ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek weren’t supposed to carry the Wild in their return to action after being sidelined for six weeks injured, even longer in Kaprizov’s case.

In getting their best player and most indispensable forward back, the new-look Wild could start to rediscover their old-school ways by establishing...Read more

After going an entire month without a regulation win, losing 11 of 12 games to fall out of playoff contention, and seeing John Tortorella fired on March 27, the Philadelphia Flyers could have easily mailed it in for the final nine games of the season.

To this team’s credit, it has done the complete opposite, as the Flyers continued their ...Read more

Utah Hockey Club dropped seven goals on tired-looking goaltender Joey Daccord, who was pulled from his second start in as many nights as the Kraken fell 7-1 in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.

The Kraken lost the latter game in all 12 back-to-backs this season, and they saved the worst for last. After falling 4-0 to the Minnesota Wild in the ...Read more

Hockey can be a cruel sport and the Detroit Red Wings found that out Tuesday in Montreal.

The Canadiens' Josh Anderson scored his 15th goal midway in the third period, snapping a tie, and Brendan Gallagher and Nick Suzuki scored empty-net goals, sending Montreal to a 4-1 victory.

With the win, Montreal pretty much sewed up the second and final...Read more

Winning hockey games right now may be counter-productive to Bruin management’s pursuit of the highest draft pick possible. But sometimes everything goes right at the wrong time.

It was milestone night for the B’s in New Jersey as they swamped the New Jersey Devils, 7-2, led by David Pastrnak’s three-point night that pushed him to the 100-...Read more

The Kraken have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs and are looking forward to a high draft pick this summer. Counterproductive to the latter cause, they keep winning.

They played the spoiler again Monday and improved to 3-0 on a five-game road trip, hanging on for a 2-1 victory over the playoff-bound L.A. Kings.

Early on, Quinton ...Read more

Finally, the St. Louis Blues lost a game.

After going 19-2-2 in their last 23 games and winning 12 in a row, the Blues hit a wall Tuesday night in Winnipeg. They fell 3-1 to the NHL-leading Jets to remain stuck at 93 points with three games left.

Pavel Buchnevich scored his fourth goal in his last five games for the Blues. Robert Thomas ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Meredith Gaudreau announced the birth of her third baby, Carter Michael Gaudreau, seven months after the death of her husband, former NHL star Johnny Gaudreau.

Carter was born April 1, 2025, at the same height and weight that Johnny was as a baby. Meredith gave Carter Johnny’s middle name, Michael.

“I love you so much my ...Read more

Now back to our regularly scheduled Boston Bruins programming.

A night after the B’s stunned the playoff-bound Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1, the B’s blew an early two-goal lead in a a typically brutal second period that they could now trademark and then coughed up two goals early in the third period to fall, 6-3, to the Sabres in Buffalo on ...Read more

DETROIT — The whole strength-of-schedule argument that was going to work against the Red Wings during this playoff chase hasn't yet been much of a thing.

Part of it is that the Wings are playing well, as they did Sunday in defeating Florida, 2-1. It was the fourth consecutive game in which the Wings (36-33-7) have earned points (3-0-1), who ...Read more

The Pittsburgh Penguins are officially eliminated from playoff contention after they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-1, at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday night.

Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight stopped 28 of 29 shots to make it three years in a row without postseason hockey for Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, though mathematically ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marcus Foligno was sick of motivational speeches — hearing and giving them, the Wild alternate captain’s voice hoarse.

“We’re in a crucial time of the year, and we gotta stop talking about it and how to do it,” Foligno said. “We just gotta show up and play.”

After a miserable road trip in which the Wild went ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen sat side-by-side in the deepest part of the horseshoe-shaped Penguins locker room at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex earlier this week, laughing and soaking up the scene.

Equipment bags for an upcoming road trip sat at their feet. On one side was a familiar face in Joona Koppanen. On the other, an ...Read more