National Hockey

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Florida Panthers centre Vincent Trocheck was back on the ice and skating Friday, barely six weeks removed from fracturing his right ankle. The team released a photo of Trocheck on the ice before the team practiced.

LOS ANGELES — The Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a strong start last season, only to lose momentum after Christmas. They aren't about to let that happen again, as the Los Angeles Kings found out.

ST. LOUIS — Robert Bortuzzo got mad for the St. Louis Blues, and teammate Oskar Sundqvist got even with the Washington Capitals.

MONTREAL — Carey Price shared his key for success after Thursday night's 2-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Price returned from a lower-body injury that caused him to miss three games, and made 33 saves for his second shutout of the season.

MONTREAL — Carey Price made 33 saves in his return from injury to help the Montreal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-0 on Thursday night.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Devon Toews scored his first NHL goal at 1:48 of overtime to lift the New York Islanders past the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 Thursday night for their fifth straight win.

PHILADELPHIA — Carolina had its second win over the Flyers in a week when the team's social media department had fun trolling the NHL's most popular mascot: "Gritty victory." Gritty had to keep his googily eyes open and watch the latest Flyers' flop.

BOSTON — The Bruins slowed down Johnny Gaudreau just enough Thursday night, and that got them past the high-scoring Calgary Flames.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jeff Skinner scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres ended a seven-game skid against Florida by defeating the Panthers 4-3 on Thursday night.

LAS VEGAS — Brandon Pirri has become a welcome headache for the Vegas Golden Knights. Since being called up from the Chicago Wolves on Dec.