NHL

AP Sports WriterSharks use 2nd period barrage to beat Ducks 8-1 for 3-0 leadBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Joonas Donskoi scored one goal and set up another to start a four-goal barrage in the second period and the San Jose Sharks raced past Anaheim for the third...

AP Sports WriterBlackhawks beat Red Wings 5-2 for 7th straight winBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Dominik Kahun had two goals and an assist, Cam Ward made 43 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Sunday for their seventh straight win.Chicago's second line of Kahun,...

Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine was suspended three games for an elbow to the head of Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds on Friday night. Erskine was punished Saturday for a hit he delivered to Simmonds' face that sent him to the ice with a bloody nose late in the first period...

Milbury apologizes for comments made during NHL playoff gameNEW YORK (AP) Former coach and NBC Sports analyst Mike Milbury apologized Friday for saying during a playoff game broadcast that there weren't women in the NHL bubble to disrupt the players' concentration.The comments were made during Thursday night's game...

AP Hockey WriterPending free agents confront injury risk in NHL playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNOAlex Pietrangelo and his wife had ongoing discussions about whether he should return to the ice when the NHL season resumes.In addition to wanting to keep the couple's infant triplets safe during the pandemic, the 30-year-old captain...

AP Hockey WriterNHL's top draft prospect staying patient amid uncertaintyBy JOHN WAWROWAlexis Lafreniere could never have envisioned ending his prolific junior hockey career in such an anticlimactic setting.There was no final buzzer, and the NHL's projected top draft prospect was nowhere near an ice rink Wednesday. Lafreniere was instead...

AP Hockey WriterNHL players not rushing back to rinks for voluntary skatesBy STEPHEN WHYNOJohn Tavares took his sticks home from the rink in Toronto to tape them up so he wouldn’t waste his limited time there.Across the border, Andrew Copp is waiting things out in the U.S. before returning...

AP Hockey WriterNHL goaltenders getting concussions at an alarming rateBy STEPHEN WHYNOFilip Chytil beat the last defender to the net, snapped the shot past Tuukka Rask and barreled over the goaltender he had just scored on.Rask flipped his mask off, lay prone and needed assistance to get to his...

AP Hockey WriterJagr, Kovalchuk among questions left in busy NHL free agencyBy STEPHEN WHYNOA busy weekend to kick off NHL free agency has left a few prominent players still looking for landing spots, and teams still needing to fill some holes.The leftover list is a who's who of stars...

Sharks hire Dave Barr as assistant coachSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The San Jose Sharks have hired Dave Barr as an assistant coach on Peter DeBoer's staff.Barr will serve as the team's ''eye in the sky'' this season. Barr had previously worked with DeBoer for four years in New...

Peter Laviolette named coach of Washington CapitalsWASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Capitals hired Peter Laviolette, who won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, as coach on Tuesday.Laviolette replaces Todd Reirden, who was fired last month after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs.Laviolette, 55, has...

AP Hockey WriterInjured Jets in biggest trouble of NHL teams down 1-0By STEPHEN WHYNOTrouble keeps following Winnipeg Jets, from one of their best players not reporting to training camp to a bevy of injuries throughout the regular season.They're deep in it once again, not because of their Game 1...