Michal Handzus

Sidney Crosby had his first career hat trick at Mellon Arena and added an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the New Jersey Devils' five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory Saturday night. Crosby, who has six goals in his past three games...

Blake Wheeler and David Krejci both had a goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins won their ninth straight home game with a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. The Bruins, who pulled into a tie with the New York Rangers atop the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Derek Armstrong scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to end a 29-game drought, Alexander Frolov had a goal and an assist in his 400th NHL game, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Saturday. Jarret Stoll...

Derek Armstrong is well aware that he's closer to the end of his NHL career than the beginning, so he enjoys the game now more than ever. Armstrong scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, ending a 29-game drought and helping the Los Angeles...

LeBRON LEADS CAVS PAST NUGGETS. LeBron James scored 22 points, most of them with Carmelo Anthony guarding him, and the host Cavaliers finally put the Nuggets away and won their sixth straight, 110-99, last night. Chauncey Billups had a season-high 26...

The Washington Capitals were missing a good chunk of their offensive firepower because of injuries, so the Los Angeles Kings were able to zone in on Alex Ovechkin. The Kings limited the reigning MVP to just five shots on net and one assist Thursday night...

Penguins rookie Alex Goligoski scored on his first shootout attempt after Sidney Crosby tied it late in the third period with his second goal, and Pittsburgh rallied to beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 after blowing a three-goal lead Thursday...

Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen scored third-period goals and the Detroit Red Wings beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night. Pavel Datsyuk also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, and Chris Osgood had 15...

So that's what happens when a Kings goaltender smothers shots and doesn't leave rebounds that slither under his arm or slip between his pads and saddle his team with deficits it can't make up. He gives his team a chance to win. Imagine that. The...

Mark Hardy listened when the Chicago Blackhawks, recognizing the quality work he had done with their young defensemen as an assistant coach for two seasons, asked him to coach their top farm team in Rockford, Ill. But he didn't want to go to the American...

Maybe they tempted fate once too often, or maybe they had to be reminded that one breakdown can upset their still-delicate balance. After rallying for victories over the Ducks and the Carolina Hurricanes last week, the Kings tried to repeat that...

It was only one game but . . . "It talks about character. It talks about the way you have to play in the National Hockey League," Kings Coach Terry Murray said Friday after his team erased a two-goal deficit and rallied for a 4-3 overtime victory over...