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Jeff Carter, playing in his 1,000th NHL game, scored the go-ahead goal with 7:18 left and the Los Angeles Kings held on for a 4-3 win against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday afternoon. Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist, Blake Lizotte scored a short-handed goal, Nikolai Prokhorkin scored his first NHL goal, and Jonathan Quick made 28 saves for the Kings, who have won three in a row for the first time this season. Max Pacioretty and William Karlsson each had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Marchessault also scored, and Malcolm Subban had 21 saves for the Golden Knights, who have lost five in a row (0-4-1) to match the longest losing streak in their three-year history. Continue to Article

November 16, 2019 6:54:pm EST

During the second period of the Montreal Canadiens' 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday, Alexander Ovechkin laid a monstrous hit on Habs forward Jonathan Drouin. Drouin did leave the game after the collision but returned to finish the contest. After the match was over, Ovechkin was asked about the thunderous check, saying that there was nothing wrong with it. Continue to Article

November 15, 2019 11:04:pm EST

Tomas Tatar had a goal with three assists and Phillip Danault recorded one with two helpers as the visiting Montreal Canadiens used a four-goal second period to win their third straight, 5-2, and end the Washington Capitals' 13-game point streak on Friday night. Shea Weber, Jordan Weal and Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens, who have earned at least one point in five consecutive games (4-0-1) and are 7-1-1 in their last nine. Carey Price made 26 saves as Montreal outshot the hosts 40-28. Continue to Article

November 15, 2019 9:59:pm EST

But given that we're about a quarter of the way through the season, we have to ask who's for real and who's just having a good time right now. Again, Buffalo seems to be the obvious candidate to drop out in the East, but that still leaves seven teams vying for what's probably five playoff spots. No matter how bad you feel about how the Leafs have played since the start of the year — they really only beat the absolute dregs of the league in regulation — you have to think they have the talent to pull through and at least get into the eighth slot. Continue to Article

November 15, 2019 9:17:am EST

Ilya Kovalchuk's late-career return to the NHL has been a tumultuous one, and now it appears that his time with the LA Kings, at least, is nearing an end. The 36-year-old and the organization are in the process of finalizing Kovalchuk's release, the Hockey News reported Wednesday afternoon. Kovalchuk, who was a healthy scratch for the Kings in Tuesday night's win over the Wild, didn't speak to the media on Wednesday, but head coach Todd McLellan addressed the situation. Continue to Article

November 13, 2019 2:17:pm EST

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