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The New York Islanders won’t have to look far Saturday night for proof that an early lull doesn’t have to define a season. Still, they are running out of time to prove their first impression isn’t the lasting one. The Islanders will look to snap out of their third-period doldrums and end a three-game losing streak Saturday night when they oppose the Washington Capitals in Elmont, N.Y. The Islanders’ latest setback was a 5-2 defeat

The Ottawa Senators have one more chance to give their fans a jolt of hope before heading across the Atlantic. After the Senators play host to the Calgary Flames on Saturday, they depart for Sweden to face the Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings in the Global Series next week. The Senators, who are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, have just one win in their past four games and

The surging Vancouver Canucks will attempt to earn their sixth consecutive victory Saturday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canucks opened a three-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Toronto needed a shootout to defeat the visiting Calgary Flames 5-4 on Friday night in the opening of Hall of Fame weekend. The game had a familiar look as the Maple Leafs failed to hold a 4-1

The fact that Tampa Bay finally took a home loss in regulation on Thursday was not the issue for the Lightning. It was how it all went down. The Lightning, who host the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, saw Chicago rookie Connor Bedard turn in his best career performance in just over one period of play as the Blackhawks stormed back from two early deficits in a 5-3 win. Bedard, 18, posted two goals and two

The Toronto Raptors will chase a third consecutive road victory when they face the Boston Celtics on Saturday night. It will be the final stop on a four-game road trip for Toronto, which opened the trek with a 114-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers before beating the San Antonio Spurs 123-116 in overtime and topping the Dallas Mavericks 127-116. The Raptors erased a 22-point deficit in their victory at San Antonio on Sunday, then Pascal

The Dallas Stars are considered a Stanley Cup contender and lead the Central Division, yet they don’t believe they have found their stride yet in the early portion of the season. As the Stars prepare to face the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday in the second installment of a three-game road swing, they are still looking for that top-tier game despite a strong record. “We’ve been playing some good hockey as a group, but it’s crazy

The Detroit Red Wings’ hot start is a fading memory. They’re headed overseas next week and hope to get an emotional boost when they host the equally struggling Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday afternoon. The Red Wings are 2-4-2 after a 5-1-0 start. “We came out with a ton of confidence the first five or six games and everything was going in the net for us, everyone was feeling good,” Detroit defenseman Ben Chiarot said.

Seton Hall ultimately won its season opener despite struggling with one local opponent that shocked the world in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. The Pirates face another local opponent that made history and hopes to get another win Saturday afternoon when Fairleigh Dickinson visits South Orange, N.J. Seton Hall (1-0), which was picked ninth in the Big East’s preseason poll, struggled for portions of their 70-59 win over St. Peter’s on Monday in Newark N.J. Facing

Arizona State will try to rebound from a 15-point loss in its season opener to Mississippi State when it hosts Texas Southern on Saturday at Tempe, Ariz. The Sun Devils (0-1), in Bobby Hurley’s ninth season as the head coach, struggled from 3-point range (shooting 5 of 21) and shot 32.1 percent from the field overall in the 71-56 loss to the Bulldogs in Chicago. Hurley’s team includes only three returnees from last season and

When Micah Shrewsberry took over the Notre Dame program from longtime coach Mike Brey in March, he needed to find a lot of new players to fill the roster. Point guard Markus Burton wasn’t one of them. Burton, who earned Indiana’s 2023 Mr. Basketball award, stuck with the commitment he made to Brey in July 2022. He paid immediate dividends by delivering the highest-scoring freshman debut in Irish history with his 29-point effort Monday against