Below Plante’s chin is his jersey, which was pure white when Plante left the Montreal dressing room for the first period against the Rangers and was white speckled with scarlet when he returned. There are blood spatters everywhere: from th…

The New Jersey Devils have become road warriors. David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and the Devils extended their season-opening, road-winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The run at the start of the season equals the second longest in NHL history, matching Toronto (1940-41), Philadelphia (1985-86)…

Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then he took care of the feat in 1 1/2 minutes. Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help Philadelphia snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.

The Kitchener Rangers say defenseman Ben Fanelli is in critical but stable condition with skull and facial fractures.

Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

Patrick Sharp scored with 4:10 left to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

Hockey fans who want to trick or treat will have to plan their schedules carefully. There are 11 games on the NHL’s Halloween schedule — making for a full day and night.

The action starts at 1 p.m. ET, when the Edmonton Oilers visit Boston. Vi…

Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Ryane Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.

Ryane Clowe had reason to smile. He finally scored a goal this season and it came at an opportune moment. Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.

No lead the Florida Panthers took at American Airlines Center seemed to be safe Friday night.

Florida couldn’t hold on to leads of 3-0, 4-2 and 5-4, but Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout, Scott Clemmensen stopped …