Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

When Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy trudges down the tunnel at Amalie Arena to begin pregame warmups, his mask appears white with only faint gray and pale blue markings. When the two-time Stanley Cup champion netminder hits the ice, that’s when the magic begins.

No need to double check the box score. These eight high school athletes posted astonishing numbers over the weekend. See who made the cut.

The bitter cold is here to stay with temperatures in the teens and single digits until Friday.

Avery Christensen led the Willmar boys basketball team to the win against Little Falls on Saturday night at the Big Red Gym. The junior guard scored 16 points on 7 of 11 shooting and made his one free throw in the Cardinals' 51-36 non-conference win against Little Falls.

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in the shootout as the host New York Rangers earned a crucial 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Vincent Trocheck scored in the second round of the shootout for the lone goal of the skills competition as the Rangers improved to 5-0-2 in their past seven games after dropping 15 of 19 (4-15-0).

Berry Tramel's first ScissorTales with the World takes a look at an award the Thunder should win this season, an unlikely Oklahoma union out in Los Angeles and a salute to the Kansas City Chiefs’ dominance.

Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 5-3 on Thursday night. Morgan Frost, Garnet Hathaway ...

The NHL Department of Player Safety was kept busy by the recent meeting between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders. In the first period, Flyers forward Ryan Poheling took a huge hit ...

The Flyers are led by Travis Konecny ... New Jersey is well ahead of Philadelphia in the Metropolitain and are holding on to second place but trail Washington for first. Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier ...

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (19-20-6) are in Elmont on Thursday evening to take on Patrick Roy's New York Islanders (17-19-7). Game time at UBS Arena is 7:30 p.m. EST. The game will be ...