Team USA leaned on its reliable special-teams unit to escape a couple nervous moments in the gold-medal game.

After taking back-to-back penalties, the U.S. men's hockey team executed a textbook 5-3 penalty kill to hold the Canadiens scoreless until they returned to full strength.

One can go all the way back to last summer and see how much Marco Sturm was concerned about the penalty kill. Early in the season, it looked like new Bruins’ coach worries about the kill would pay ...

In Saturday night’s defeat against the Boston Bruins, the Montreal Canadiens gave up three power-play goals, which ultimately led to their demise. Of course, that could have been avoided had the Habs ...

The Olympics are inherently about minutiae, the details that differentiate a win from a loss. Canada's penalty kill is among ...

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars may have spent more time than they hoped down a man in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, but their penalty killing unit made sure it didn’t matter. Dallas killed ...

The Vancouver Canucks have had a rough start to 2026. The team has just one win in 12 games and has separated itself at the bottom of the standings from the rest of the league. One reason why ...

The Ottawa Senators didn’t just lose another game against the Carolina Hurricanes — they reinforced a season-long pattern that has now forced the organization’s hand. For months, the Senators’ penalty ...

All the bounces were going Kings Park/Commack’s way in the third period. They cut a three-goal deficit to one and had a power-play opportunity with 46 seconds left. East Islip’s penalty-kill unit ...

The Islanders, who allowed four power-play goals in Saturday's 6-1 loss to the Devils, don't have a lot of time to think about it. They host the Florida Panthers on Sunday at 3 p.m. "I thought we came ...

COLUMBUS — The No. 1 Michigan team was no stranger to the penalty box on Saturday night. With seven trips to the box — including a five-minute major penalty — the Wolverines’ penalty kill worked ...

The Penguins added another body to their continually growing list of injured players Wednesday as it was announced that rookie forward Filip Hallander would be sidelined on a day-to-day basis because ...