NHL Previews

The Arizona Coyotes are standing tall through a challenging early schedule and are out to extend their success with a visit to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Despite playing four of their first five games on the road, the Coyotes are 3-2-0 to open the season. It is the first time since the 2015-16 season Arizona delivered three victories in its first five games. The Coyotes finally played their first home game Saturday and

The Nashville Predators continue their three-game homestand on Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks in a clash of clubs hoping for strong starts to the young season after both missed the playoffs last year. The Predators have won two straight and have three wins and two losses in their past five games, while the Canucks enter the the final game of five out of six to start the season on the road. Tuesday’s contest is part

The New York Rangers have a winning record but are looking for consistency early this season. Heading into Tuesday’s road clash with the Calgary Flames, the Rangers are coming off a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, which has them riding a win-one, lose-one stretch. The good news for the Rangers is that victory to begin a five-game road trip had all the elements they are looking for to become a top-tier club

Two teams with exciting rookies will go head-to-head for the second time on the young NHL season when the Chicago Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Boston moved to 5-0-0 with their 3-1 Sunday victory at Anaheim, which completed a three-game California sweep and extended its season-opening undefeated run to the second-longest in team history. Only the 1937-38 Bruins (6-0-0) had a better start. Sunday’s star was 19-year-old Matthew Poitras, who scored his

The visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and the Washington Capitals both aim to ride the momentum of overcoming two-goal deficits on Saturday into their meeting Tuesday night. The Maple Leafs had the better result, rallying from 3-1 down in the third period at Tampa Bay before winning 4-3 in overtime. The Capitals were behind 2-0 in the third before losing 3-2 in overtime to the host Montreal Canadiens. Matthew Knies scored twice — his first regular-season

The Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning will meet for the first time this season on Tuesday night at Tampa, Fla., and both are anxious to put the recent past behind them. The Lightning wasted a 3-1 third-period lead at home Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of their rivals in the Atlantic Division, in the second contest of Tampa Bay’s five-game homestand. The game ended in a 4-3 overtime victory for the

The San Jose Sharks are desperate for a win. San Jose, which has lost its first five games — four of them in regulation — visits the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night in Sunrise. “Our inability to execute for 60 minutes is apparent,” Sharks center Nico Sturm said. “We do a lot of good things, but we don’t do them the whole game. “We’ve got phases where it looks really good. But then we do

Alex DeBrincat’s homecoming has taken on historic proportions. DeBrincat’s knack for scoring goals has highlighted the Detroit Red Wings’ five-game winning streak. They’ll look to keep rolling when the Seattle Kraken visit on Tuesday. DeBrincat entered the week leading the league with eight goals and 12 points after he collected his fifth career hat trick in a 6-2 thumping of the Calgary Flames on Sunday. He’s the first player in franchise history to score eight

The Dallas Stars find themselves in something of an unusual spot Tuesday when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins. They will be looking to bounce back not from a loss, but from a win. Dallas, which has no regulation losses through four games, topped the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in overtime Saturday. However, the Stars seem to be in a hurry to move on from some disturbing bumps in their game that they don’t want to see