SAN JOSE, Calif. — A game between two of the most electrifying players in the NHL in Macklin Celebrini and Connor McDavid on Saturday instead became a defensive showdown, at least for the first two periods.

But while McDavid and the Oilers capitalized on their select opportunities, Celebrini and the Sharks didn’t find a rhythm until it was ...Read more

BOSTON — One major concern that Bruins management and coaching staffs harbored coming into the season was how the team would be able to manage the first six games of the season with No. 1 defenseman Charlie McAvoy.

Not to worry.

After the B’s dispatched a lifeless Philadelphia Flyers team with a methodical 5-1 win on Saturday at TD Garden ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Penguins didn’t deserve a point Friday. Sergei Murashov helped them get one anyway.

But the Columbus Blue Jackets made sure it wasn’t two.

The Blue Jackets beat the Penguins, 3-2, in a shootout at Nationwide Arena. Murashov made 43 saves on 45 shots, and the rookie goalie stopped two of three Columbus shootout ...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings were hoping to capitalize on this season-opening schedule with seven of their first eight games at Little Caesars Arena.

So far, home ice hasn't been all that kind.

The Wings lost for the third time in their first four games, 6-3, to Seattle on Friday, Oct. 9.

The Kraken scored four goals in a span of 9 minutes, 26 ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a three-goal deficit in the first period and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday.

Rookie Trevor Connelly scored the winning goal in the top of the fifth round. Forward Braeden Bowman also scored, while Adin Hill stopped four of five.

Jack Eichel had a goal and ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins did not demonstrate a traditional formula for winning on Thursday at TD Garden. Through two periods, they started very slowly, took six minors (seven in all) against a power play that had gone 8 for 13 to start the season and were being outshot by the Utah Mammoth by nearly a 2-to-1 ratio.

But goaltending matters, as do ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning eventually were going to break through on the power play, and their 0-for-13 mark three games into the season didn’t necessarily reflect how many chances they had created on the man advantage.

It seemed that if there was someone who was due, it was defenseman John Carlson, who had consistently put pucks on net ...Read more

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov underwent his first day of rehabilitation Thursday. As he sat at the Panthers practice facility hours before he was awarded a key to the City of Boca Raton in a private ceremony, he was casually dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, brace on his left knee, and reflected on angrily ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin suited up for his final home opener Wednesday. The Pittsburgh Penguins helped him celebrate by gift-wrapping the Washington Capitals multiple goals with turnovers.

Pittsburgh continued to play sloppy hockey and lost 5-3 to the Capitals at Capital One Arena.

Ovechkin announced Monday that he is retiring after this ...Read more

Before the first home game of their 60th anniversary season Tuesday, the Kings honored their past by unveiling a modest Hall of Fame on the concourse of Crypto.com Arena.

An hour later, this season’s Kings took the ice and made some history of its own, though not the kind it had hoped for, falling to the Florida Panthers 2-1 to open a new ...Read more

The Vegas Golden Knights weren’t overlooking the Seattle Kraken going into Tuesday’s matchup at Climate Pledge Arena. The Kraken had defended well through three games. They scored 13 goals.

It didn’t take long to realize the Knights are, in fact, not the Calgary Flames, if there was any sliver of doubt.

Four different Knights found the ...Read more

The Wild fell apart late, and it led to their first loss of the season.

Owen Power capped off the Sabres’ 3-2 comeback in overtime on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center and snapped the Wild’s season-opening two-game win streak at the outset of a three-game road trip.

With 38 seconds left in 3-on-3 overtime, a wide-open Power skated in for the...Read more

DETROIT — The night began with loud boos directed at Dylan Larkin, but as the evening wore on there were a lot fewer.

Funny how that happens, after a player scores a goal, assists on another and starts a melee to end a period.

Quite a season debut for Larkin Tuesday, leading the Wings to a 5-3 victory over Ottawa. The victory ended a season-...Read more

CHICAGO — On Oct. 6, 2007, Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane and fellow rookie Jonathan Toews arrived at the United Center for their first home game under a cloud of expectations and anticipation.

They weren’t just highly drafted hopefuls — Kane the No. 1 pick that year, Toews the No. 3 selection in 2006. They needed to be the ...Read more

San Jose Sharks captain Macklin Celebrini missed Monday’s game against the Dallas Stars with a lower-body injury, and his teammates mostly looked helpless without him.

The Sharks were badly outshot and outchanced from the start and allowed four goals in the first two periods in what became a 5-0 loss to the Stars at American Airlines Center. ...Read more