Ovechkin reaches 600 goals as Capitals beat Jets 3-2 Alex Ovechkin scored twice to reach 600 goals and Evgeny Kuznetsov had the overtime winner as the Washington Capitals returned to first place by beating the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Monday. Ovechkin scored in each of the first two periods to […]
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Surging Blue Jackets edge Red Wings 3-2 for 4th straight win Seth Jones scored twice in the second period and Sergei Bobrovsky returned from an illness to make 22 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night. Matt Calvert also scored for the […]
Rinne gets shutout, Preds win franchise-best 9th straight Pekka Rinne stopped 26 shots, Ryan Hartman scored at 5:33 of the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 Tuesday night for a franchise-record ninth straight victory. The Predators extended the NHL’s longest active winning streak. The defending […]
Pominville scores in OT, Sabres beat NHL-best Lightning Jason Pominville scored on a power play at 1:26 of overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. Pominville beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a one-timer from the left circle to give the […]
Sabres spoil Nash’s debut with retooled Bruins Benoit Pouliot and Kyle Okposo scored on consecutive shots in the first period and the Buffalo Sabres beat retooled Boston 4-1 on Sunday in forward Rick Nash’s Bruins debut. Evan Rodrigues and Marco Scandella also scored, and Chad Johnson stopped 34 shots. The […]
Mittelstadt shows Buffalo glimpse of future at world juniors A funny thing happened when the offensively challenged Sabres left town for two weeks to make way for the world junior hockey championship. Buffalo’s win-starved hockey fans got a promising glimpse into the future thanks to Casey Mittelstadt. The 19-year-old forward […]
Craig Anderson, Senators beat Rangers, stop skids Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators are happy to be home. Anderson made 27 saves to stop his seven-game losing streak and Ottawa ended its five-game skid Wednesday night with a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers. Bobby Ryan, Cody Ceci and […]
Expansion Vegas loads up on D-men, could make more trades George McPhee secured a king’s ransom to avoid selecting certain players in the Vegas Golden Knights’ expansion draft , and he’s not done dealing. Not by a long shot. McPhee got his starting goalie and first face of the franchise […]
Hurricanes beat Coyotes 2-1 to end 4-game slide Hurricanes beat Coyotes 2-1 to end 4-game slide:- Carolina coach Bill Peters pulled into a spot at the airport before his team's trip to Arizona and looked over to see Eddie Lack parked next to him. The random encounter could have been […]
