GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild are showing signs of sorting things out after a rocky start to the season.
Ryan Hartman scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are off to an impressive start early in the season.
Derek Stepan scored at 2:01 of overtime and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders didn't miss a beat after a four-day break.
Anders Lee's third-period goal was the eventual winner and the Islanders beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jaroslav Halak was tested from the start, facing breakaways, odd-man rushes, numerous good chances on power plays.
He turned away every one and the Boston Bruins won...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers' top line keeps carrying the team.
Aleksander Barkov scored two goals, Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists, and Evgenii Dadonov added two assists...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Before Arizona's seven-game homestand began, several players spoke about winning five to get back into the playoff race.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Darcy Kuemper might not have imagined that by the end of Thursday night, he'd have played in as many games as the goalie he backs up, the injured Antti Raanta.
Kuemper had a career-high 44 saves in his sixth straight game in net, and the Arizona Coyotes held off the Western Conference-leading Nashville Predators 2-1.
Kuemper kept a shutout going until Nick Bonino scored with 7:51 to play.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Facing a Carolina Hurricanes team that leads the league in shots per game, the Arizona Coyotes needed every one of goalie Antti Raanta's career high 48 saves. They also needed overtime after giving up a three-goal lead.
Michael Grabner scored 1:17 into the extra period to lift the Coyotes to their fifth straight win, 4-3 over the Hurricanes on Friday night.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Celebrating several of their season-high seven goals to the strains of "Werewolves of London," Arizona took a bite out of Tampa Bay in a 7-1 victory Saturday.
And a Coyotes' team that was shut out in three of its first four games has gravitated to the other extreme, scoring 22 goals in the last five games while winning three in a row and four of five to reach .500 of the first time this season.
ARIZONA COYOTES
LAST SEASON: 29-41-12, 70 points. Last in Pacific Division.
COACH: Rick Tocchet (second season, fourth NHL season).
ADDED: C Alex Galchenyuk, F Michael Grabner, F Vinnie Hinostroza, D Jordan Oesterle, D Ilya Lyubushkin.
LOST: F Max Domi, F Jordan Martinook, D Luke Schenn, C Zac Rinaldo.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have undergone massive changes in recent years, parting ways with key players while overhauling their roster.
Defenseman Oliver Ekman Larsson has been the one constant and he's going to be in the desert a long time.
The Coyotes signed the two-time All-Star defenseman to an eight-year contract extension on Sunday that averages $8.25 million per year.
The contract comes on the heels of a six-year, $33 million contract Ekman-Larsson signed in 2013.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Cory Schneider is replacing Keith Kinkaid in goal for the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Coach John Hynes decided to make the move with New Jersey trailing 2-0 in the best-of-7 series.
Monday night's game will mark the return of forward Marcus Johansson to the lineup. He has been sidelined since late January with a concussion.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keith Kinkaid has always performed well against the Los Angeles Kings.
Entering the crux of a six-game road trip crucial to the New Jersey's playoff hopes, the Devils' goalie tormented the Kings once again.
Kinkaid stopped 38 saves for his first shutout of the season, helping the Devils improve their playoff positioning with a 3-0 win over the Kings on Saturday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New Jersey Devils are fighting for their playoff lives.
And they're certainly playing like it.
Blake Coleman scored twice, Michael Grabner and Nico Hischier each had a goal and an assist, and New Jersey routed the Vegas Golden Knights 8-3 on Wednesday night.
After opening a six-game road trip with a victory over Western Conference-leading Nashville on Saturday, the Devils handed Vegas, the second-best team in the West, its worst home loss of the season.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have acquired speedy winger Michael Grabner from the New York Rangers in the first trade between the cross-river rivals.
New Jersey sends a 2018 second-round draft pick and 20-year-old defensive prospect Yegor Rykov to New York. The teams announced the deal Thursday night after the Devils lost to the Minnesota Wild at home and the Rangers lost to the Montreal Canadiens on the road.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks weren't ecstatic with they way they played, but it was good enough to get a win.
Andrew Cogliano and Adam Henrique capped Anaheim's four-goal first period and the Ducks went on to a 6-3 victory over the struggling New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist, Corey Perry added a goal and an assist, and Rickard Rakell and J.T. Brown also scored to help Anaheim win for the fourth time in six games. John Gibson stopped 41 shots.
NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist and Brady Skjei sat inside the Rangers' dressing room after shellacking the Flyers, and surprisingly enough, their conversation was all about defense.
