10:04 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Captain Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists in his long-awaited return from core muscle surgery, and the Penguins cruised past the Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Tuesday night. Crosby, who has been participating in full-contact practice with the Penguins since Saturday, took 21 shifts in the
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The best advice often comes courtesy of a phone call from Wallaceburg, Ont., right-winger Seth Griffith’s hometown. It’s his dad, Brian, who watches all of his games online. His father’s mantra is usually the same, imploring his 27-year-old son to be more of a scorer and less of a distributer. “I still get heck from
Thursday gave us a full schedule across the National Hockey League and it was a very good night for goaltenders. Some of the top performances included a pair of shutouts and a rare goalie goal! Rinne Scores Versus Blackhawks The Nashville Predators were in Chicago last night to take on the Blackhawks in a big
By The Canadian Press January 14th, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres centre Tage Thompson will miss the remainder of the season after having surgery to repair an injury to his right shoulder. The Sabres announced Thompson had the operation on Tuesday and will require between five and six months of recovery time. Thompson was
PITTSBURGH—Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will be in the lineup on Tuesday night when Pittsburgh faces Minnesota. Crosby hasn’t played since undergoing abdominal surgery on Nov. 14. The Penguins have thrived in spite of the extended absence of the three-time Stanley Cup winner. Pittsburgh is 18-6-4 since Crosby’s last appearance on Nov.
Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will be in the lineup Tuesday night when Pittsburgh faces Minnesota. Crosby hasn’t played since undergoing abdominal surgery on Nov. 14. The Penguins have thrived in spite of the extended absence of the three-time Stanley Cup winner, posting a 18-6-4 record since Nov. 9, tied for the second-best
The injury-ravaged Pittsburgh Penguins recently suffered another blow when Jake Guentzel underwent surgery for an injured shoulder. With the 25-year-old left-winger sidelined four-to-six months, his absence robs the Penguins of one of their leading scorers. Throughout this season, the Penguins have coped with an unusually high number of injuries. Guentzel joins Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin,
11:29 AM ET Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will play Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild after missing two months while recovering from core muscle surgery. Crosby, 32, has been out since undergoing the surgery on Nov. 14. The star center had been dealing with a sports hernia since training camp and reportedly had hoped to
by Travis Hall | AHL On The Beat When Rockford IceHogs goaltender Matt Tomkins turned the calendar to December, he had no idea his dream of donning the Canadian jersey would come true in such a spectacular fashion. The native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, received word just prior to the holidays that he had been
After such an incredible start to the season, the Colorado Avalanche have seemingly started to thaw lately, chalking up two wins in their last eight games (2-4-2 record), and three wins in their last 11 (3-6-2 record). Mood around the fanbase is starting to sour, with the fans growing impatient while the losses start to
ST. LOUIS — Backing up Jordan Binnington, Blues goalie Jake Allen knows he needs to make his starts count. Allen stopped 20 shots and Brayden Schenn had two assists Monday night, leading St. Louis to a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Making his first start in nine days, Allen improved to 8-3-3 this season.
Edmonton Oilers winger Zack Kassian was suspended for two games by the NHL on Monday, two days after he ragdolled and slobberknocked a turtling Matthew Tkachuk on national TV. Kassian skated with the Oilers at Rogers Place earlier Monday, but he did not speak to the media afterwards ahead of his meeting with the league’s
The Boston Bruins have lost shootouts every which way this season. Brad Marchand found a new one Monday night. The Bruins star overskated the puck at centre ice on a shootout attempt in a bizarre ending to the Philadelphia Flyers’ 6-5 victory over Boston. Travis Konecny scored in the fifth round of the shootout for
Scouting the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens Murray Pam: Bad weather lead to only the Arizona Coyotes and Detroit Red Wings scouting the Senators-Canadiens on Saturday night. Scouting the Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning Adam Kimelman: Scouts listed to attend Saturday’s Flyers-Lightning game: Los Angeles Kings and the Vegas Golden Knights. Canadiens could flip
7:49 PM ET Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is honored to have been chosen as an NHL All-Star this season. But family, and self-care, come first. “I have to be kind of selfish here, thinking about how much hockey we played last year, and a short summer and thinking about playing until June again,” said
Collin Delia talks steadily but slowly, choosing his words carefully. He has had a lot of thoughts to juggle lately. Since his last appearance in Chicago, he has lost his job with the Blackhawks, struggled mightily his first few months back in the AHL and dealt with an untimely storm of personal troubles. It took
The Chicago Blackhawks went 2-2-0 in their recent homestand, picking up four of a possible eight points. Unfortunately, due to the hole they dug themselves in the first half of the season, this doesn’t seem like enough. Their current record of 20-20-6 is good for 46 points through 46 games, which is last place in
By The Canadian Press January 13th, 2020 NEW YORK — Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, New York Rangers defenceman Tony DeAngelo and Calgary goaltender Cam Talbot are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Vasilevskiy won three games in as many starts, recording a 0.67 goals-against average, .972 save percentage and shutouts in back-to-back games