NHL Hockey News

Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series.

After getting outplayed in a Game 2 loss in the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday, the Blackhawks are not standing pat heading into Monday night's Game 3 against the Red Wings.

Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson, Los Angeles' Dustin Brown and Chicago's Jonathan Toews have been selected as the 2013 finalists for the Mark Messier Award.

Going into Game 3 of the Penguins' second-round series against Ottawa Sunday night at Scotiabank Place, Crosby was 71-82 on faceoffs, a success rate of 46.4 percent.

It didn't take long for Sabres forward Steve Ott to become a fan favorite in Buffalo.

Colin Greening wore six stitches on his left cheek, and a wide smile, after Ottawa's double overtime playoff victory against Pittsburgh.

Sweden scored three unanswered goals in the third period to break open a close contest and record a 5-1 victory in the gold-medal game of the 2013 World Hockey Championship.

Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella says Carl Hagelin is not the solution to his team's playoff power play woes.

The NHL Playoffs have entered round two. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators have tried to beat on each other in an attempt to advance to the Conference Finals.

In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit.

The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win.

Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season.

Brianwa Flores, left, and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game 2 of an NHL hockey playoff Western Conference semifinal between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

On a night when Sidney Crosby recorded his second career playoff hat trick and created a buzz around the hockey world with his jaw-dropping performance in the Penguins' 4-3 victory against Ottawa in Game 2 of their second-round series Friday night, it was up to the player with the worst plus-minus rating on the team to score the winning goal.

Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal has been diagnosed with a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, the team announced Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin played the last two games of the Washington Capitals' season with what the team says is a hairline fracture in his left foot.

Boston's Brad Marchand, right, takes New York's Mats Zuccarello into the glass during the third period.

Raffi Torres had to keep his thoughts to himself Friday, as the Sharks declared the suspended left wing off limits to media microphones.

Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most feared scorers, a wizard with the puck who is equally adept at setting up his teammates for easy plays.