Even after Rick Nash scored twice in New York's 5-1 win over Philadelphia, the Rangers were most pleased by what happened in their own end.
"We both said that was our best collective defensive game in a long time, and we end up scoring five goals," Skjei said.
NEW YORK (AP) — J.T. Miller was in the perfect spot in front of the goal to take advantage of a rebound in overtime and keep the New York Rangers perfect in four regular season outdoor games.
Miller scored a power-play goal 2:43 into the extra period to lift the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday in the NHL's 10th Winter Classic at Citi Field.
NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist stopped 39 shots, Paul Carey scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner also scored for New York, and Nick Holden and David Desharnais each had two assists. The Rangers have won three straight.
Ondrej Kase scored for the Ducks, who have lost three in a row. John Gibson made 28 saves.
NEW YORK (AP) — As he has so many times before, Henrik Lundqvist kept the New York Rangers in the game long enough for its scorers to break through.
Lundqvist stopped 39 shots, Paul Carey scored twice and the Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Tuesday night to win their third straight. Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner also scored for New York, and Nick Holden and David Desharnais each had two assists.
BOSTON (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist has seen Mats Zuccarello's shot many times during practice so he knows how tough it is to stop.
Zuccarello scored a power-play goal 1:56 into overtime to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Grabner's speed was known when the Rangers added him before last season. His offensive production has provided the secondary scoring they have needed.
Grabner scored three goals, including two late empty-netters, to lead New York to a 5-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. The Austrian winger has tallied 30 goals — including three of his five career hat tricks — in his first 102 games with the Rangers.
NEW YORK (AP) — Although Henrik Lundqvist didn't face a lot of shots, he came up big when he needed to.
Lundqvist stopped 20 shots for his second shutout of the season and 63rd of his career, leading the New York Rangers over the Ottawa Senators 3-0 on Sunday night.
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Carlson scored the winner in overtime and the Washington Capitals came back to beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Monday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Carlson scored with 45.4 seconds left on the clock in OT, his first goal in 16 games, after T.J. Oshie whiffed on his shot attempt. Devante Smith-Pelly and Alex Ovechkin scored in regulation for Washington, which got 24 saves from Braden Holtby.
NEW YORK (AP) — Given three power-play chances in the third period, the New York Rangers converted them all in a comeback victory over Columbus.
Michael Grabner had two goals and the Rangers scored four times in the third to rally past the Blue Jackets 5-3 on Monday night for their fourth straight win.
Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Kreider and Pavel Buchnevich scored in the third for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad had an assist on all three power-play goals.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The New York Rangers are looking forward to returning home with a three-game win streak.
Kevin Shattenkirk scored twice, including the winner in overtime, and the Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Saturday night.
Rick Nash, Michael Grabner and Nick Holden also scored for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots.
The Rangers, who stumbled to a 2-6-2 start this season, are home for the next three games.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad got the tiebreaking goal with 5:39 left and the New York Rangers scored four in the third period to rally for a 6-4 victory over the expansion Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
Jimmy Vesey, Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich and Michael Grabner scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves. Zibanejad also had assists on the first two goals in the third, helping the Rangers win for the third time in seven games (3-2-2).
NEW YORK (AP) — After two lackluster periods, the New York Rangers turned up the intensity in the third and rallied for a needed win.
Mika Zibanejad got the tiebreaking goal with 5:39 left and the Rangers scored four in the final period to beat the expansion Vegas Golden Knights 6-4 on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Their youth and a new-look fourth line helped the New York Rangers get a needed win.
Pavel Buchnevich scored twice and added an assist, rookie Boo Nieves had three assists and the Rangers beat the winless Arizona Coyotes 5-2 Thursday night.
Michael Grabner had two goals, Chris Kreider also scored and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 27 shots to help New York get just its third victory of the season in the finale of a season-high six-game homestand.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mats Zuccarello got the New York Rangers off to a fast start and they cruised to a crucial win against the Ottawa Senators.
Zuccarello had a goal and an assist in the first period and the Rangers went on to a 4-1 victory Tuesday night that cut the Senators' lead to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Michael Grabner, Rick Nash and Oscar Lindberg also scored, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 shots.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Joseph Blandisi and John Quenneville have become the best of friends this season playing for the Devils' top farm team in Albany. Their chemistry was the difference Tuesday night in New Jersey's first win over the New York Rangers this season.
Blandisi set up Quenneville's first NHL goal and Quennville returned the favor in overtime, setting up his pal's winner on an odd-man rush with 54.6 seconds left in a 3-2 win that left the Rangers with a rare road loss.