BOSTON – Ryan Hartman will be out of action for the next month-plus after the NHL Department of Player Safety issued its stiffest punishment of the season.

The Minnesota Wild forward was suspended 10 games for roughing — “using his forearm to violently slam the head of Senators forward Tim Stützle into the ice” — during the Wild’s ...Read more

The Florida Panthers started their upcoming two-game road trip with a visit to the White House to celebrate the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup championship.

“A tremendous championship,” President Donald Trump said Monday with Panthers owner Vincent Viola and captain Aleksander Barkov flanking him in the East Room.

The Panthers, who ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins' dressing room had a feisty and proud edge to it late Saturday night following a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena.

The past 24 hours were equal parts surprising and emotional, the result of a midnight trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Franchise legend Patric Hornqvist was also in the ...Read more

Notable: Joey Daccord made 32 saves as the Kraken fell behind by three goals Sunday night, then tried to fight their way back.

Two lengthy reviews dragged out the first period. The Kraken’s first goal was called back. Seattle winger Jaden Schwartz shoveled linemate Matty Beniers’ rebound backward over the goal line. In the process, Schwartz...Read more

VANCOUVER, B.C.— The Detroit Red Wings have moved from a head coaching change and being near the bottom of the standings to, on Sunday, skating into an Eastern Conference playoff spot.

The Wings completed the five-week transformation with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks. It was the Wings' sixth consecutive victory and put ...Read more

MIAMI — Carter Verhaeghe seemed due for a game like this. He has had so many shots on goal, so many scoring chances, for going on a month and a half that didn’t result in goals. Call it being snake-bitten. Call it an unlucky run.

Regardless of the phrase of choice, Verhaeghe had his moment on Sunday.

Verhaeghe recorded his fourth career ...Read more

Defenseman K’Andre Miller scored the go-ahead goal with 8:27 remaining, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened a four-game road trip with a 4-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Center Jack Eichel had both goals for the Knights (31-16-6), who led 2-1 entering the third period before they gave up three unanswered...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — There wasn't much looking back for the St. Louis Blues to do entering Sunday evening's 2-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club.

They lost the previous four games. They hadn't led in any of them. They fell deeper out of the Western Conference playoff chase. Everyone knew what situation the Blues put themselves in. There was no need ...Read more

DENVER — Perhaps Sunday marked the start of the Avalanche getting their mojo back after a roller-coaster January underscored by a 7-6-2 record, and the blockbuster trade of Mikko Rantanen to Carolina.

The Avs weathered a grinding opening period to pull away for a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers at Ball Arena. Samuel Girard’s goal ...Read more

KANATA, Ontario — The Wild were machine-like in their execution in front of Marc-Andre Fleury to help the goaltender commemorate his final game in his native Quebec with a shutout over Montreal.

But the Wild didn’t provide Filip Gustavsson with the same precision during his own trip down Memory Lane.

After being so locked in vs. the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Kyle Dubas traded away two key players Friday in another future-focused move for the Penguins, the second straight year they were sellers before the trade deadline.

Dubas said proud players in their dressing room can learn from what happened in 2023-24, when the Penguins fell into a malaise, snapped out of it with three weeks ...Read more

BOSTON — David Pastrnak was named the NHL’s first star of the month for January. On Saturday at TD Garden, the Bruins’ superstar put dibs on the February honors.

Pastrnak enjoyed a four-point day, including a hat trick, as he outdueled the New York Rangers’ J.T. Miller, who had a pair of goals, and the B’s beat the Blueshirts, 6-3.

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PITTSBURGH — Excuse me, Kyle Dubas did what?

In case you missed it, the Penguins president of hockey operations made a smart and sizable swap overnight Friday, sending Marcus Pettersson and Drew O'Connor to the Vancouver Canucks for Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais, prospect Melvin Fernstrom and a conditional 2025 first-round pick.

We knew ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have traded their two most notable pending unrestricted free agents — center Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci — to the Dallas Stars.

The Sharks on Saturday sent Granlund and Ceci to the Stars for Dallas’ 2025 first-round selection, and a conditional 2025 third-round pick.

San Jose will ...Read more

DENVER — Message received by the Colorado Avalanche.

Coach Jared Bednar was not happy after a Tuesday loss on Long Island. He said it was go time right now or the Avs were going to flirt with falling out of a playoff position.

Bednar’s team responded with its best period of the season Friday night before cruising to a 5-0 victory against ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights are bolstering their forward depth by adding a two-time Stanley Cup champion.

The Knights signed left wing Brandon Saad to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million, the team announced Friday. The 32-year-old was a free agent after the St. Louis Blues put him on waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The risk-reward part of it for the best NHL players is obvious.

You get to represent your country, wear its sweater and compete for a title.

You are also vulnerable, like with any game, to injury.

But players who have committed to the 4 Nations Face-Off in February appear more than excited to compete, including those on the ...Read more