• The Canadian Press

    Pezzetta scores shootout winner; Canadiens beat Sabres 4-3

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brendan Gallagher and the Montreal Canadiens rallied back to avoid playoff elimination with less than three weeks left in their season. The Buffalo Sabres, meanwhile, are running out of chances to stay in the Eastern Conference wild-card hunt. Gallagher forced overtime by scoring his 200th career goal, and Michael Pezzetta scored the decisive shootout goal in a 4-3 win over the Sabres on Monday night. “It’s one of those things I think we earned that chance. We weren’t fantas

  • The Canadian Press

    Wild beat Kraken 5-1 behind Boldy's 2nd hat trick in 8 days

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy had his second hat trick in the last five games for Minnesota, Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves, and the surging Wild beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Monday night. Jake Middleton had a rare goal, Ryan Hartman scored late and Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson and Joel Eriksson Ek each had two assists as the Wild stayed in first place in the Central Division. They took a one-point lead on both Colorado and Dallas into the day, with a critical road game against the Av

  • The Canadian Press

    Senators pounce on Panthers, hang on for 5-2 win

    OTTAWA — The battle of the Tkachuk brothers went to the younger Brady in every sense Monday night. A goal and an assist by Brady Tkachuk helped the Ottawa Senators get past the visiting Florida Panthers and Matthew Tkachuk 5-2 on Monday. The elder Tkachuk was held pointless. The home crowd got into the action as well as they broke into a “Brady’s better” chant on a couple of occasions. “To be honest I thought it was awesome,” Senators forward Tim Stutzle said of the chant. “I think we have to gi