NHL Previews

The Tampa Bay Lightning will match up for two games over a three-day span with the Dallas Stars starting Saturday afternoon in the Lone Star State. For the Lightning, their season that continues to slip away from them can be defined by one word: turnovers. Against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, Tampa Bay scored twice in the first period and appeared to be on the way to breaking a two-game skid after coming off

Recent results indicate the New Jersey Devils may be regaining their form from a strong opening few weeks and now they would like to avoid any kind of a letdown against the NHL’s worst team. The Devils go for their season-high fourth straight win Friday night in Newark, N.J., when they host the San Jose Sharks, who are still searching for their first road win. New Jersey is on its second three-game winning streak this

Coming off their worst performance of the season, the Ottawa Senators will look for more discipline and more goals when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. Monday’s 5-0 home loss to the Florida Panthers saw the Senators muster just 20 shots en route to being shut out for the first time this season. Tensions rose as the game increasingly got out of hand, resulting in a third-period fracas that saw all 10 players

The Anaheim Ducks will try to snap a seven-game losing streak when they open a two-game homestand Thursday night against the Washington Capitals. The Ducks flew out of the gate with an impressive 9-6-0 start this season before losing 8-2 to the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 15 in Denver. That kicked off the seven-game skid that is the longest active losing streak in the NHL. Anaheim has played without star center Trevor Zegras and defenseman

After a successful and often dramatic road trip, the Montreal Canadiens will look to continue the momentum on home ice when they face the Florida Panthers on Thursday. The Habs return to Montreal after a 3-2-0 road trip marked by late strikes in all three victories. Cole Caufield’s third-period equalizer set up an eventual 3-2 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks on Friday, and Alex Newhook and Joel Armia both scored within the last

The Chicago Blackhawks haven’t been able to put two victories together this season. They will give it another shot on Thursday in a road game against the Detroit Red Wings. Chicago is beginning a three-game road trip after recording a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. The Blackhawks scored a pair of goals in the second period to take a 4-2 lead, then held off the Kraken in the final 20 minutes. “I

It’s not that the Vegas Golden Knights aren’t allowed to have nice things anymore, it’s just that when you are the defending Stanley Cup champions, sooner or later you realize that you can’t rest on your achievements. “There is a big silver trophy you get,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said Tuesday when asked what it is like to have a target on your back after winning the Stanley Cup. “It is a great time. There

The Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks lie on opposite ends of the NHL standings spectrum, but their respective trends have swapped ahead of a Thursday night clash in Boston. Three consecutive regulation losses have dropped Boston from the No. 1 overall spot in the league, while San Jose is within two points of climbing out of the basement after banking back-to-back wins. The Bruins’ struggles amid a stretch of nine games in 16 days

After back-to-back wins during which they scored a combined 13 goals, the Edmonton Oilers may finally have turned the corner following a surprisingly poor start. However, a better measuring stick for the seventh-place Oilers will come Tuesday night when they host the Pacific Division-leading and defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights. It will be the first meeting between the division rivals since May 14, when the visiting Golden Knights, behind a hat trick by