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Nathan MacKinnon Has Two Points To Hit 100 This Season

Mar 1, 2024 1:19 AM

Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist, giving him 100 points in 61 games this season, as the Avalanche beat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Thursday night.

MacKinnon scored his 36th goal with 2:28 left in the third period, sending a wrist shot between Petr Mrazek's legs. He joins Peter Stastny (7), Joe Sakic (6), Michel Goulet (4) and Peter Forsberg (2) as the only players in Nordiques/Avalanche NHL history with multiple 100-point seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

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Patrick Kane Scores Winner In First Game vs. Blackhawks

Feb 26, 2024 12:32 AM

Patrick Kane returned to Chicago with the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday for his first game against the Blackhawks since he was traded to the New York Rangers a year ago. The 35-year-old winger, nicknamed Showtime for his flashy style, had 446 goals and 779 assists in 1,161 regular-season games with his first NHL team.

Just like he has so many times before, Kane delivered. He had a goal and an assist in Detroit's 3-2 victory, closing it out on a breakaway 1:43 into overtime. 

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Auston Matthews Scores Goals 50, 51 In 54th Game

Feb 22, 2024 4:15 PM

Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star's hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years.

Playing his 54th game of the season, Matthews scored 5:01 into the game on a power play to give Toronto a 2-0 lead over the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena. He added his 51st -- giving him 350 career goals in 535 games -- late in the second period for a 4-2 lead.

The Maple Leafs went on to win 6-3.

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Rangers Beat Islanders In OT In Front Of 79,690 Fans In Stadium Series

Feb 18, 2024 9:46 PM

It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell.

"It wasn't a script we would have written," Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said after their 6-5 overtime victory in front of 79,690 fans at MetLife Stadium in the highest-scoring outdoor game in NHL history. "It was crazy. It was awesome. So many props to our guys after a first period that didn't go the way we wanted at all."

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Panthers Set Team Record With 11th Straight Road Win

Feb 18, 2024 12:58 PM

Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett each had two goals and two assists as the Florida Panthers won their franchise-record 11th consecutive road game by routing the rival Tampa Bay Lightning 9-2 on Saturday night.

Florida is now one win from matching league history, and coupled with the Boston Bruins' loss earlier in the day, the Panthers now hold a one-point lead in the Atlantic Division. Boston is the division's defending champion and has been the first-place tenant for most of this season.

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Auston Matthews Nets Second Straight Hat Trick

Feb 18, 2024 12:56 PM

Auston Matthews had his second straight hat trick to push his NHL-leading goals total to 48 and added two assists for a career-high five points in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 9-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.

Amid consistent "M-V-P!" chants raining down from the rafters, Matthews broke a tie for the Toronto record for hat tricks in a season with six, passing Reg Noble (1917-18), Babe Dye (1924-25) and Darryl Sittler (1980-81).

Matthews also had his team-record 73rd multigoal game, two more than Sittler. The American has 13 career hat tricks.

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Devils Beat Flyers In Front Of 70,328 Fans At MetLife

Feb 18, 2024 12:53 PM

New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier said their game at MetLife Stadium had been circled on their calendar before the season. What he didn't know was how crucial their 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night could end up being for the Devils.

"That's a win that brings the group together," said Hischier, who had two goals and an assist in front of 70,328 fans, the largest crowd to date for an NHL Stadium Series game. "We knew it was a big game at the beginning of the year. With how the standings are, it's an even a bigger game. So, this can bring the group together. We move on, we take the good feelings out of it, and now we have more business to do."

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Connor McDavid Tallies Career-High Six Assists

Feb 14, 2024 1:10 AM

Connor McDavid had a career-high six assists to lead Edmonton to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night, the Oilers' eighth straight home victory.

It was McDavid's second career six-point game (Nov. 14, 2019, against the Colorado Avalanche)

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Alex Ovechkin Breaks Wayne Gretzky's Record For Empty-Net Goals

Feb 11, 2024 1:47 AM

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin shattered a Wayne Gretzky NHL goals record in Saturday's win over the Boston Bruins -- although not the one Ovechkin hopes to break soon.

Ovechkin's empty-net goal at 19:33 of the third period was the 57th of his career, breaking a tie with Gretzky for the most in NHL history. The Capitals shut out the Bruins 3-0 in Boston to snap a six-game winless streak.

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MVP Auston Matthews Leads His Team To All-Star Win

Feb 3, 2024 7:59 PM

Playing in his home arena, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews stole the show during Saturday's NHL All-Star Game tournament, authoring an MVP performance and capping off a revamped weekend of festivities at the league's annual showcase.

Team Matthews eliminated Team McDavid with a 7-4 victory in the 3-on-3 finale, sending the fans, many donning Matthews jerseys, home happy from Scotiabank Arena

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Auston Matthews Scores 40th Goal, Reaches 600 Career Points

Islanders Win In Coach Patrick Roy's Debut

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Marc-Andre Fleury Moves Into Second Place In NHL Wins

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Marc-Andre Fleury Ties Patrick Roy For Second In All-Time Wins

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Panthers Outlast Golden Knights In Stanley Cup Rematch

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Stars Score Twice In Final 13 Seconds For Win

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Patrick Kane Just Misses Goal In Red Wings Debut

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Kings Set NHL Record With 11th Straight Road Win

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Jets Blank Panthers In Rick Bowness' Return

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Connor Bedard Records First Multi-Point Game

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Sharks Snap 11-Game Losing Streak, Dodge NHL History

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Sharks Tie NHL Record With 11 Losses To Start Season

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Connor McDavid Returns Early, Oilers Beat Flames In Outdoor Game

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Penguins Snap Avs' NHL-Record Road Winning Streak At 15-Games

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Avs Move To 6-0 With Record 15th Straight Road Win

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Connor McDavid Injured In Oilers' OT Loss

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Leo Carlsson Scores Goal In Impressive NHL Debut

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Marc-Andre Fleury Wins What May Be His Montreal Finale

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Auston Matthews Opens Season With Two Hat Tricks

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Connor Bedard Scores First NHL Goal

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