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West-leading Dallas Stars defeat Colorado Avalanche

DENVER — Tyler Seguin scored twice, Thomas Harley had an assist on all three of Dallas’ power-play goals in the second period and the Western Conference-leading Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-4 on Sunday night. Dallas now has 107 points, which is five ahead of both Colorado and Pacific Division-leading Vancouver for the top spot […]

Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen in concussion protocol

DENVER — Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen remains in concussion protocol and missed Colorado’s 7-4 loss Sunday night to the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars. It ended his streak of consecutive games at 161, which was the longest on the team. Rantanen’s absence is a blow for the Avalanche, who trail the Stars by five points with […]

Avalanche’s Logan O’Connor to have season-ending hip surgery

O’Connor has missed six games since the All-Star break all related to the injury. He had 13 goals and 12 assists in 57 games this season. Bednar said there’s no timeline on O’Connor’s return or if he will be ready for training camp next season. “Just depends on what they go in and find and […]

Valeri Nichushkin returns to Avalanche lineup

It will be Nichushkin’s first game since Jan. 10. The Russian was the second Colorado player to take part in the joint NHLPA/NHL program this season after defenseman Samuel Girard. Nichushkin, 29, has 22 goals and 20 assists in 40 games this season. “It’s nice to have him back,” Bednar said after the morning skate. […]

Panthers’ William Lockwood gets 3-game ban for Fleury hit

Lockwood was punished by the league late Saturday night for hitting Marc-Andre Fleury after the Minnesota Wild goaltender went behind the net to play a puck early in the first period of the Panthers’ 6-4 loss Friday. The NHL said Lockwood made “high, forceful contact with [Fleury’s] head.” Lockwood was assessed a minor penalty for […]

Marc-Andre Fleury leads Minnesota Wild past Montreal Canadiens

More Teams. More Games. Marc-Andre Fleury robs the Canadiens of a goal (0:26) MONTREAL — Marc-Andre Fleury wouldn’t say if it was his last game in Montreal. If it was, it was a fitting finale in his home province for the 38-year-old from Sorel. Fleury made 27 saves in his first start of the season, […]

Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews opens season with 2 hat tricks

More Teams. More Games. Auston Matthews notches a hat trick and now has six goals on the short season. (1:18) TORONTO — Auston Matthews registered his second hat trick in two games to open the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday night. William Nylander had two goals and […]

The case for the Minnesota Wild as a top Stanley Cup contender

Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss to the Kings […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus the best new addition for every team

After another week of the 2021-22 NHL season, we’ve had more changes in the top 5 of the power rankings. Here are our updated rankings of all 32 teams, plus the newcomer — either a free-agent signing, trade addition or rookie — that has made the biggest impact thus far for each club. How we […]