NHL Hockey News

It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team.

It's no secret that when the Rangers were thinking of upgrading their offense in the off season, their first priority was to add the offensive-minded free agent forward Brad Richards.

Olli Jokinen recorded his seventh career hat trick and Miikka Kiprusoff secured his 300th career NHL victory by turning aside 34 shots as the Calgary Flames skated to a 4-3 road triumph over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.

The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will play in the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

In our next installment of "Trade Deadline Options", the crew at Ranger Nation takes a look at Columbus Blue Jackets winger Rick Nash.

Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin may miss Thursday's game against the Minnesota Wild after injuring his right ankle on Tuesday.

FEBRUARY 8: Teemu Selanne #8 of the Anaheim Ducks is interviewed by Fox Sports West's Kent French... All-Star Corey Perry scored at 2:14 of overtime to help them beat the last-place Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday night for their second straight victory.

Drew Miller and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings extended their home winning streak to 18 games with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

Staring at a two-week long road trip, the San Jose Sharks would love to pick up four big points before leaving the friendly confines of HP Pavilion.

The surging Buffalo Sabres will try to open a four-game homestand on a positive note when they host the Boston Bruins this evening at First Niagara Center.

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff will not be on the bench Wednesday night when the Sabres take on the Boston Bruins.

Prospal, 36, has played a very solid season so far for Columbus with 9 goals and 24 assists in 53 games.

Tomas Plekanec scored on Montreal's eighth attempt in the shootout to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Radim Vrbata scored his 25th goal, former Dallas backup Mike Smith made 28 saves and the Coyotes improved their playoff positioning with a 4-1 victory over the Stars on Tuesday night.

After withstanding pressure in the defensive end, the Kings took a 2-1 lead when Clifford scored on a breakaway off a long pass by Rob Scuderi at 10:16. Penner made it 3-1 from the slot with 2:14 left in the period.

DENVER – Gabriel Landeskog broke a tie 38 seconds into the third period, and David Jones added two goals, helping the Colorado Avalanche snap a five-game skid with a 5-2 win against the struggling Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Mathieu Perreault scored with 13 seconds elapsed, Alex Ovechkin had two goals and the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 Tuesday night to take over first place in the Southeast Division.

Rookie defenseman David Savard scored his first career goal and added an assist to lift the Blue Jackets past the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Tuesday night and give Columbus' Todd Richards a win in his first game as coach against his former team.

Alex Edler scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Tuesday night for their fifth win in six games.

Evgeni Nabokov made 45 saves and Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored on Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout, helping the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 on Tuesday night.