The second half of the NHL season begins Saturday with 14 games coming out of the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Patrick Kane scored during Detroit’s fast start, and the Red Wings beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 for their seventh consecutive victory.

Mitch Marner’s third career hat trick spoiled Todd McClellan’s Detroit coaching debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the struggling Red Wings 5-2.

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman knew his team needed a change.

After losing nine of their past 12 games, the Red Wings fired head coach Derek Lalonde and named Todd McLellan as his replacement.

The Detroit Red Wings fired head coach Derek Lalonde and named his replacement on Thursday.

The Detroit Red Wings have fired coach Derek Lalonde and named Todd McLellan as his replacement.

Among the first handful of players to be traded around in the NHL this summer, there were few stunners.

Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4.

Rob Blake hopes a new voice and approach behind the bench turns around the Los Angeles Kings season.

The Los Angeles Kings have fired coach Todd McLellan and named Jim Hiller the interim coach for the rest of the season.

Andre Burakovsky had two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Seattle Kraken defeated the Los Angeles Kings 9-8 in the highest-scoring NHL game this season.

The Los Angeles Kings raised the Stanley Cup for the second time in June 2014.

Scott Laughton scored 2:22 into overtime, Cam Atkinson had a pair of goals in regulation and assisted on the winner, and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a franchise-record 13-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Aisha Visram became the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL regular-season game in any capacity when she served as athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Kings in their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Cal Petersen stopped all 21 shots he faced in his first start in more than a month, Phillip Danault and Drew Doughty scored in the first period, and the Los Angeles Kings rolled to a 4-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The NHL and its players association has temporarily clamped down on teams crossing the Canadian border and shut down operations of two more teams.

Iafallo scored 23 seconds into overtime and the Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Thursday night. We stuck with it, said Iafallo, who has a goal and three assists during a four-game point streak. The Red Wings had their three-game win streak snapped, but found satisfaction in earning a point after the Kings controlled long stretches of the game. They complement each other well, especially when theyre playing at the top of their game, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said of the combination of Bertuzzi, Larkin and Mantha. NOTES: Red Wings D Patrik Nemeth will miss several weeks because of an infection sustained after blocking a shot against Vegas on Sunday.