Today, empty-net goals are as common as faceoffs. You see them almost every night. When a team is down late in the third, pulling the goalie for an extra attacker in one last desperate push to tie the ...

NEW YORK -- With two minutes remaining in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals and his team down by a goal, Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen sprinted to his team's bench. About a minute and a ...

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 ...

Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky for the NHL all-time goals record with two tallies against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He had the opportunity to go for the hat trick and No. 895 with an ...

The Nashville Predators took on the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight in the final Saturday night game before the Christmas break.

DALLAS — Kiefer Sherwood set an NHL record three weeks ago by accumulating the most hits in a season. He helped the Vancouver Canucks made history on Tuesday night with a big comeback in the final ...

After scoring his 895th goal against the New York Islanders on Sunday, Alex Ovechkin is now officially the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history. Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky took 20 years, and he has ...

Welcome to Rules Court, the feature in which you send in your proposals for NHL rule changes and three of us vote on them. Convince at least two of us, and your rule is passed. This is, by my count, ...

Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice had some choice words for the Carolina Hurricanes’ final two open-net goals of the game. “I didn’t like the last two (goals) at all. That gap was horses--t,” ...

The Wild’s stagnant offense while playing 5-on-5 is getting harder to ignore. Despite a dominating third period that included two power play goals to pull within one, the Wild’s rally stalled with a 5 ...