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Colorado Avalanche defenceman Cale Makar is back in the concussion protocol and will miss the team’s weekend’s slate of games, head coach Jared Bednar said Tuesday. Bednar gave the update on his weekly Altitude radio show. Bednar said Makar will miss at least Friday’s game at Winnipeg and Saturday’s contest against Calgary. The reigning Norris

Anaheim Ducks (17-33-7, eighth in the Pacific Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (35-17-3, third in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Lightning -545, Ducks +410; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks aim to break a five-game losing streak with a victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mark Scheifele scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 50 saves as the Winnipeg Jets beat the surging Rangers 4-1 in New York on Monday night. Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the Jets, who are 6-3-0 in their past nine visits to Madison Square Garden. Connor, Josh Morrissey and Mason Appleton each had two

Mikko Rantanen scored with 21 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the visiting Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Sunday. J.T. Compher had a goal and three assists, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor added goals for Colorado, which won its third

Vancouver Canucks (22-30-4, sixth in the Pacific Division) vs. Nashville Predators (26-22-6, fifth in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks visit the Nashville Predators after Anthony Beauvillier’s two-goal game against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Canucks’ 6-2 win. Nashville has a 26-22-6 record overall and a 15-10-3

Fabian Zetterlund and Miles Wood scored in a two-minute span of the third period and Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves as the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Sunday night. The Jets led 2-1 heading into the third period on the strength of first-period goals by Cole Perfetti and

OTTAWA – Right-winger Julien Gauthier was traded to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday by the New York Rangers for left-winger Tyler Motte on Sunday. Ottawa also gets a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2023 draft in the deal. Should the Rangers advance past the first round of the coming postseason, that pick will improve to

Alex Ovechkin is one of the greatest players in NHL history. He’s second only to Wayne Gretzky for individual goals scored, and may one day beat the Great One in that most important record.  But there is a problem: his unabashed support for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s autocratic leader whose brutal and bloody war in Ukraine has

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala had two goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings held on to beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-5 in a shootout Saturday night. Anze Kopitar, Blake Lizotte and Matt Roy each had a goal and an assist during a five-goal outburst in the first period, but the Kings

Ryan O’Reilly started his day in St. Louis and ended it in Chicago. In between, one of the newest Maple Leafs made a memorable, time-zone crossing debut with the team that hopes he can help it get over an ugly playoff hump. Michael Bunting scored twice Saturday as Toronto defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in

VANCOUVER – Another spate of injuries is plaguing the Vancouver Canucks. Head coach Rick Tocchet said Saturday defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be out for “some weeks” after suffering an ankle sprain in Vancouver’s 6-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Swede has struggled this season, registering two goals and 20 assists

The New York Rangers may have been down, but never appeared to be out. Alexis Lafrenière scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation as the red-hot Rangers earned a 5-4 comeback victory over the Oilers in Edmonton on Friday night. The Rangers trailed 4-1 after the first period, but remained confident in bouncing back.

Columbus Blue Jackets (17-34-4, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Dallas Stars (30-14-11, first in the Central Division) Dallas; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Stars -263, Blue Jackets +216; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars come into a matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets as losers of three in a

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forwards Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari in a three-team trade, the club announced Friday night. Toronto sent forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette along with a 2023 first-round draft pick, Ottawa’s 2023 third-round selection and the Leafs’ 2024 second-round choice to St. Louis. Minnesota, meanwhile, receives Toronto’s 2025 fourth-round

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have placed left-winger Tanner Pearson on long-term injured reserve due to a season-ending hand injury. General manager Patrik Allvin announced the move Friday, a month after the team said the ailment would keep the 30-year-old left-winger off the ice for the rest of the 2022-23 campaign. Pearson has had multiple

Kent Johnson’s third-period goal was the tiebreaker, Joonas Korpisalo had 37 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Thursday night. The Blue Jackets overcame a terrible first period, tying a season-low with just two shots on goal in the frame. They tied the game in the second

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Cooper Foster netted the game-winning goal with 1:36 remaining in the third period as the Ottawa 67’s rallied to defeat the Peterborough Petes 3-2 on Thursday. Logan Morrison led Ottawa (37-11-2-2) with two goals. Collin MacKenzie made 40 saves. J.R. Avon and Samuel Mayer replied for Peterborough (26-23-1-2), which dropped its third

It’s been an injury-riddled season for Tyler Bertuzzi but the Detroit Red Wings right-winger is healthy again and looked in vintage form Thursday night. Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists, Dominik Kubalik scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings made it a season-high five straight wins with a 5-2 victory over the Flames in