Ice Hockey

Seattle is getting a National Hockey League team. It will just have to wait a little bit longer to drop the puck. The NHL Board of Governors unanimously approved adding Seattle as the league's 32nd franchise on Tuesday, with play set to begin in 2021 ...

Patric Hornqvist's natural hat trick in the third period powered the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Tuesday night. The Avalanche had erased a three-goal deficit to tie the game going into the third when Hornqvist went to work. His power-play goal 6:11 into ...

Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point like playing on the same line, and it's a combination that's working out well for the Tampa Bay Lightning, too. Kucherov had a goal and three assists for his first four-point game, Point added a goal and two assists, and ...

Alec Martinez scored with 2:13 left, Jonathan Quick stopped 34 shots for his 50th career shutout and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Sunday night. Martinez tipped Jake Muzzin's pass past goalie Petr Mrazek to help the Kings end a two-game ...

Tom Wilson got back on the score sheet and put himself back under the microscope that has become a part of his existence in the NHL. Wilson scored again before being ejected for a questionable hit and Nicklas Backstrom had a hat trick and four ...

Rick Middleton raised his No. 16 to the TD Garden rafters Thursday night, nearly three decades after playing his final game with the Boston Bruins. Middleton, nicknamed "Nifty," spent 12 seasons with the black and gold from 1976 to 1988, scoring 402 goals and totaling ...

The Buffalo Sabres came up just short of a history-making run. Cedric Paquette broke a tie with 5:41 left and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended the Sabres' franchise-record-tying winning streak at 10 games with a 5-4 victory Thursday night. "I thought it was great stretch by ...

Auston Matthews says the last month was torture watching his Toronto Maple Leafs. The star center jumped right back in the action at full speed Wednesday night. Matthews had two goals and an assist in his return to the lineup after missing 14 games with a ...

John Tortorella hopes his team learned a lesson. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals to help the Columbus Blue Jackets hold on for a 7-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night. The Blue Jackets led 3-0 after the first period and led by four ...