The Rangers allowed three unanswered goals in the third period to fall 5-3 to the playoff-bound Sabres on Wednesday night at the Garden. 

Islanders’ Tony DeAngelo was back at practice Wednesday and his new head coach is “positively optimistic” he will play Thursday vs. the Maple Leafs.

Edmonton Oilers captain has five points, including a hat trick, in lopsided win over the San Jose Sharks

Thompson makes 21 saves for Washington, which has won 5 of 7

It took until the 26th game of the season but thanks to a Natalie Snodgrass power-play goal, the Seattle Torrent picked up their first regulation road win Wednesday night beating the Ottawa Charge 5-3

Seattle’s inaugural general manager was hired in 2019; GM Botterill will lead hockey operations

Alex Ovechkin says he is waiting until after the Washington Capitals’ season is over to decide whether he’s calling it a career or returning to play one more year

The former Boston College standout signed an NHL entry-level contract Wednesday and expected to practice with the Bruins Thursday.

Nichushkin scores twice for Colorado; St. Louis fails to gain in wild card

New Jersey lost 26 of 41 games earlier this season, on verge of missing playoffs

Rise of the Sabres, Canadiens will make for a new playoff look this spring

The Bruins did earn a point in the standings, where they remained lodged in the No. 2 wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with 96 points.

Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar isn’t ready to plan any parades just yet

Schmaltz scores twice for Utah, which has won 4 straight; McDavid has goal, assist for Edmonton

Nashville goaltender Justus Annunen makes 43 saves as the Ducks lose to the Predators 5-0 and drop their sixth consecutive game.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice, including in overtime, to lead the Dallas Stars to the 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

The decision to fire Patrick Roy and hire Pete DeBoer will not be a failure if the Islanders miss the playoffs, but the 2025-26 season will be.

A group of fans seemed to make the hateful gesture during a game in December, but the video only recently made waves on social media, which led the organization to launch an internal investigation.…

Forward out since March 15 with lower-body injury; Hyman could play before regular season ends

San Jose Sharks face the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday to finish six-game homestand

Winnipeg scores 3 goals on power play; Seattle has lost 5 straight, is 1-7-2 in past 10

Zucker has goal, assist for Buffalo; Kucherov scores 400th career goal for Tampa Bay

The weekend results around the NHL tightened up a handful of playoff races.

That someone, it turns out, was the Islanders, who jumped the market on Sunday by making DeBoer their replacement for Patrick Roy, having fired Roy with four games left in the regular season.

Porter Martone scored his first NHL goal in dramatic fashion, netting the overtime winner for the Philadelphia Flyers against the Boston Bruins

Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season and the New Jersey Devils beat Montreal 3-0 on Sunday night, ending the Canadiens’ eight-game winning streak hours after they clinched a second straight playoff spot.

The saying should go: If you can’t join ’em, beat ’em.

1st trip since 2011 ‘really special’ time for city that endured longest postseason drought in NHL history

Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Breaks tie with 1:51 left for Minnesota after Detroit rallies with 3 goals in 3rd

Snuggerud, Holloway each has 3 assists for St. Louis, which gains in wild-card race

Deadspin | Habs outlast Devils in shootout to earn 8th straight victory

U.S. women’s hockey gold medal winner Caroline Harvey stood on the Chase Bridge inside Madison Square Garden, marveling at the scene that was taking place before her Saturday night.

Seth Jarvis had two goals and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth victory in five games.

One of the Rangers’ most promising young players became the latest rookie to add optimism to the final leg of this lost season.

Hart makes 31 saves, Eichel has 3 assists for Vegas; Edmonton winning streak ends at 5

Jost has 3 points for Nashville; San Jose’s 4-game winning streak ends

Boisvert scores 1st NHL goal for Chicago; Seattle has dropped 8 of 9

Clayton Keller had the third hat trick of his career and the Utah Mammoth extended their winning streak to three games with a 7-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks

Farabee, Gridin each has goal, assist for Calgary; Anaheim fails to gain in Pacific

Kempe has 4 points, extends goal streak to 4 games for Los Angeles

Oliver Kapanen’s decisive goal in the shootout gave the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils for their eighth straight win on Saturday.

The Buffalo Sabres clinched their first NHL playoff berth since 2011, ending the longest playoff drought in league history after the Detroit Red Wings lost on Saturday.

Forward scores twice, Scheifele has 2 assists for Winnipeg; Columbus is 1-6-1 in past 8 games

Dylan Holloway scores a pair of power-play goals and Robert Thomas finishes with a goal and two assists to lead the Blues to a 6-2 win over the Ducks.

The Kings managed to come back from an early two-goal deficit, but fall in an eight-round shootout to move into a three-way tie with the Predators and Sharks.

Faulk questionable for Red Wings on Saturday; Gauthier remains out for Ducks

Of course Cole Caufield has thought about it. After scoring his 48th and 49th goals of the season, he acknowledged as much.

Buffalo lost to Ottawa on Thursday in 1st attempt to end historic 14-season drought

There was a notable amount of Montreal jerseys in the MSG stands to see it.