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LOS ANGELES — The Kings inundated the New York Islanders with a four-goal second period in a game they ultimately won, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena to remain among the Pacific Division’s contenders and the NHL’s hottest teams.

Katchouk erupted with his best performance as a Hawk, Taylor Raddysh produced a third-period hat trick and the Hawks overcame another Petr Mrazek injury to shock the league-leading Bruins 6-3 on Tuesday.

Life is not easy for the Bruins these days. Whether their Secretariat-in-the-Belmont lead over the NHL field is dulling their edges or free-and-easy, lesser teams are looking for a nice notch on their belt, the B’s have looked quite pedestrian over the last week.

PITTSBURGH — Once the Penguins start providing reasons to believe there might still be a Stanley Cup contender in there somewhere, they always deliver a dud like this.

How did the NHL animate this real-time game between the Capitals and Rangers?

The Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers are set to face off in an NHL matchup at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.

The fan bases of the Chicago Bears and Blackhawks are in different places right now.

Guttman was shut down Monday for the rest of the season, allowing him to get the surgery early enough to fully recover before training camp next fall. He finishes with six points in 14 NHL games and 30 points in 39 AHL games, having made a big impression at both…

Danny Brière is not afraid of the word “rebuild.”

ST. LOUIS — For one of the rare times against Vegas, the Blues outshot the Golden Knights and had plenty of scoring chances.

Both teams have since doubled down on their respective strategies, with the Hawks continuing to convert all valuable players into draft picks and the Lightning continuing to do the opposite. And Hagel has fully lived up to expectations in Tampa while Taylor Raddysh has flourished a bit in Chicago.