For almost 22 months, Sean Couturier didn't play a regular-season game because of two back surgeries. On Friday, 70 games into his comeback season, the Flyers' captain was nominated for the Masterton Trophy.

The Bruins are closing out games much more consistently right now, which is pretty encouraging with the playoffs starting later this month.

The team hopes to buy the 110-acre (445,154 square meter) plot of land on Northwest corner of Scottsdale Road and the Loop 101 in north Phoenix and build a privately funded arena.

The Sharks vs. Los Angeles Kings game Thursday night isn't the matchup it used to be a decade ago, but it provided hope that things can get back to that level of competition soon.

Evan Berofsky offers some motivated, and widely available, players to help you in the home stretch of the fantasy hockey playoffs, beginning with Vladimir Tarasenko in Florida.

PHOENIX — For the Arizona Coyotes, this is their last stand. There will be an auction on June 27 for the club to buy a 95-acre parcel of untreated Arizona state trust land in North Phoenix on which the Coyotes can build a state-of-the-art arena; the starting appraisal price for the site is $68.5 million. …

The Islanders picked up a huge win over the Blue Jackets on Thursday night to jump back into the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Flyers head coach John Tortorella has not lost faith in rookie goalie Samuel Ersson, who has been pulled from three of his last 10 starts.

Chris Kreider and Kaapo Kakko scored in the third period to help the Rangers pull off a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the New Jersey Devils.

Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark deserves to have the edge in the battle to start Game 1 of the playoffs after a great performance Tuesday.