NHL

Boston — In a breaking update Tuesday night, David Pastrnak scored just 15 seconds into overtime as the Boston Bruins defeated the Nashville Predators 3 to 2, closing a tightly contested game that carried playoff positioning and roster health implications for both teams. Pastrnak redirected a pass from defenseman Charlie McAvoy past Juuse Saros to end the game quickly in overtime, sealing a win after Nashville erased a 2 goal deficit in the third period. The result improved B

NEW YORK — Jason Tucker scored twice, and goaltender Alex Lyon made 26 saves, tying a Buffalo Sabres record with his ninth consecutive win, as Buffalo defeated the New York Islanders 5-0 on Saturday. Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin, and Alex Tuch also scored for the Sabres, who earned their third straight victory and fifth win in seven games. Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson each contributed two assists. Lyon, who joined Buffalo in July after two seasons with Detroit, earned t

CALGARY, Alberta — Rookie Beckett Sennecke scored at 2:54 of overtime to complete his first NHL hat trick, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night. Sennecke’s overtime goal came on a 2-on-1 break, where he maintained control of the puck and snapped it past Flames goalie Dustin Wolf just inside the post. Chris Kreider also scored for Anaheim (28-21-3), which extended its winning streak to seven games. Mikael Granlund and Alex

Defenseman Tobias Björnfot recorded the first two-goal performance of his NHL career, helping the Florida Panthers surge past the Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 on Sunday night. Florida erupted for four goals in the third period to secure its third consecutive victory. Björnfot, a journeyman blueliner with just three career goals across seven NHL seasons and 139 games, opened the scoring late in the second period. Off a faceoff in the Chicago zone, he circled behind the net and force

SEATTLE — Matty Beniers and Berkly Catton found the net just 18 seconds apart early in the third period to lift the Seattle Kraken to a 4–2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Goaltender Joey Daccord stopped 27 shots as Seattle earned its third win in its last 10 games. The contest marked the 300th NHL game of Beniers’ career. Ryker Evans and Jordan Eberle also scored for the Kraken. New Jersey goals came from Dougie Hamilton and Jack Hughes, while Jacob Markstrom

The Colorado Avalanche continued their dominant NHL season with a 4–1 road victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, powered by a hat trick from Brock Nelson. Nelson scored twice in a span of 1:12 during the first period, giving Colorado early control of the game. He later completed his fifth career hat trick with an empty-net goal. Jack Drury added the Avalanche’s remaining goal, while goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood turned aside 32 shots to secure the win. With the vic

Boston, Massachusetts — Morgan Geekie scored his 100th career goal with 5:53 remaining to break a tie and lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, extending Boston’s home winning streak to seven games at TD Garden. Geekie’s game-winning goal, his second of the night, came on the power play just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten tied the game at 3-3 with a backhand shot past Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault. Viktor Arvidsson also s

Columbus, Ohio — Mason Marchment scored three times as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-5 on Saturday, ending Tampa Bay’s 15-game streak without a regulation loss and delivering one of the most dominant first-period performances for the franchise in two decades. Columbus scored four goals in the opening frame, its highest total since March 15, 2003. Cole Sillinger opened the scoring at 5:47 off a neutral-zone turnover. Tampa Bay responded quickly w

Winnipeg, Manitoba — J.T. Compher scored twice and John Gibson stopped 26 shots to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, marking Detroit’s fourth straight game with points and solidifying Gibson’s eighth consecutive win streak. Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper each contributed a goal and an assist, while Alex DeBrincat added a goal as the Red Wings surged with four third-period scores to secure the decisive victory. Detroit swept the se

New York — Jason Tucker scored twice, and goaltender Alex Lyon stopped 26 shots to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday, tying a franchise record with nine consecutive wins. Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin, and Alex Tuch also scored as Buffalo improved to 18-3-1 in its last 22 games. Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson each recorded two assists, contributing to the Sabres’ third straight victory and fifth win in seven games. Lyon, who j

