SEATTLE — Kraken 4, Sharks 1 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: Philipp Grubauer, take a bow.

The backup goalie for the Seattle Kraken took over when starter Matt Murray came out injured late in the first period and saved all 19 shots he faced as Seattle improved to 9-4-5 (23 points) and continued its best start to a season in franchise ...Read more

We have a long way to go in this 2025-26 hockey season, but here’s a sentence most people didn’t expect to hear, even at this stage of the year.

Say hello to your first-place Boston Bruins.

The B’s notched a gut-check 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on Saturday night after losing Charlie McAvoy to a scary shot ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings earned a point Saturday in the standings but they should have had two.

The Wings blew a three-goal third period lead and watched Buffalo's Mattias Samuelsson score the game-winner at 1 minute 5 seconds of overtime, the Sabres rallying for a 5-4 victory.

Buffalo's Tage Thompson shoved Alex DeBrincat away from ...Read more

Golden Knights' right wing Braeden Bowman scored his first NHL goal in his second career game, and Vegas snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center Saturday night.

Bowman scored a power-play goal from the weak side of the crease with 5:02 remaining in the first period to give the Knights a 2-0...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild defeating the Ducks at full strength would have been commendable.

That they were better with a patchwork lineup was downright impressive.

In another show of progress for their net-out defending, the Wild blanked upstart Anaheim 2-0 Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena to continue their own resurgence: They have won...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — This wasn’t late-April, and there were plenty of scattered empty seats at Amerant Bank Arena for the first regular-season meeting between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers on Saturday night. Not to mention, a lot of the usual suspects were missing.

Those anticipating another slugfest between the cross-state rivals...Read more

The Nashville Predators snatched a win from the Penguins in their first Swedish showdown, rallying to beat them, 2-1 in overtime Friday at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena.

Arturs Silovs gave the Penguins another strong start and was 70 seconds away from a shutout when Filip Forsberg, a Predators winger and star Swede, tied the score.

Steven Stamkos...Read more

DENVER — Mackenzie Blackwood has uncovered the key to Gavin Brindley’s success.

Brindley, who has evolved from training camp surprise to NHL regular to fill-in second-line forward in a hurry, had a goal and an assist Thursday night to help the Colorado Avalanche machine roll on in a 6-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Ball Arena.

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SEATTLE — Kraken 5, Jets 3 at Climate Pledge Arena

Notable: Two wins in three weeks against the defending Presidents’ Trophy winners was a lot to ask for. But the struggling Seattle Kraken managed it, scoring four goals plus an empty netter to beat Winnipeg on Thursday night.

Winger Eeli Tolvanen has been following instructions and firing ...Read more

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov was the San Jose Sharks’ best player for a third straight game on Thursday.

But thanks to a mostly sloppy and lethargic performance by his teammates, Askarov’s effort didn’t result in a win.

Askarov made 34 saves, but the Sharks couldn’t get out of their own way in a 2-0 loss to the Calgary Flames, ending San ...Read more

DETROIT — All that work the Red Wings put in on the power play the last few days proved to be beneficial.

The Wings scored twice on the power play Thursday, spurring them to a 6-3 victory over Anaheim at Little Caesars Arena.

Moritz Seider and Alex DeBrincat had the power-play goals. DeBrincat, who screened Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal on...Read more

The Bruins struggled on their breakouts both early and late, wiping a good effort in between those bookends, and they saw their seven-game win streak go up in smoke in a 5-3 loss to the Senators in Ottawa on Thursday.

Tim Stutzle scored the winning goal with 5:43 left in the third, spoiling a spirited comeback attempt by the B’s.

The Bruins ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Marchand has joined the 1,000-point club.

With his assist on Eetu Luostarinen’s empty-net goal late in the third period of the Florida Panthers’ 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena, the veteran winger became the 102nd player in NHL history to log 1,000 points in his career.

Marchand...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Facing Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers, the Flyers grinded things out and, although they lost 2-1 in overtime, earned a point for the fourth straight game.

Jack Roslovic scored off a pass from Matthew Savoie as they got behind the Flyers’ defense in the extra frame. The Flyers are now 2-0-2 in their ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The lineup the Lightning fielded on Wednesday night against the Rangers at Benchmark International Arena certainly wasn’t whole.

Missing several key players due to injury — including defensemen Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh, as well as center Anthony Cirelli — forced the Lightning to call up reinforcements from AHL ...Read more

While the Kraken did get a point by going to overtime, this was an inexcusable loss considering the situation facing Columbus, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Blue Jackets played an overtime game on Monday night in Edmonton, was starting the same goalie for a second straight day — a rarity these days — and was uncertain who would...Read more

Collin Graf scored at the 2:40 mark of overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night at Grand Casino Arena.

Graf’s goal came on an odd-man rush as he took a pass from Macklin Celebrini and made a forehand to backhand move to beat Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson for his second goal of the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The race to the bottom sped up a little Tuesday night.

Fortunately for the St. Louis Blues, it wasn't them sinking in the standings.

In a matchup between the bottom two teams in the NHL, the Blues beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 at Enterprise Center.

The win was the fourth time in the last five games the Blues (6-8-3) picked up at ...Read more