LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights shook off a slow start and rallied to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday.

Center William Karlsson broke a 1-1 tie 3:44 into the third period. Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Knights (21-8-3), who picked up their sixth win in seven games.

Goaltender Adin Hill ...Read more

Blackhawks 3, Kraken 1 at United Center

— Notable: The Kraken dropped their third straight game and fifth of seven, 3-1 in Chicago.

The first period was goal-free and penalty-free. Center Yanni Gourde stopped a certain strike from Chicago’s Joey Anderson, who watched the puck bounce off the crossbar and directly to him with Seattle ...Read more

The Bruins were tantalizingly close to finishing off their five-game road trip in style, but they just couldn’t close the deal.

The B’s lost a 2-0 lead, with the equalizer coming off the stick of Connor McDavid with 2:21 left in regulation, and Matthias Ekholm scored the overtime winner at 1:04 of the extra session to lift the Edmonton ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the third period on Thursday, the Los Angeles Kings scored four goals — twice the number of shots the Flyers put on net.

The fatigue from playing back-to-back nights was clear, as the Flyers wasted Tyson Foerster’s first multi-goal game of the season to fall to the Kings at home, 7-3.

Momentum swung rapidly between the ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken made a hopeful deal Wednesday afternoon, trusting they can help Kaapo Kakko rediscover the promise that made the New York Rangers take him No. 2 overall.

"He's played 300 games, but he's still only 23 years old," Kraken general manager Ron Francis said Thursday. "So we just think there's the potential for upside. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mackenzie Blackwood didn’t have much time to say goodbye.

Fortunately for him, he didn’t have to wait long to come back. The former Sharks goaltender found out on Dec. 9 — his 28th birthday — that he was being traded from San Jose to Colorado.

He had gone through a full practice with the Sharks earlier that day, ...Read more

DETROIT — Being home for most of the holidays is beginning to look like a real good thing for the Red Wings.

The Wings made it two straight wins at Little Caesars Arena Wednesday with a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia.

Patrick Kane broke a 4-4 tie, ending a personal 10-game drought, to send the Wings to the victory. Kane took advantage of a ...Read more

SEATTLE — In need of an additional offensive spark, the Kraken are taking a big swing at a former No. 2 overall pick who had fallen out of favor in New York.

The Kraken sent defenseman Will Borgen plus two draft picks in 2025 to the Rangers in exchange for forward Kaapo Kakko on Wednesday looking for a spark following a tough homestand where ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The NHL fined San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky $25,000 for what it termed “inappropriate conduct” during the team’s game Saturday against the Utah Hockey Club.

Money from the fine, announced Tuesday before the Sharks played the Winnipeg Jets at SAP Center, goes to the NHL Foundation.

Although the league didn...Read more

Notable: Seattle (15-16-2) served up a sloppy, lifeless performance for the better part of 40 minutes in its final home game before Christmas and ended the homestand with just three points in four games. The Kraken pushed early but were unable to beat Ottawa goalie Linus Ullmark and progressively watched the Senators control the final two ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — If you wanted to find real estate in the New Jersey offensive zone on Tuesday night, it was not going to be at Enterprise Center.

During a 4-1 St. Louis Blues loss to the New Jersey Devils, St. Louis struggled to generate much offense all game, even in the third period while facing a multi-goal deficit. The Blues didn't register ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins rallied back to steal two points from the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday, beating the NHL’s stingiest team, 3-2, in overtime.

Rickard Rakell deflected home the OT winner 1:44 into the extra session.

The Penguins let their opponents score first for the fourth consecutive game. Anze Kopitar and the...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — One rule of thumb for the Carolina Hurricanes has been there are no easy games with the New York Islanders.

Regular season, playoffs, it’s going to be hard work and it’s going to be a grind.

“We’ve played ‘em enough over the years that we know what kind of game it’s going to be, usually,” Canes coach Rod Brind�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Jesper Wallstedt was in Rockford, Ill., preparing to play for Iowa on Saturday when suddenly his start was scrapped.

He was getting promoted to the NHL and would be in the Wild’s net Sunday instead to face Vegas.

“Out of nowhere I’m [in] a car service toward Chicago,” Wallstedt said.

But Wallstedt’s entire season, ...Read more

The Colorado Avalanche has collected Miles Wood, Scott Wedgewood and Mackenzie Blackwood in the past 18 months, but maybe the lumber-adjacent hoarding shouldn’t be done yet.

Kiefer Sherwood doesn’t play for the Avs, and he burned them Monday night. Sherwood had all three goals to help the Vancouver Canucks dispatch the Avs, 3-1, at Rogers ...Read more