonde the day before,...Read more