Month: October 2019

The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the NHL’s “Original Six” teams. As such, Chicago has gone through many goalies in the history of the franchise — some memorable, and some not so memorable. For this list, the focus will be not just on the most memorable, but the absolute best. The cream of the crop.
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VANCOUVER — Nicklas Backstrom scored the shootout winner and the Washington Capitals completed a massive comeback to beat the Canucks 6-5 in Vancouver on Friday night. Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers) The Canucks (6-3-1) had a four-goal lead late in the second period but couldn’t withstand a late surge from the Capitals (8-2-3). Evgeny Kuznetsov and
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Eric Staal scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, Alex Stalock stopped 30 shots and the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 Saturday night. Gerald Mayhew, Joel Eriksson Ek, Mikko Koivu and Jared Spurgeon also scored, and Matt Dumba added two assists for Minnesota, which has won
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DETROIT—In Chevrolet Plaza outside Little Caesars Arena, a place where thousands of Detroit Red Wings fans could theoretically gather to watch their favourite team outdoors on a giant screen, it’s all but silent on game night. Two small children do cartwheels. Otherwise, it’s empty, waiting for excitement to return. The rink itself is gorgeous, the
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Two breakaway goals by Jonathan Drouin gave the Montreal Canadiens a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia and Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens (5-4-2), who snapped a two-game losing skid. Carey Price stopped 29-of-31 shots. Jake Muzzin and Andreas Johnsson scored for the Maple Leafs
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Potential landing spots for Ho-Sang Steven Ellis of The Hockey News: Looking at five potential landing spots for New York Islanders forward Josh Ho-Sang. Edmonton Oilers – Have Jesse Puljujarvi also looking for a change of scenery. Ho-Sang played with Connor McDavid in minor midget, and actually outscored him one year. Boston Bruins – Could
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2:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko will not travel with the team for weekend games at Boston and Detroit after suffering an unspecified upper-body injury in a win over Los Angeles. General manager Doug Armstrong said Friday that Tarasenko will be re-evaluated when the team returns following Sunday’s game
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The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Jack Rodewald from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the rights to forward Chris Wilkie. Rodewald has been assigned to the Panthers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. Rodewald, 25, is scoreless in six games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators so far this season. He set career highs
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded Erik Gudbranson to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Andreas Martinsen and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick, the Penguins announced Friday. On paper, this appears to be a salary dump for the Penguins who sent Gudbranson to a Ducks team looking for defensive depth after Josh Manson was seen on
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RALEIGH, N.C.—In the Carolina Hurricanes’ first five games this season, all victories, there was little for Jordan Staal to say other than, “Keep it going, boys.” But the Canes now have encountered their first rough patch of the season, losing three of their past four games entering Thursday night’s date with Columbus. It’s a first
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Nicklas Backstrom scored the shootout winner and the Washington Capitals completed a massive comeback to beat the Canucks 6-5 in Vancouver on Friday night. The Canucks (6-3-1) had a four-goal lead late in the second period but couldn’t withstand a late surge from the Capitals (8-2-3). Evgeny Kuznetsov and Michal Kempny each put away two
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