7:00 AM ET We’re just three weeks from the NHL trade deadline, meaning most clubs are looking inward, then readjusting expectations. For this week’s ESPN Power Rankings, we take stock of how all 31 teams feel heading into the spiritual second half of the season. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections
Month: February 2020
Grand Rapids Griffins forward Matthew Ford suited up for the North Division in the 2020 American Hockey League All-Star Classic, hosted Monday in Ontario. It wasn’t his first time in the building. Ford, 35, appeared in a game with Grand Rapids in Ontario late last season and a handful of games throughout 2015-16 while with
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Patrick Kane scored in the shootout and ran his points streak to 12 games, and Corey Crawford stopped both shootout attempts he faced, leading the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night. Brandon Saad scored twice in regulation and the Blackhawks won their first game out of
It was a game that most saw coming off a bye week. The Columbus Blue Jackets entered their game Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres looking to extend their winning streak. If they were going to do that, they had to find their legs early and often in an afternoon matinee against a desperate team coming
CENTRE ROBERT-GUERTIN, GATINEAU — Rémi Poirier made 20 saves leading the Gatineau Olympiques to a 5-0 victory over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Olympiques led 3-0 at the end of the first period led by a goal from Manix Landry and a pair from Jérémy Rainville. After a scoreless second, Gatineau added on in the third,
Goalie Mike Smith calmly skated to centre ice and watched the line brawl unfold between his Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames. Unhappy with Calgary goalie Cam Talbot hitting his mates, Smith tossed aside his paddle, sloughed off his blocker and glove, and flipped off his mask. He waited menacingly until Talbot skated across the
A Mikael Granlund hot streak means what now? Adam Vingan of The Athletic: The coaching change rejuvenated Granlund as he has looked much better of late. Is it too little, too late? Watching the forward return to his normal, productive self has to make Nashville scratch their heads. Granlund scored three times in his last
7:26 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin honored the late Kobe Bryant by swapping his No. 8 jersey for the No. 24 during warm-ups on Wednesday night, ahead of the team’s home game against the Nashville Predators. The jersey will be signed and put up for auction, with proceeds benefiting the Kobe & Vanessa
by Jason Karnosky At the core of any successful hockey team is well-built and well-stocked roster. That is exactly what General Manager Scott Nichol has put together with the Admirals over the course of his one-and-half-year tenure of leading the franchise’s hockey operations. Working with, and under the tutelage of, Nashville Predators G.M. David Poile,
Friday night was an evening to remember in the National Hockey League. We had the top two teams in the Atlantic Division keep on winning, history in Ottawa and an epic tribute in Anaheim. Vasilevskiy is a Points Machine Andrei Vasilevskiy was back in between the pipes for the Tampa Bay Lightning of Friday night
As the Oilers get to take on the Calgary Flames on Saturday, Edmonton is looking at finally getting a win and not go 0-4 in the season series. There are a number of storylines that have developed over the season and just hours before puck drop. Where is James Neal? How will Connor McDavid respond
CENTRE ROBERT-GUERTIN, GATINEAU — Thimo Nickl had a goal and an assist leading the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 4-1 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques. Francesco Lapenna made 21 saves for the Voltigeurs. The Voltigeurs led 2-0 at the end of the first period after goals from Kaylen Gauthier and William Dufour. The Voltigeurs led 3-1
Carey Price made 29 saves for his third shutout of the season as Montreal beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in the first of back-to-back matinee games for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki, Artturi Lehkonen, Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher scored for the Canadiens (24-22-7), who have won six of their last eight. Defenceman Jeff
Leafs looked at Dumba – what the asking price could be? @Kungfu_canuck: Elliotte Friedman said on ‘Lead Off’ today that he’s heard that the Toronto Maple Leafs had looked into Matt Dumba. A source also told Friedman that the Maple Leafs have basically looked at every potentially available defenseman. They discussed on the show about
7:00 AM ET The St. Louis Blues‘ Stanley Cup victory last season has affected the NHL as if someone poured hallucinogens into its water supply. It has created delusions of grandeur, making any team that’s seemingly out of it by the end of January feel as if, theoretically, it could be very much in it
by Christopher Krenn | AHL On The Beat Being selected to participate in the AHL All-Star Classic is an opportunity that not many are afforded. Three AHL divisions (the Atlantic, Central and North) have eight teams, while one (the Pacific) has seven. At the AHL All-Star Classic, each division is represented by just 10 skaters
After a positive end of December in which it seemed they were destined to climb the standings, the Manitoba Moose underachieved in January, posting a 4-8-0-0 record and struggling to produce consistent offence despite having a number of weapons at their disposal for most of the month. Harkins Receives All-Star Nod A few hours before
As the Tampa Bay Lightning approached the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline, they found themselves in an enviable position. After ripping through the first half of the season, they were far and away at the top of the NHL standings, with the only real uncertainty being whether or not they could break the 62-win mark for