Canada

Montreal Canadiens (15-16-3, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (20-11-1, third in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to keep a four-game home win streak going when they face the Montreal Canadiens. Tampa Bay is 20-11-1 overall with a 7-5-0 record

The powerful United States squad defeated Latvia 5-2. Luke Hughes, Red Savage, Chaz Lucius, Sean Behrens and Jimmy Snuggerud scored for the U.S. Anri Ravinskis and Niks Fenenko replied for Latvia. The teams were scoreless after the first period and tied 2-2 heading into the final frame. Switzerland stuns Finland Earlier in the day, Attilio

HALIFAX—Whoever figured Canada would be involved in a lopsided opener at the world junior hockey championship probably didn’t figure it would be the Canadians on the losing end. But that’s exactly what happened. The Czechs used a team-first approach, a potent power play and superior goaltending to overcome the individually skilled but off-their-game Canadians and

Brandt Clarke could feel excitement building in the Canadian locker room. A talented, ultra-skilled roster featuring three NHL players and the presumptive top pick at the 2023 draft was giddy at the thought of impressing a rabid home crowd. Once the puck dropped, it was a completely different — and jaw-dropping — story. Jaroslav Chmelar

Dallas Stars (20-9-6, first in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (14-13-5, sixth in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Stars -128, Predators +108; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars visit the Nashville Predators after Roope Hintz scored two goals in the Stars’ 4-2 win against

Wyatt Johnston scored Dallas’ third power-play goal with five minutes remaining and the Stars rallied past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 at home on Friday night. Roope Hintz scored twice on primary assists from Jason Robertson, and Joel Kiviranta added an empty-netter with 17 seconds left. Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars, who are

The full schedule for the 2023 IIHF world junior hockey championship being held in Halifax and Moncton, N.B. (all times Eastern): ROUND ROBIN Monday, Dec. 26 At Moncton, N.B. Finland vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m. Latvia vs. United States, 4 p.m. At Halifax Sweden vs. Austria, 1:30 p.m. Czechia vs. Canada, 6:30 p.m. ___ Tuesday, Dec.

The Vancouver Canucks gained a reputation for giving games away earlier in the season, but now they are starting to steal them back. Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and J.T. Miller had a pair of goals as the Canucks headed into the Christmas holiday break on a high note, erasing a 2-0

When Brennan Othmann looks around Team Canada’s dressing room, he can’t help but smile. The Pickering, Ont. native and New York Rangers prospect is among nine players returning to help Canada defend gold at the world junior men’s hockey championship, starting Monday in Halifax and Moncton. “We have a lot of returning guys, we have

Rasmus Andersson scored 2:24 into overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the Ducks 3-2 in Anaheim on Friday night. Andersson beat Lukas Dostal with a wrist shot from the right circle to extend Calgary’s points streak to four games, with three wins in that stretch. “Overtime is a possession game, we all know that,” Andersson

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — The world junior hockey championship will be held in Canada the next two weeks, shadowed by Hockey Canada’s handling of explosive sexual assault allegations. The national hockey governing body has been mired in controversy for months after it was revealed in May that it settled a lawsuit with a woman

After a couple easy tune-up tests, Canada had to battle from start to finish on Friday night to defeat Finland 5-3 in Halifax in the final exhibition game ahead of the world junior men’s hockey championship. Canada, which beat Switzerland 6-0 on Monday, and Slovakia 6-1 on Wednesday, needed a power-play goal from Connor Bedard at

Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week. Ovechkin had two goals and four assists as the Capitals won all three of their games on the week. The 37-year-old also furthered his name in the history books,

Daniel McKitrick grew up playing hockey in Coral Harbour, Nunavut — an Arctic community on the northern shoreline of Hudson’s Bay, where the average winter temperature is in the –20s C. Now he trains just a stone’s throw from the Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center, around a 10 minute drive from the beach.

EDMONTON – Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and J.T. Miller had a pair of goals as the Vancouver Canucks headed into the Christmas holiday break on a high note with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Ilya Mikheyev also scored for the Canucks (15-15-3) who have won two

Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored twice in a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night in Washington to move past Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe for second on the all-time NHL regular season goals list. The 37-year-old potted past Jets goaltender David Rittich in the first period for the 801st marker of his career,

Connor Bedard sees the reminder every time he’s back home. His gold medal from the last world junior hockey championship — a tournament that was moved to the summer and almost didn’t happen because of COVID-19 — hangs in the 17-year-old phenom’s bedroom. And the presumptive No. 1 pick at the 2023 NHL draft is

An independent review of the Boston Bruins’ player-vetting process found no misconduct by team employees but identified failures in the system that led to the signing of Mitchell Miller, who was convicted of assault in 2016 for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school. The team said Thursday it would overhaul the