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Elias Pettersson insisted he never worried throughout a monthlong drought about when his next goal would come. “Sometimes it just doesn’t go your way,” he said. “I know what I’m capable of.” The gifted Swede showed Sunday what he’s capable of, scoring twice to help the Vancouver Canucks beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 and snap

Nashville Predators (24-12-3, second in the Central) vs. St. Louis Blues (22-11-5, third in the Central) St. Louis; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis hosts the Nashville Predators after Ryan O’Reilly scored two goals in the Blues’ 6-5 loss to the Maple Leafs. The Blues are 8-4-2 against the rest of their division.

Ilya Mikheyev scored the go-ahead goal with 3:15 remaining, lifting the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 victory over St. Louis on Saturday night. Timothy Liljegren, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. “That’s crazy, a roller-coaster ride,” Marner said. “Obviously, that’s not the game we kind of want

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals each, Darcy Kuemper had 20 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-0 on Saturday night. Nazem Kadri also scored as Colorado had three goals in a 3:41 span of the second period to

Josh Norris scored a pair of goals as the Ottawa Senators erased a 3-1 third-period deficit in a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Adam Gaudette, Alex Formenton, Artem Zub and Zach Sanford also scored for the Senators (11-18-2), who have won two straight and won their first game this season when

Anaheim Ducks (19-14-7, second in the Pacific) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (14-18-5, seventh in the Central) Chicago; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blackhawks -133, Ducks +110; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: Chicago hosts the Anaheim Ducks after the Blackhawks beat Montreal 3-2 in overtime. The Blackhawks are 6-10-3 in Western Conference games. Chicago is

Nick Paul scored twice in the first period and Matt Murray made 27 saves for his first win of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday. The Senators were playing their first game since New Year’s Day and just their second in 26 days, but they didn’t look rusty

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett scored his second hat trick this season and added an assist to lead the Florida Panthers over the Dallas Stars 7-1 on Friday night. All-Star forward Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and three assists to give him 51 points. Gustav Forsling scored his first of the season, Anthony Duclair

Eric Staal has fond memories of battling it out with younger brothers Marc, Jordan and Jared on the backyard rink built with love by their dad Henry on the family sod farm near Thunder Bay, Ont. So for most of the past four months, with no job in the hockey world, the 37-year-old Staal spent

MONTREAL – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has pushed bask its return to play to Feb. 1 due to ongoing challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. The league had originally planned to restart on Monday. The QMJHL said in a statement that the change to the restart was made because there is no clear timeline

Aisha Visram is believed to have become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL regular-season game in any capacity when she served as athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Kings in their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. According to the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and Society

CALGARY – Nick Paul scored twice in the first period and Matt Murray made 27 saves for his first win of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday. The Senators were playing their first game since New Year’s Day and just their second in 26 days, but they didn’t

Philipp Kurashev scored 2:24 into overtime and Chicago beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Thursday night. Montreal, a defending Stanley Cup finalist, has dropped five straight and is 1-9-3 in its past 13 games. The Canadiens are 7-24-5 overall and fell behind Arizona for the worst record in hockey when the Coyotes beat Toronto on Wednesday. Dominik Kubalik

Anaheim Ducks (19-13-7, second in the Pacific) vs. Minnesota Wild (21-10-2, fourth in the Central) St. Paul, Minnesota; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kirill Kaprizov and Minnesota take on Anaheim. is eighth in the NHL with 40 points, scoring 14 goals and recording 26 assists. The Wild are 12-9-0 in Western Conference games. Minnesota

Ryan Dzingel scored two goals, Karel Vejmelka stopped 45 shots and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Wednesday night in Glendale, Arizona. Dzingel, playing his first game since Dec. 10, matched his previous season output of two goals. Auston Matthews scored 14 seconds into the third period (24th) from Jake Muzzin and

MILWAUKEE – Mikhail Berdin stopped all 24 shots he faced on Wednesday and the Manitoba Moose downed the Milwaukee Admirals 2-0 in American Hockey League action. It was the 23-year-old goalie’s third shutout of the season. Luke Johnson opened the scoring for Manitoba (19-9-2) with his third goal of the year 15:25 into the second

Brad Marchand skated around the ice, waiting for the cleanup crew to gather up the hats tossed over the glass to celebrate his fifth career hat trick. He stopped to pick up a wide-brimmed purple number that will be signed by the team, dated and added to his collection. “The hat speaks for itself,” Marchand

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed Michael Houser to a one-year, $750,000 contract and called up Aaron Dell from the minors on Wednesday to shore up their injury depleted goaltending ranks. The signing comes with Buffalo adding goalies Ukko-Pekka Luukonen and Malcolm Subban to their injured list. Luukonen is considered week-to-week after stopping