DENVER – Nathan MacKinnon scored one goal and assisted on two more as the Colorado Avalanche swept Minnesota’s newest goalie, Filip Gustavssonen route to a 5-2 victory over the Wild on Tuesday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the second-round playoff series. The Avalanche have won six straight postseason games, tying the 2021 team for…
Highest-scoring NHL playoff games: Where Avalanche-Wild’s 15-goal barnburner ranks in postseason history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Stanley Cup Playoffs will give you all kinds of hockey games every spring, from a 0-0 game in overtime to a full-on scoring avalanche and…
DENVER (AP) — In many ways, Colorado and Minnesota mirror each other. Like, carbon copy close. There is a similar star power component (Nathan MacKinnon for Avalanche, Kirill Kaprizov for The Wild). There are the playmaking defensemen (Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes), the reliable goaltenders (Scott Wedgewood, Jesper Wallstedt) and the veterans looking for their first…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Justus Annunen stopped 43 shots, one shy of his career high, to record his third career shutout, and the Nashville Predators sent the Anaheim Ducks to their sixth straight loss, 5-0 on Tuesday night. Erick Haula, Filip Forsberg and Brady Skjei scored goals in the second period, and Zachary L’Heureux and…
Bruins Vow to ‘Learn’ from OT Loss To Penguins originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a preferred source by clicking here. The Boston Bruins suffered a 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road on Sunday. Advertisement Boston led 3-0 midway through the second period and even led 4-3 after midway through the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights were without five players for Wednesday night’s Olympic gold medal game against the Los Angeles Kings as the NHL returns after a three-week break. Having already ruled out center Jack Eichel and defenseman Noah Hanifin from champion United States, the Golden Knights traveled without Canadian forwards Mark…
New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin has been traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional 2026 third-round pick and prospect Liam Greentree, according to ESPN. The conditional draft pick will become a 2026 second-round pick if the Kings win at least one playoff round or a 2028 conditional fourth-round pick if…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — JT Compher scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,225 on Saturday night. The Red Wings bounced back from a 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota on Thursday and now have points in their last five games. The Jets have…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala He had a goal and an assist, and Anton Forsberg made 28 saves after replacing the injured Darcy Kuemper in the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Adrian Kempe, Taylor Ward and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored for the Kings, who snapped a…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rookie Beckett Sennecke had two assists and then scored in the shootout, sending the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night. Mason McTavish finished with a shootout goal in the third round for the Ducks, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit for their…
