NEWARK, N.J.—Nobody on the Blackhawks has spent more time around embattled assistant coach Marc Crawford than Zack Smith. The two spent three seasons together with the Ottawa Senators before joining the Hawks last summer. Crawford — who is on leave while the Hawks investigate allegations he physically and verbally abused former players with other teams
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It wasn’t the flashy kind of win the Edmonton Oilers are used to getting with their high-end talent. Leon Draisaitl and Alex Chiasson each had a goal and an assist as the Oilers moved back into the top spot in the Pacific Division, grinding out a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.
Oilers interested in Pageau Jim Matheson: The Edmonton Oilers would like Ottawa Senators pending UFA forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau as a rental but they can’t sell the farm to acquire him. Jim Matheson: Pageau would definitely solve the Oilers issues at third-line center. They don’t really have the salary cap space to sign him beyond this
4:53 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a deal for a new downtown arena, a 35-year agreement that keeps the NHL club in the city for that time. The team, the city and the Calgary Stampede rodeo signed an agreement Thursday to replace the 36-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome. The new 19,000-seat
The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed forward Eric Tangradi to a one-year contract. Tangradi began the 2019-20 season with Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League, appearing in 22 games. Tangradi, an AHL All-Star in 2011, has appeared in 467 career AHL games over nine seasons between 2009 and 2019, totaling 160 goals and
Goaltenders across the National Hockey League needed to be at the top of their games on Thursday night. Eight of the nine games played were decided by one goal, including four which went into overtime. A busy night of action saw a top prospect make his NHL debut in Montreal. We will also take a
The Edmonton Oilers kicked off the 2019-20 season with a bang. They had a 7-1-0 record in their first eight games, and the franchise’s current successes have helped to propel their Stanley Cup odds upwards, too. It should be an exciting time in Edmonton, but fans, thanks to the decade of darkness (extended version), know
Caley Chelios is a story in Tampa because she is a female radio analyst working for an NHL team. The bigger story is that Chelios, 26, is a broadcasting wunderkind with national potential. “She is as knowledgeable as anyone I talk to in the game,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said, “and it comes natural to
Sheldon Keefe’s tenure as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs couldn’t have started any better. A re-energized roster blasted out of the gate with a trio of road wins following Mike Babcock’s dismissal, playing an inspired, puck-possession style that produced 14 goals for and just three against. Another change under Keefe — a rookie
Two teams that could be interested in Taylor Hall … No asking price set for Hall yet TSN: Darren Dreger said there is lots of trade speculation on who might be interested in New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall. One of the teams interested is …. “But I can tell you there is at least
7:00 AM ET Coaches kicking their players in the back, or punching them in the head, is unacceptable. That’s a given, right? That a superior assaulting a subordinate is wrong? That these power dynamics discourage any pushback, because the victim risks a reduction in playing time, outright removal from the team or escalating physical and
TORONTO — Pontus Aberg’s three-year-old daughter Molly has been asking him to take her skating ever since the snow started flying. So when his call back to the NHL first rang through on Thursday night he didn’t hear the phone going in his pocket. A second attempt from Laurence Gilman, the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant
The Detroit Red Wings are struggling worse than any other team in the NHL. They currently sit at the bottom of the standings, carrying with them the lowest goal differential in the league. The team has been scored against over 50 times more than they’ve scored. Nearly half of the players that have suited up
The New York Islanders are off to one of their best starts in franchise history with a record of 19-6-2 about a third of the way through the season. The Islanders built that record on a system based on strategic defense from all skaters, strong goaltending and sometimes playing a more conservative style of offense.
Former NHL player Brent Sopel says his stories on a year-old podcast about rough treatment from Marc Crawford were meant “to entertain the listener” and not to make allegations against his former coach. Speaking on a Barstool Sports podcast a year ago, Sopel, who played for Crawford in Vancouver, said the coach “kicked me, he
Milan Lucic scored his first goal with Calgary, and it turned into the winner as the Flames held on to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday. The Saddledome erupted at 3:58 of the third when Lucic finished off a passing sequence with Derek Ryan and Dillon Dube for his first goal in 29 games,
Scouting the Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues Dan Kingerski: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Penguins-Blues game: Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, and the New York Rangers (local). Scouting the Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals Dennis Bernstein: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Kings-Blues game: Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers,
7:15 PM ET Forward Gabriel Landeskog will return from a lower-body injury Thursday night when the Colorado Avalanche take on the Montreal Canadiens. Landeskog, 27, Colorado’s captain who missed 16 games, confirmed coach Jared Bednar’s decision before pregame warm-ups at Bell Centre. Throughout the course of the injury, the team was vague about details. Landeskog