The Colorado Avalanche are set to challenge for the Stanley Cup this season. In a realigned West Division, the Avalanche will face tough opponents in the Vegas Golden Knights and St. Louis Blues. The rest of the division won’t be as much of a challenge, but the Avs still won’t be an easy ride. Among
8:03 PM ET The Ottawa Senators honored the memory of celebrity fan and “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who died last November, with a moment of silence before their season-opening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night. Trebek, 80, died on Nov. 8, almost two years after revealing he had pancreatic cancer. He surprised
The Arizona Coyotes have signed center Frederik Gauthier to a one-year, two-way contract. Gauthier, 25, recorded seven goals and five assists in 61 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season, his second full NHL campaign. In 168 NHL contests over parts of five seasons with the Maple Leafs, Gauthier has recorded 13 goals and
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Anton Forsberg off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes. Forsberg, 28, was 1-1-0 with a 3.35 goals-against average and .897 save percentage in three games with the Hurricanes last season. The native of Harnosand, Sweden also played 27 games with Charlotte of the American Hockey League. Forsberg has
Saskatchewan’s hockey teams have faced serious funding shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, the Saskatchewan government announced $4 million to help keep the province’s Western Hockey League (WHL) and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) teams afloat. “Our junior hockey teams are a critical part of the cultural fabric and local economies across the province,”
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner is a talented player. There’s no doubt about that. While his passing, quick hands and speed stand out, we’ve yet to see him consistently put up goals. His career-high was 26 in 2018/19 where he had a career high 94-point season and only has two 20-goal seasons. William Nylander
The San Jose Sharks won their first game of the season in a thriller against the Arizona Coyotes. The Sharks grabbed an early lead, but lost it in the dying minutes of the third. Luckily, they emerged victors in their first game in 10 months. However, in this 4-3 shootout win, one line stood out.
The Montreal Canadiens’ rookie defenseman Alexander Romanov isn’t a typical rookie. The 21-year-old left-shot defenseman was drafted 38th overall during the 2018 NHL Entry Draft; however, if that draft were to happen again, he’d probably be a top-10 draft pick. After his time in the KHL, Romanov became one of the top prospects not playing
The list of players who had big days on Jan. 15 reads like who’s who of the Hockey Hall of Fame. This was a huge date for defensemen as well as some of the greatest to ever play in Chicago. Let’s begin our daily trip back in time through the years of National Hockey League
9:43 AM ET Everything you’re about to read can change in a cough. That’s the reality of the 2021 NHL season, which is being played inside (mostly) empty arenas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league released the names of 27 players who began the season with a “COVID Protocol Related Absence,” and that’s not including
The Arizona Coyotes have promoted Tucson Roadrunners head coach Jay Varady to an assistant coaching position with the NHL club. “We are thrilled to add Jay to our coaching staff this season,” said Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong. “Jay is a talented coach with a great work ethic. He will help take our coaching staff
Anaheim Ducks (0-1-0, seventh in the West Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (1-0-0, first in the West Division) Paradise, Nevada; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host Anaheim after Maxime Comtois scored two goals in the Ducks’ 5-2 loss to the Golden Knights. Vegas went 39-24-8 overall and 15-6-2 in division
Connor McDavid and the rest of the Edmonton Oilers big guns, embarrassed in their home opener, feasted Thursday on the Vancouver Canucks. McDavid scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Oilers beat the Canucks 5-2 for their first win of the NHL season. Leon Draisaitl, the NHL’s top scorer last season, added
The Florida Panthers have struggled to find a consistent top defensive pairing since the franchise’s glory days in the late 1990s. However, after a season together in 2019-20, the team seems to have finally found the right duo in MacKenzie Weeger and Aaron Ekblad heading into this season. Here is what this means going forward.
From being the first “Big Four” sports franchise to making an historic run to the Stanley Cup Final in year one, the Vegas Golden Knights have always done things a little differently. So, it isn’t surprising, then, to see them open the season with a unique roster configuration. On the eve of their season opener
Tonight the New Jersey Devils are back on the ice in a meaningful game for the first time in over ten months. Since that last game, a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 11 at Prudential Center, we’ve all added words like zoom, bubble, sanitizer, pandemic, masks, and now taxi squad to our
The National Hockey League’s final season with only 31 teams is underway this week. And while fans of other franchises are finally seeing their star players hit the ice once again, fans of the Seattle Kraken will be looking at the games differently. When the 2020-21 season ends, the action will truly begin for general
Jan 11, 2021 The 2019-20 regular season went quite well for the Washington Capitals: as one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, they looked to be a strong pick to make another run towards the Stanley Cup. Alex Ovechkin was doing Alex Ovechkin things — that included reaching a major career milestone with
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