Nathan MacKinnon had three second-period assists to regain the NHL points lead, Martin Necas scored twice and added an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Thursday night. MacKinnon has 83 points on 20 goals and an NHL-best 63 assists — to take a two-point lead over Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl, with the Avalanche set to face the Oilers on Friday night. Cale Makar had his 20th goal of the season for Colorado. READ FULL STORY
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Filip Gustavsson made 37 saves, and the Minnesota Wild held on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. READ FULL STORY
“I think the reality of our team this year is we have to be ultra competitive. We have to play with great structure and we have to max out like we need to play at max capacity in games to win… READ FULL STORY
Brandon Hagel scored the go-ahead goal for the second consecutive game, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa 5-1 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set with the Senators. READ FULL STORY
The Washington Capitals have only two games remaining before breaking for a mid-season vacation (since none of their superior players are suiting… READ FULL STORY
The Dallas Stars have made a big move before the NHL trade deadline. They sent a first and third-round pick to the San Jose Sharks to acquire forward Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci. READ FULL STORY
Blackhawks center Jason Dickinson will be sidelined for a “couple games” with a high ankle sprain, interim coach Anders Sorensen said Thursday. READ FULL STORY
Penguins fans and their Canadian friends could breathe a sigh of relief on Thursday when star center Sidney Crosby took the ice for an individual workout… READ FULL STORY
TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston joins Gino Reda to share the latest updates on the injuries to Sidney Crosby and Quinn Hughes with the 4 Nations Face-Off approaching and to explain why signing defenceman Marcus Pettersson to an extension was important for the Canucks. READ FULL STORY
Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers prediction, pick, odds, best bet and betting preview for their NHL game on Thursday, February 6. READ FULL STORY
Despite traveling from Boston to New York and playing two games in as many days, the Bruins didn’t make excuses for their slow start and the mistakes in the third that ultimately led to their demise. READ FULL STORY
Connor McDavid set up Zach Hyman in overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Wednesday night. Hyman redirected McDavid’s pass for the power-play goal at 1:36. It was Hyman’s 19th goal and McDavid’s 49th assist of the season. READ FULL STORY
Zach Hyman scored a power-play, overtime goal and Leon Draisaitl and Jeff Skinner each had a goal and assist to lift the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. READ FULL STORY
New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider discusses the upcoming games before the break and defenseman Adam Fox discusses the team’s confidence following the Rangers’ 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins READ FULL STORY
The Blueshirts owed the Bruins one after suffering a blowout loss to them four days ago in their house, so they pulled out a 3-2 home win over Boston. READ FULL STORY
For the second time in five days, the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins are set to clash in an Original Six matchup. After the Bruins doubled up the Rangers by a 6-3 margin this past Saturday in Boston, this nearly 100 year old rivalry will wrap up its 2024-25 READ FULL STORY
Sidney Crosby missed roughly half of the third period in the Penguins’ 3-2 shootout loss to New Jersey at PPG Paints Arena Tuesday evening after being involved in a multi-player collision. READ FULL STORY
US fans retaliated to Canadians booing the US anthem by returning the favor in Nashville, and Predators player Jonathan Marchessault, who is from Canada, was asked about it. READ FULL STORY
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 after Timo Meier scored in the seventh round of a shootout at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The Devils’ Jack Hughes scored two goals. The Devils stand at 30-19-6; the Penguins are 22-24-9. READ FULL STORY
Trevor Zegras scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, John Gibson made 26 saves in his 500th career NHL game and the Anaheim Ducks beat Dallas 2-1 on Tuesday night, snapping the Stars’ five-game winning streak. READ FULL STORY
When Rickard Rakell first heard from Team Sweden representatives, it was a phone call featuring some disappointing news. The Penguins forward was initially… READ FULL STORY
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Penguins and New Jersey Devils battled inside PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night. New Jersey took the two points in a shootout after… READ FULL STORY
Patrick Kane scored his NHL-record 53rd career shootout goal and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Seattle Kraken 5-4 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win. Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Elmer Soderblom scored in regulation for Detroit, and Cam Talbot had 23 saves. READ FULL STORY
Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record, and the Washington Capitals defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday. READ FULL STORY
Barzal, who missed 21 days earlier this season with an upper body injury, was hurt in the third period of the Islanders’ overtime win at Tampa Bay on Saturday. READ FULL STORY
Sweden selected Rickard Rakell of the Pittsburgh Penguins to its roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, replacing injured Vegas Golden Knights forward William Karlsson. READ FULL STORY
St. Louis Blues head coach Jim Montgomery said defenseman Nick Leddy is playing after spending most of the season recovering from an injury. (Video courtesy of St. Louis Blues) READ FULL STORY
Hockey hype will take over Boston’s City Hall Plaza for three days for a fan festival celebrating the 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament, which includes games being played in Boston. READ FULL STORY
Conor Geekie has been reassigned to the minor leagues by the Tampa Bay Lightning. This move comes after he dealt with an undisclosed injury earlier in the READ FULL STORY
After a loss to the Senators on Monday, Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault and coach Andrew Brunette discussed recent anthem booing at NHL games. READ FULL STORY
A day after a crowd greeted her singing with loud boos, a singer-songwriter from Port Moody, B.C., is expressing deep gratitude for the support and well-wishes that followed her appearance at a Vancouver Canucks home game. READ FULL STORY
The Columbus Blue Jackets will have to continue their playoff push without forward Kirill Marchenko, who is out indefinitely after having surgery to repair a broken jaw, the team announced Monday. READ FULL STORY
The Islanders’ hopes of making a legitimate playoff push took a drastic hit on Monday, as the team announced that Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. READ FULL STORY
The Buffalo Sabres posted their third victory in a row, holding on for a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon, but the focus after the game was not on the club’s recent positive trend, but on the head hit by New Jersey’s Stefan Noesen on Tage Thompson, that earned the Devils winger a major and game misconduct and saw the Sabres forward driven from the game and not return. READ FULL STORY
The Red Wings are six games above NHL .500 (27-21-5) and with 59 points, are only one point from third-place Ottawa in the Atlantic Division. READ FULL STORY
The NHL Department of Player Safety will not be issuing supplemental discipline to New Jersey Devils forward Stefan Noesen for his hit to the head on Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson on Sunday afternoon. READ FULL STORY
