Beware of the Duck. Seriously, Western Conference.
The Anaheim Ducks matched a franchise record with their 10th consecutive win, while provisionally leapfrogging the Los Angeles Kings for top spot in the Pacific Division with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
Perhaps still a little miffed by his exclusion from Canada's World Cup roster, Corey Perry led the way again, and in the absence of captain Ryan Getzlaf. He scored a goal and added two assists, and has totaled eight points over the last three games.
Newcomer Jamie McGinn, meanwhile, built on his successful debut with the club, collecting a goal and an assist.
Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for the win, and has now stopped 70 of his last 72 shots faced in three starts over the last eight days.
Anaheim, which last won 10 straight games in December of 2013, has one regulation loss in its last 19 games.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Adam Henrique proved that being in the right place at the right time can make all the difference.
Henrique forced overtime with a goal, then scored 1:54 into the extra period on the power play as the New Jersey Devils beat ...
DENVER - Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, Calvin Pickard made 24 of his 38 saves in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night.
Jaromir Jagr had an assist on Florida's first goal to...
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, Jamie McGinn and Rickard Rakell scored on Anaheim's first two shots, and the Ducks tied a franchise record with their 10th straight victory by routing the Arizona Coyotes 5-1 on Thursday ...
Winnipeg Jets rookie forward Nikolaj Ehlers is expected to be fine after he was struck in the face with a shot in Thursday's overtime frame versus the New York Islanders, head coach Paul Maurice said.
Frans Nielsen's deflected shot appeared to hit Ehlers near the eye before haplessly rebounding onto the stick of Kyle Okposo, who quickly chopped it into the net for the extra point.
To the Islanders' credit, they were more concerned with the fallen opponent than celebrating the overtime winner.
With his team down 4-3 late in the third, the center scored with 40 seconds remaining to force overtime.
Then, Henrique ended the game at the 1:54 mark of the extra period, securing a big two points.
The win improved New Jersey's record to 31-27-9, good for 69 points on the season. They now sit five points back of Pittsburgh for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Adam Henrique forced overtime with a goal, then scored 1:54 into the extra period on the power play as the New Jersey Devils beat the Predators 5-4 Thursday night, snapping Nashville's five-game winning streak.
Henrique's w...
WINNIPEG - Kyle Okposo scored off a quirky rebound 2:20 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Islanders winger Brock Nelson blasted the puck toward the net, but it hit Jets forward Niko...
Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien knows he almost didn't make it this far.
With a win over Chicago on Thursday, Julien tied Art Ross for the most regular-season wins as Bruins head coach with 387.
But despite winning a Stanley Cup in 2011, his job was believed to have been in jeopardy as recently as this past summer when general manager Don Sweeney took over from predecessor Peter Chiarelli.
And it wasn't the first time.
"The fact that I've avoided being fired for the last nine years here has helped me get that many wins," he said, according to Chris Mason of the Boston Herald.
One win away from setting the club record, Julien knows he's in rare air.
Julien has posted a record of 387-215-85 as head coach of the Bruins, with an additional 57 playoff wins to his credit.
CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Tristen Elie had a pair of goals in the first period and added three assists to lead the Gatineau Olympiques to an 8-2 rout of Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Vincent Milot-Oue...