NHL Previews

Coming off what star center Nathan MacKinnon called his team’s “best win of the year,” the Colorado Avalanche will put a five-game winning streak on the line when they travel to Edmonton to face Connor McDavid and the Oilers on Saturday night. Colorado has had a few days to enjoy its 4-3 overtime victory at Western Conference-leading Vancouver on Wednesday, a win that moved the Avalanche into a first-place tie in the Central Division with

The Washington Capitals look to build some momentum when they visit the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. With a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night, the Capitals improved to 1-2-0 on a five-game road trip as they battle for an Eastern Conference playoff spot. T.J. Oshie scored and Connor McMichael supplied the game-winner in the third period when he intercepted a drop pass at the offensive blue line and scored on a

With each at the bottom of the conference standings, generating some late-season momentum would be ideal for the Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks. Both look to rebound from their latest defeat when they meet in Columbus on Saturday. The Blue Jackets are last in the Eastern Conference with 55 points, while out in the West, San Jose’s 39 are a league low. The Blue Jackets have been outscored 8-3 during their current 0-2-1

The Boston Bruins begin their longest remaining homestand of the regular season when the Philadelphia Flyers pay a visit Saturday night for the first of two meetings between the teams in consecutive weeks. Earning a 2-1 overtime win in Montreal on Thursday to go to 4-1-1 in their last six games was key for the Bruins, who sit just one point behind the first-place Florida Panthers in both the Eastern Conference and overall NHL standings.

The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning will meet Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., as part of their continuing battle to establish pecking order among the Sunshine State’s NHL powers. The Lightning, who have won two Stanley Cup titles over the past four years and three in total, finished last season six points ahead of the Panthers in the Atlantic Division standings. The Panthers — who have yet to win a Stanley Cup title — made

The New Jersey Devils aim to record consecutive wins for the first time in more than a month when they visit the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz. The Devils posted two-goal victories over the Seattle Kraken and Nashville Predators on Feb. 12-13 before losing nine of their next 13 games. New Jersey showed signs of breaking out of its malaise, however, by scoring three goals in the first 5:12 of the second period

The New York Rangers, who hit the road to play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, will be looking in both directions of the standings as they head into the final weeks of the regular season. The Rangers can look down in the order of teams as they try to hold off the Carolina Hurricanes and secure the Metropolitan Division title. They can also look above them with a chance to chase down the Boston Bruins

The first half of a cross-country road trip couldn’t have gone any better for the New York Islanders. But the back half couldn’t have gone much worse for the Islanders, who will look to begin steadying themselves for a playoff run when they return home Saturday to host the Ottawa Senators in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams were off Friday after playing on the road Thursday, when the Islanders lost to the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 and

The Detroit Red Wings haven’t qualified for the playoffs the past seven seasons. They’re in danger of extending that streak if they don’t end another very soon. The Red Wings have lost seven straight games, all in regulation. It’s their longest losing streak since they dropped 12 in a row in November and December of 2019, the last 10 in regulation. Detroit will try again to end the slide when it hosts the Buffalo Sabres