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Red Wings' slim playoff hopes still alive after Kasper's OT goal vs. Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — The Red Wings needed a victory to stay alive and the rookie saved them.
Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist, including the overtime winner at 3 minutes, 20 seconds, giving the Wings a 4-3 victory over Tampa.
Kasper drove in from the wing against a tired group of Lightning skaters and beat goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy for ...Read more
Gabe Landeskog to play for AHL's Eagles in first game action since 2022
DENVER — Gabe Landeskog did not dress for a hockey game for 1,020 days. That streak ends Friday night.
Landeskog will be in the lineup for the Colorado Eagles in an AHL contest at Blue Arena in Loveland against the Henderson Silver Knights. He has not played since June 26, 2022, when the Colorado Avalanche captain became the first player to ...Read more
Golden Knights hold off Kraken, inch closer to Pacific title
LAS VEGAS — The celebration has been put on hold for at least one more night, but the Vegas Golden Knights are on the doorstep of the Pacific Division title.
The Knights got half of what they needed to clinch, a 2-1 regulation win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.
The other half did not materialize, as the Los Angeles ...Read more
Short-handed Avalanche drops home finale to Canucks
DENVER — The next hockey game at Ball Arena will have much bigger stakes, thankfully.
Short five regulars due to injury, including the reigning MVP, the Colorado Avalanche dropped a 4-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks in the final home game of its regular season Thursday night.
The Nathan MacKinnon-less Avs looked like a team that didn’t...Read more
Panthers rounding into form ahead of playoffs, overcome early deficit to beat Red Wings
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers need a lot to go their way over this next week for their outside chance of opening the Stanley Cup playoffs on home ice to become a reality.
They did their part on Thursday, overcoming an early deficit to beat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-1, at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida is now 46-29-4, its 96 points one shy...Read more
Bruins fall to Blackhawks, 5-2
BOSTON — The Bruins’ late season dive toward the highest draft pick possible got back on track on Thursday night at TD Garden.
After scoring a season-high seven goals in a win over the New Jersey Devils, the B’s allowed three goals in 1:33 at the start of the third period and fell to the lowly Chicago Blackhawks, 5-2, as a trio of former ...Read more
McDavid returns to action, leads Oilers past Blues 4-3
Oilers superstar Connor McDavid returned to action for the first time since March 20 on Wednesday night, and the Blues were not thrilled to see him back.
McDavid assisted on three goals -- including Connor Brown's game-winner with 20.4 seconds left -- as the Oilers edged the Blues 4-3 in Edmonton.
The Blues got goals from Jordan Kyrou, Pavel ...Read more
Hot off IR, Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek carry Wild to nail-biting victory over Sharks
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
Tyson Foerster nets first career hat trick as Flyers win goal-fest vs. Rangers, 8-5
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
Jason Mackey: It's time to reimagine how we think about longtime Penguins nemesis Alex Ovechkin
PITTSBURGH — Two milestone moments in Pittsburgh during Alex Ovechkin's rookie season involved him getting booed at Mellon Arena and absorbing a stick to the groin from former Penguins defenseman Ryan Whitney.
Tensions have eased some over the years, though not completely. Ovechkin remains a rival. His employer, too.
With time, however, I ...Read more
Avalanche rallies from early deficit, defeats Golden Knights in shootout
The new guys continue to be alright for the Colorado Avalanche.
Jimmy Vesey scored his first goal with the club to help complete a comeback in regulation Tuesday night, then Charlie Coyle had the lone tally in the shootout as the Avs defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2, at Ball Arena.
The Avs dominated the puck for much of the final 40 ...Read more
Kraken continue bad trend, lose to Utah in 2nd of back-to-back games
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
Red Wings' playoff hopes take massive hit in 4-1 loss to Canadiens
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
David Pastrnak hits 100-point mark in Bruins' 7-2 win over Devils
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
Panthers snap five-game losing streak with win over Maple Leafs
The Florida Panthers’ losing streak is over.
Eetu Luostarinen scored the go-ahead goal 1:04 into the third period and the Panthers never looked back in a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena in a game that could serve as a preview for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Florida, which had lost five ...Read more
Stars shine, but Rutger McGroarty is injured as Penguins cruise to 5-0 win against Blackhawks
PITTSBURGH — The Penguins have much work to do over the next year or two to build their roster back up to the point where they can win consistently again. But Tuesday’s victory was the latest reminder that they still have starpower that can take over a game.
That should be the case as long as they still have that Sidney Crosby fella on ...Read more
Smith scores twice, but San Jose Sharks' third period woes prove costly
SAN JOSE — San Jose Sharks goalie Georgi Romanov came within a few minutes of enjoying the most memorable night of his professional career on Monday, while also taking a big chunk out of the Calgary Flames’ playoff hopes.
Romanov made 19 saves in two periods, but the Sharks allowed third-period goals to Adam Klapka, Morgan Frost and Matt ...Read more
Seattle Kraken play spoiler again, beat playoff-bound Kings
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
Blues' 12-game winning streak ends with 3-1 loss to Jets
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
Meredith Gaudreau gives birth to baby boy seven months after husband Johnny Gaudreau's death
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
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