NHL Previews

The road has not been kind to the New York Rangers this month, and they have another chance to reverse the recent trend with a visit to the reeling Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. The Rangers have lost all four of their road games this month (0-3-1) and arrive in Los Angeles after a bust in Las Vegas on Thursday when they were thumped 5-1 by the Vegas Golden Knights. Mika Zibanejad scored the lone

Sidney Crosby is in the middle of his 19th season since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NHL Draft. But the 36-year-old center, the cornerstone of three Stanley Cup championship teams and a two-time winner of the Hart (MVP) Trophy, hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. Far from it in fact. With 26 goals in just 42 games, Crosby is on a 50-goal pace as the Penguins begin a two-game road

The Edmonton Oilers are on the verge of NHL history as they hit the road to play the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Their 12-game winning streak, with the latest victory a 4-2 comeback decision over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, has the Oilers tied with the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens for the longest run by a Canadian-based team. “We don’t talk about the streak very much, if at all,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I’m not

Two teams at opposite ends of the NHL standings meet when the Winnipeg Jets open a three-game road trip against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Winnipeg is among the league leaders with 62 points, while Ottawa sits near the bottom of the points race. The Jets, who saw their 14-game point streak end with a 2-0 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers last Saturay, finished their four-game homestand with a 4-2 win against the New

One of the best road teams in the NHL for nearly two months, the Nashville Predators have no problems packing their bags. Home ice has not been kind to the Arizona Coyotes since the calendar flipped to 2024. The Predators seek to deliver another road triumph and the Coyotes are out to avoid a fifth loss in six home games Saturday at Tempe, Ariz. Since losing six of its first eight road games, Nashville is

The Tampa Bay Lightning have proven all season, and especially this month, that they are strong in defending their home ice. Now the chore of gaining ground in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race hits the road as the surging Lightning visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, the second meeting in New York between the Atlantic Division foes. The game will open a critical period for the Lightning, who play three contests away from Tampa,

The Philadelphia Flyers can no longer be considered a surprise. They’re clearly for real. The Flyers dismantled the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Thursday and will now look for their sixth win in a row when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday afternoon. “Coming into this game, I think we kind of talked that we wanted to make a statement,” said Morgan Frost, who had two assists. “I think most of the league knows that

The New York Islanders will try to salvage a victory from their four-game trip against Central Division foes when they meet the struggling Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. New York has lost four straight on the road overall. The Islanders’ most recent victory away from home was a 5-1 win at Arizona on Jan. 4. The club last lost four consecutive road games in regulation in November 2021, but defenseman Scott Mayfield believes the Islanders are

Florida Panthers star Sam Reinhart has scored a special-teams goal in eight consecutive games — something no other NHL player has ever done. However, as hot as Reinhart is — and his 33 goals rank second in the league — the Panthers are in dire need of a win on Friday night when they end their five-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild. The Panthers have lost three straight games, although the past two setbacks came