The Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoffs series with a 4-2 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

The Colorado Avalanche are returning home after a three-game road trip ... Avalanche predictions and NHL picks for Tuesday, April 8 are siding with the road team. The Colorado Avalanche look ...

Robert Thomas set up Buchnevich with a backhand pass from behind the net, extending his point streak to nine games (four goals, 16 assists). Thomas was named the NHL's Third Star of the Week ...

Gretzky scored his 894th and final NHL goal against the Islanders in March 1999. Ovechkin scored the record breaker in his 1,487th game, the same number that Gretzky played in his Hall of Fame career.

Gretzky and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman ... Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Here are highlights from Sunday's Washington Capitals-New York Islanders game: Alex Ovechkin said he ...

The connections to history on Sunday were many. Gretzky scored his 894th and final NHL goal against the Islanders in March 1999. Ovechkin scored the record breaker in his 1,487th game, the same number ...

finally finding the back of the net in his 22nd NHL game. As an added bonus, his goal came from the first career NHL assist for his good friend, Linus Karlsson, with a couple of other AHL call-ups ...

finally finding the back of the net in his 22nd NHL game. As an added bonus, his goal came from the first career NHL assist for his good friend, Linus Karlsson, with a couple of other AHL call-ups on ...

As is tradition, Saturday is absolutely loaded with NHL games. Hope you got a good night's sleep! With 13 games on the schedule, it's best to go game-by-game to preview what's at stake for each ...

Ovechkin was playing in Russia at the time, but the 2004 No. 1 overall pick scored twice in his 2005 NHL debut and now has tied the Hall of Famer with another two-goal game. "It means a lot ...