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Whatever's been ailing Nino Niederreiter for most of the season is gone. The Minnesota Wild forward, who went from second-liner to fourth-liner after starting the season in a dreadful slump, has picked up his game lately with four goals in his last three contests. Niederreiter's two goals keyed a 5-1 win Thursday night over the Florida Panthers, Minnesota's second straight lopsided victory. Continue to Article

December 14, 2018 8:32:pm EST

Gaudreau scored 35 seconds into overtime, and the Flames rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Wednesday night. Calgary trailed 5-3 before Sean Monahan and Rasmus Andersson scored in the final 68 seconds of third period. Gaudreau then secured the Flames' sixth win in seven games with his 13th goal of the season. Continue to Article

December 13, 2018 1:07:am EST

The Edmonton Oilers appear to have shored up their defense under new head coach Ken Hitchcock. Mikko Koskinen made 24 saves in his third shutout of the season and Connor McDavid scored the only goal as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 1-0 on Sunday. "It takes a lot of effort to play good defense, especially against a team like that that has so many skilled, offensive players," Oilers defenseman Adam Larsson said. Continue to Article

December 10, 2018 12:43:am EST

Much to the Edmonton Oilers’ chagrin, Milan Lucic isn’t the all-encompassing threat he once was. Lucic is still an enormous human, however, and sometimes you get a taste of what made him such a menacing presence in the past. Sunday stood as one of those examples, as Lucic delivered a thunderous check on Calgary Flames defenseman Travis Hamonic, then went toe-to-toe with Anthony Peluso in what seemed like a pretty even fight. Continue to Article

December 10, 2018 12:42:am EST