NHL Previews

Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares faced his former team on Monday and reached elite status by notching his 1,000th career point off a frenetic sequence in the final seconds of regulation. However, he did not get to fully celebrate with the two points that go along with a win. The New York Rangers would like to keep Tavares from racking up any more points and prevent the visiting Maple Leafs from getting a victory

The San Jose Sharks reside at the bottom of the NHL standings, but they are serving notice that they no longer will go down easily. As the Sharks head to Las Vegas on Sunday night, it’s on the heels of two consecutive impressive comeback victories. They erased a four-goal deficit to claim a thrilling 6-5 overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday, two nights after erasing a three-goal third-period deficit against the New

The Minnesota Wild got a bump when John Hynes took over as head coach in late November, winning their first four games. But the schedule-makers haven’t done Hynes and the Wild any favors this week. The Wild will wrap up a stretch of four games in six days on the road Sunday night in Seattle. After winning 5-2 Tuesday in Calgary, the Wild dropped a 2-0 decision Thursday in Vancouver, then a night later lost

The Nashville Predators will look to avoid consecutive losses when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night to close out a brief two-game Canadian road trip. The Predators suffered their first shutout loss of the season in a 4-0 setback to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Nashville was undone by penalties and a lack of offensive urgency en route to seeing its three-game winning streak come to an end. The Predators mustered just

The Los Angeles Kings saw their historic road winning streak end on a breakaway goal by the New York Islanders on Saturday night. The same night, the New York Rangers authored another dud for their first losing streak of a strong opening two-plus months. On Sunday night, the Kings will try to begin a new road winning streak while the Rangers will hope to avoid a third straight defeat when the teams convene at Madison

The Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals will look to build on impressive Saturday night wins when they meet Sunday night in Chicago. The Capitals ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 shutout of the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers. The Blackhawks have won consecutive games for the first time this season after a 3-1 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues. Charlie Lindgren made 31 saves to help the Capitals spoil former Capitals coach

For as well as the New Jersey Devils have fared as of late, the Edmonton Oilers are playing even better. The surging Oilers will aim for a seventh straight victory while trying to keep the visiting Devils from their seventh win in eight games when the teams meet on Sunday afternoon. Edmonton was perhaps the NHL’s biggest disappointment with its 2-9-1 start. However, the Oilers are 9-3-0 since then and have outscored their opponents 31-11

With the fewest points of any team in the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks are looking to make small gains in any area of the game they can. Following a 1-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, the homestanding Blackhawks await the arrival of the rival St. Louis Blues for a Saturday night matchup. The Blackhawks entered the game against Anaheim mired in a four-game losing streak (0-3-1), and teams engaged in a low-scoring, tight-checking

The struggles of November appear to be firmly in the past for the New Jersey Devils. The Devils continue their four-game road trip with a Saturday matinee contest against the Calgary Flames having won the first two games, the latest a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. New Jersey, which struggled last month in big part due to injuries, has won five of six outings. That is not the only good news for