NHL

AP Sports WriterFast-skating Avs center MacKinnon speeds toward successBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) Mention a topic, just about any topic, and sharp-shooting Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon takes his elusiveness to a whole new level.Not appearing on the cover of the NHL's latest video game? ''Don't care,'' he responds....

AP Hockey WriterTaxi! NHL taxi squads to help teams stay on ice in pandemicBy LARRY LAGEis bracing for bumps as it aims to pull offduring the pandemic and the hope is that taxi squads will help teams stay on the ice.The defending Western Conference champion Dallas Stars have already...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) Dallas continued its impressive road form with a 4-1 win at Carolina on Friday to increase the Stars' lead atop the NHL Central Division.Patrick Sharp scored the go-ahead goal for the Stars, who are setting the pace in the Western Conference and moved three...

Minnesota Wild fire coach Bruce BoudreauST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau on Friday after their 30th loss of the season.First-year general manager Bill Guerin fired Boudreau in the aftermath of a shootout loss to the New York Rangers. Assistant Dean Evason was named...

AP Hockey WriterLockout looming? NHL is 1 year away from key labor deadlineBy STEPHEN WHYNOConnor McDavid heard teammates talking about another potential lockout when he entered the NHL - in 2015.As he became one of hockey's best players and signed the richest annual contract in the league, McDavid says...

AP Hockey WriterNHL teams get jump on deadline with flurry of early tradesBy STEPHEN WHYNOTom Fitzgerald changed teams twice at the NHL trade deadline as a player and knows how it feels.As interim general manager of the New Jersey Devils, he didn't wait until deadline day to trade captain...

Kings defenseman Alec Martinez has surgery for cut on wristLOS ANGELES (AP) Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery to repair a cut on his right wrist.Martinez had the radial artery and two superficial radial nerves repaired after they...

AP Sports WriterStars in Stanley Cup Final after being outscored and outshotBy STEPHEN HAWKINSThe Dallas Stars were mired in a six-game losing streak when the season was paused for 4 1/2 months because of the coronavirus pandemic, and have been outscored and outshot since getting inside the NHL bubble.Yet...

NEW YORK (AP) Mats Zuccarello scored with 58.3 seconds left to give the New York Rangers their ninth straight win, 4-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.Zuccarello also had two assists as New York improved to 14-2-2, the best 18-game start in franchise history in wins and...

The NHL's trade deadline passed, and Roberto Luongo remains with the Vancouver Canucks, the victim of his own long-term contract that extends through 2022. Luongo showed his frustration with his contract and his current status as a backup goaltender Wednesday during a news conference with the Vancouver media. "My contract sucks...

Associated PressGranlund scores in OT, Wild beat Lightning 5-4By BRIAN HALLST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Finishing a tiring stretch with four games in six nights, the Minnesota Wild twice faced a two-goal deficit in the first to the dangerous Tampa Bay Lightning.Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau has learned a very...

Riley Sheahan realizes it could have been worse, so much worse. The Detroit Red Wings' prospect was arrested in October after being pulled over for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. According to reports, he had a blood-alcohol level of .30, which falls under Michigan's tough "super drunk"...