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Nick Leddy had two goals and an assist as the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 Friday night. Matt Martin and Derick Brassard also scored as the Islanders (6-3-0) extended their winning streak to six games. Thomas Greiss made 30 saves. Tyler Ennis scored twice for the Senators (2-6-1). Anders Nilsson allowed four

John Carlson’s Washington Capitals teammates were not about to let his Bobby Orr-like month pass without ribbing him about it. “Relentlessly,” Carlson said, laughing. “Relentlessly. We are an easygoing, fun team so it certainly gets flung around the room. But this has been pretty much every day. Every day, every time I see some people,

Jonathan Drouin was about to answer a routine question during a post-game interview after a recent win over the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues when the crowd spontaneously erupted into cheers.  For more than 30 seconds the Bell Centre faithful showered the kid who grew up only an hour and a half away from

Evander Kane scored twice on the power play as the visiting San Jose Sharks beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Thursday to snap a two-game losing skid. Kevin Labanc and Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks (4-5-1) in the first game of a back-to-back set. Tomas Hertl had three assists. Nick Cousins and Joel

SEATTLE—Now that he is a couple months into the job, Ron Francis has gained a little more appreciation for the task he signed up for. The easy decision for the 56-year-old Hockey Hall of Famer would have been to take a consulting or scouting gig, keep his family settled in North Carolina and avoided the

Frustrated by what he considers a lost season last year, Brandon Sutter decided to take a different approach to training over the summer. The veteran Vancouver Canucks centre missed 30 games in 2018-2019 with a right-shoulder sprain suffered in October. He returned to the lineup only to be knocked out again in February with a

No game is ever perfect, and hockey seems to tinker with its rules more and more every year. Everyone seems to have an idea of how to make the game they love just a little bit better. Even the players, who sounded off about coaches’ challenges, offside reviews, icing and the shootout in interviews with

Anthony Duclair scored twice as the Ottawa Senators beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Wednesday to snap a four-game losing streak. Chris Tierney, Mark Borowiecki and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for the Senators (2-6-1.) Anders Nilsson made 34 saves for his first win of the season. Darren Helm and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for the

I have a four-year old nephew named Owen who is currently going through his “Why?” phase. No matter what you tell him, he will always reply with the word “why”. Uncle Rob: Owen, it’s time to eat.Owen: Why?Uncle Rob: Because it’s dinner time.Owen: Why?Uncle Rob: Because.  (Editor’s note: Maybe Owen is wise to your cooking skills.) As

We are only about three weeks into the NHL season and already it’s not going the way forecasters thought it would. Strong starts by the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, plus poor starts by the Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and San Jose Sharks have us scratching our heads. What’s up with the Tampa Bay

BUFFALO—Patrick Marleau concedes sometimes it’s strange to be back in the San Jose Sharks’ dressing room. And then there are moments when it feels like the veteran winger never left. Speaking with reporters Tuesday morning, Marleau was playfully interrupted by teammate Joe Thornton, who sits just to his right. Newly-anointed Sharks captain Logan Couture, meanwhile,

Eric Staal broke out of an early slump with two goals and an assist, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 Tuesday night. Brad Hunt also scored for the Wild, who may be without goaltender Devan Dubnyk for a while. Dubnyk was upended early in the second period after Minnesota’s Ryan Donato fell

MOSCOW—A Russian hockey team has been fined after its coach threatened to set fire to a referee’s car. The Kontinental Hockey League fined Amur Khabarovsk 300,000 rubles ($6,200) after coach Alexander Gulyavtsev shouted “I’m going to set fire to your car in Perm,” a reference to the Russian city where both he and referee Viktor

Dallas Stars fans expected to see plenty of goals this season from Joe Pavelski, signed as a free agent after a 38-goal season for San Jose. On Monday night, they saw his first in his new home rink. Pavelski scored a power-play goal midway through the second period, and the Stars beat the Ottawa Senators

WINNIPEG—James Neal didn’t feel like himself last season and knew he had to do something about it. The new Edmonton Oilers forward dialed up his off-season training in the gym and on the ice so he’d be ready for a fresh start after a disappointing season with the Calgary Flames sparked a trade between the

Gustav Nyquist scored on a penalty shot in overtime as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Monday. Riley Nash, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Alexander Wennberg scored in regulation for Columbus (4-3-2). Nick Foligno chipped in with two assists for the Blue Jackets, who got 28 stops from Joonas Korpisalo. Auston Matthews,

Upon reporting to work with his new employer, James Neal sensed a collective snarl among the local fan base in Edmonton. “With the summer they had here with no sun and all the rain, I think everyone was looking forward to some hockey,” says Neal, arguably the most popular man at the moment in this

Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine scored in the shootout as the Winnipeg Jets ended a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Sunday. Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season.  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid were stopped in the shootout. Overtime featured stripped pucks and tight