Max Domi scored 3:08 into overtime, finishing a two-on-one with Auston Matthews, to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday at Canada Life Centre. Domi, who also registered an assist, played a pivotal role alongside Matthews, who scored his 24th goal of the season. Oliver Ekman-Larsson added a goal and two assists, while Bobby McMann contributed his 15th goal of the season and Morgan Rielly recorded two assists for Toronto. Dennis Hildeby

Buffalo Sabres forward Josh Norris has been ruled out week-to-week with an upper-body injury, head coach Lindy Ruff confirmed Sunday, adding uncertainty to the team’s lineup as they embark on a five-game road trip. The 26-year-old centre left Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period after logging just 8:55 of ice time and registering an assist. Norris has since missed Thursday’s win against the Montreal Canadiens and Saturday’s overtime loss t

The Anaheim Ducks have added veteran forward Jeffrey Viel in a trade with the Boston Bruins, sending a 2026 fourth-round draft pick to Boston in exchange. The Bruins will receive the better of Detroit’s or Philadelphia’s fourth-round selection in the upcoming draft, sources confirmed Friday. Viel, 28, has appeared in 10 games this season for Boston but is yet to record a point, accumulating 30 penalty minutes. He has not scored in the NHL since the 2021-22 season when he play

DETROIT — Dylan Larkin broke a third-period tie to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4–2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night, continuing Detroit’s strong recent stretch. Larkin’s decisive goal came just under five minutes into the final period, when he forced the puck past goaltender Yaroslav Askarov at the near post. The Red Wings have now won five of their last six games. Marco Kasper played a key role in the win, recording his first goal in 37 games and adding a

Las Vegas — Jack Eichel scored the game-winning goal at 2:44 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied past the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night, marking Vegas’ sixth consecutive win. Eichel finished with four points, including the overtime winner set up by Tomas Hertl, who had tied the game with a 6-on-5 goal with just seven seconds left in regulation. Mitch Marner, playing against his former team, recorded two assists, while goaltender Adin Hill returned from

Salt Lake City — John Marino scored the decisive goal at 4:03 of the third period and assisted on Nick Schmaltz’s late second-period tally as the Utah Mammoth defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Thursday night, continuing their surge in the Western Conference standings. Marino’s performance highlighted Utah’s balanced attack. He set up Schmaltz’s 17th goal of the season with a precise feed that broke a scoreless tie with just seven seconds remaining in the second period, marking

Pittsburgh — Sidney Crosby scored on the power play and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 on Thursday night, extending their recent dominance in the rivalry and snapping a three game skid. Crosby’s night carried historical significance. With the assist, he became the eighth player in NHL history to record at least 19 seasons with 50 or more points, reaching the mark for the sixth consecutive year. He has now produced points in 29

Buffalo N.Y. — Tage Thompson scored three goals, including the 200th of his career, and the Buffalo Sabres extended their recent surge with a 5–3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night at KeyBank Center. Thompson’s performance marked his ninth career hat trick and included two assists as part of a multi point effort that fueled Buffalo’s offense. Josh Doan chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Alex Tuch also scored as the Sabres improved to 15–2 in their pa

WASHINGTON — The Dallas Stars halted a six-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 4–1 victory over the Washington Capitals, powered by a shorthanded goal from Radek Faksa and a strong performance in net by Casey DeSmith. Faksa opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game while Dallas was killing a penalty, converting his own rebound after a shot on Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson. The Stars carried that momentum into the second period, when defenseman Thomas

WASHINGTON — Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL hat trick and added two assists to help the Washington Capitals secure a 7-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night. Alex Ovechkin contributed two goals, Ryan Leonard recorded a goal and an assist, John Carlson also scored, and Connor McMichael added four assists for the Capitals, who ended a two-game losing streak. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 41 saves in the win. For the Ducks, Chris Kreider, Alex Killorn, Jacob T