RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes returned to action after nearly a week layoff by beating the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Friday night. Brady Skjei had a goal and two assists, while Derek Stepan, Jesper Fast and Tony DeAngelo also scored and Steven Lorentz had two assists for
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Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes returned to action after nearly a week layoff by beating the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Friday night. Brady Skjei had a goal and two assists, while Derek Stepan, Jesper Fast and Tony DeAngelo also scored and Steven Lorentz had two assists for Carolina, which won for
Gabriel Landeskog got his fourth career hat trick and finished with four points to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Landeskog scored twice in a three-goal second period for the surging Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and four assists, and Mikko Rantanen added a goal
BOSTON (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored in his fourth straight game, Matt Boldy got a goal in his NHL debut and the Minnesota Wild snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Boldy, who played at Boston College last season and grew up about 20 miles southwest of
Nikita Kucherov had a pair of nifty assists in his return from a lengthy injury during Tampa Bay’s three-goal third period in the Lightning’s 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Corey Perry, Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Alex Killorn scored to help Tampa Bay (23-8-5, 51 points) become the first NHL team
SAGINAW, Mich. – Brennan Othmann had a goal and an assist to lead the Flint Firebirds to a 4-1 win over the Saginaw Spirit in Ontario Hockey League action Wednesday night. Tag Bertuzzi, Amadeus Lombardi and Ethan Keppen had the other goals for Flint (15-10-0-2) while Luke Cavallin stopped 30 shots. Nick Wong had the
NHL life in 2021 — like regular life — was dominated by COVID-19. The league manoeuvred, contorted and pivoted to play a 56-game campaign that culminated in July with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning their second consecutive pandemic Stanley Cup. Things were going well to start this season until the Omicron variant swept across North
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks say Elias Pettersson has been placed into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The Canucks (16-15-3) announced the news on Twitter on Wednesday, a scheduled day off for the team. Pettersson, a 23-year-old Swedish centre, has six goals and 11 assists in 34 games this season. He is the fifth Vancouver player
Ilya Mikheyev scored on a third-period power play as the Toronto Maple Leafs heaped more misery on the undermanned Edmonton Oilers with a 4-2 victory on Wednesday night. John Tavares and T.J. Brodie also scored for Toronto (22-8-2). Jack Campbell made 28 saves as the Leafs improved to 20-4-1 over their past 25 games. William
The only stir Mike Babcock is causing in Edmonton these days revolves around how he might look behind the Oilers bench should a troubling losing stretch cost Dave Tippett his job. But Babcock is no stranger to making news in the Alberta capital, and it was a small fire he set there during his tenure
The NHL season isn’t even half over, yet Calgary coach Darryl Sutter has seen enough to offer big praise to the Florida Panthers. “That’s a team that’s built for playoff hockey,” Sutter said. Few would probably argue these days. The Panthers are rolling again, and Sutter’s Flames were on the receiving end on Tuesday night.
BOSTON (AP) — New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday on his broken jaw after taking a puck to the face early in the team’s game at Washington. The Devils did not give a timetable for his return. They put Hamilton on injured reserve retroactive to Sunday, when he was
The latest sports news: Raptors duo to sit out Tuesday against Spurs Canadian figure skaters James, Radford questionable for Olympic trials Blue Jackets lose D-man Werenski to COVID-19 protocol Curling Canada seeks new date, site for U18 curling nationals Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews returned a negative result for COVID-19 on a PCR test
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored his 20th goal, Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers beat the slumping Edmonton Oilers 4-1 Monday night for their third straight win. Alexis Lafrenière and Barclay Goodrow each had a goal and an assist, and Adam Fox had two assists to
New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant was looking for a strong group effort against the Edmonton Oilers. He got that on Monday night, and now his team is sitting atop the NHL standings. Chris Kreider scored his 20th goal, Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, and the Rangers beat the slumping Oilers 4-1
It’s worse in Montreal and Ottawa. It was worse in Vancouver. You could even argue that a lousy start to the regular season in Toronto generated an uglier vibe than the painful slump currently being experienced by the Edmonton Oilers. But the Maple Leafs pulled out of that early tailspin, and the Canucks are now
The City of Calgary’s deal with the owners of the Calgary Flames on a new downtown arena has officially been terminated. Construction was supposed to start on the $600-million arena in Victoria Park in early 2022 — but on Dec. 21, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said she had been informed by the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) that
The Maple Leafs won a division title last season and let a top-line winger, No. 1 goaltender and third-pairing defenceman walk out the door in free agency. And yet they appear to have gotten better. There’s much road still to run in the NHL’s third straight COVID-interrupted campaign, and therefore plenty of unknowns about how