He has been especially strong of late with five goals and 13 points in his last 11 contests. The Blackhawks have to get better around him, as his wingers are Tyler Bertuzzi and Ilya Mikheyev, and once they do, look for Bedard to fly.

Connor Bedard extended his point streak to nine games, but the Chicago Blackhawks played one of their worst second periods of the season Friday in a 5-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Albert Johansson scored his first NHL goal, Andrew Copp and Marco Kasper added goals and Cam Talbot made 23 saves ... added a goal for the Blackhawks. Connor Bedard extended his points streak ...

Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin (71) advances the puck past Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard ... and Marco Kasper added goals and Cam Talbot made 23 saves. Patrick Kane had three ...

Logan Cooley scored a power-play goal 57 seconds into the second period to give Utah a 3-2 lead. Matias Maccelli scored twice in the opening period and notched his third two-goal game of the season as Utah dropped to 2-8-2 in its past 12 contests.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

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Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

Talbot allowed five goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon for the start of the third period in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Lightning. Talbot surrendered three goals at even strength ...

Talbot made 41 saves, including 23 in the third period, in a 5-2 win over the Panthers on Thursday. The Wings stepped up with a lot of offensive support, and Talbot locked the net. He's on a real ...

With Alex Lyon fully healthy and starting Sunday in Dallas — Lyon actually played the third period Saturday in relief of Cam Talbot — the Wings sent Ville Husso back to Grand Rapids.

On any other night, Dylan Larkin’s three points (2G, 1A) would have earned him the game’s first star, but he took a back seat to netminder Cam Talbot. Larkin scored two goals, a power play ...