The San Jose Sharks ended a month’s worth of frustration on Thursday as Will Smith scored at the 1:37 mark of overtime to give his team a thrilling 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Macklin Celebrini recorded his second career NHL hat trick and matched a career high with five points, as he assisted on Smith’s ...Read more

BOSTON — With the game in their reach at the start of the third period yet again, the Bruins failed to make the right plays at winning time on Thursday night at TD Garden.

Yet again.

The B’s coughed up three goals in the third period, plus an empty-netter, and fell to the Anaheim Ducks, 7-5, absorbing their sixth straight defeat in ...Read more

What we saw Thursday was not a recipe for sustained success for the Penguins. But they sure cooked up an entertaining game as they beat the Florida Panthers, 5-3.

The Penguins won their fourth consecutive game in thrilling fashion, despite taking only 15 shots, going 1 for 3 on the penalty kill and giving up a pair of third-period goals.

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OTTAWA, Ontario — The Flyers traveled to Canada’s capital for a showdown with the Ottawa Senators.

Facing a hungry team with just one win in their past six games, the visitors got off to a good start, but in the end they fell to the Senators, 2-1. It snapped Philly’s two-game winning streak and moved its record to 3-3-1.

Entering the ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hold off on those Red Wings' Stanley Cup parade routes for a just a bit.

There's been a rare bump in the road during this early season surge.

Buffalo's Jack Quinn (power play) and Josh Doan scored almost four minutes apart in the third period Wednesday sending the Sabres to a 4-2 victory.

Quinn, who added two assists, one-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There were milestones galore Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena as the Penguins pulled away from the Vancouver Canucks, 5-1, and extended their winning streak to three.

Tommy Novak scored his first goal in black and gold. Goalie Arturs Silovs earned a sliver of revenge against his previous team. Kris Letang had a pair of assists, giving...Read more

A Kraken team badly depleted by injuries trailed by a single goal after Tuesday’s first period at the Washington Capitals, which was perfectly fine. No sweat.

Just 1:33 into the second period, the Capitals had extended the lead to three goals, and that was a real problem. Seattle winger Jaden Schwartz ended Washington goaltender Logan ...Read more

Brad Marchand tried to contain his emotions midway through the first period Tuesday. He looked up at the scoreboard at TD Garden and watched nearly 16 years of his life flash before his eyes. As it ended, with tears welling in his eyes, the veteran winger received a round of applause from what was his home crowd for his entire NHL career up ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Minnesota Wild finally played an offense struggling more than theirs.

After snapping a historic scoring scoring drought, the New York Rangers struggled again, and the Wild squeaked by 3-1 Monday night at Madison Square Garden to end their three-game losing streak.

Rookie forward Danila Yurov scored his first NHL goal in his ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Entering Monday night, the Philadelphia Flyers were tied for the sixth-fewest goals per game this season.

But on Monday night, they rose from the depths with a 5-2 win to hand the Seattle Kraken their first regulation loss of the season. The Flyers have now won two straight and three of their last four and are 3-2-1 to start ...Read more

CHICAGO — Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno returned to practice Monday after a five-day leave of absence for his daughter’s heart surgery.

Milana Foligno, 12, was born with congenital heart disease and first had surgery at 3 weeks old.

“Obviously very stressful, but we found a lot of comfort in the support of the hockey community and the ...Read more

Boston Bruins coach Marco Sturm pushed some of the buttons available to him, and for a while on Sunday it looked like his machinations might work. But in the end, the B’s remained in their funk, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Utah Mammoth at the Delta Center. The B’s went 0-3 on their western road trip and have now lost four straight.

This ...Read more

DETROIT — What looked like an imposing stretch of hockey to begin the season for the Detroit Red Wings turned out better than most could have expected.

Dylan Larkin and Emmitt Finnie each had two goals — the first two of Finnie's career — and goaltender John Gibson made 16 saves (and was credited with an assist, for good measure) as the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – After dismal performances in their previous two outings, the San Jose Sharks needed a response Saturday night in their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

They got it, but their first win of the season remains elusive.

Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves, including 18 in the first period, but Sidney Crosby’s second-...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Mitch Marner scored his first two goals as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights in their 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

Marner opened the scoring 46 seconds into the game, then added a highlight-reel power-play goal at 19:06 of the second period.

It’s the first time the Knights scored the game’...Read more

We all knew that this Bruins team would be operating at a talent deficit when they matched up against some of the best teams in the league.

But after the B’s absorbed their third straight loss on Saturday night, this time to high-flying Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena, it’s clear that the depth players are doing their job for the most part...Read more