When the season is over, and the Stanley Cup awarded, the players, coaches and managers of the 30 other NHL teams all wonder just how close they really are to the championship and start making the moves designed to get them there. Ironically, Ryan O’Reilly — the Conn Smythe-winning heart and soul of the St.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs gave the defending Stanley Cup champions all they could handle for long stretches Monday. And the St. Louis Blues responded with what won them their rings last June — in the end, they found a way. Alex Pietrangelo scored the winner in the third period and Jordan Binnington was stellar in
The New York Rangers have traded forward Vladislav Namestnikov to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Nick Ebert and a 2021 4th round pick. The Rangers are retaining 18.75 percent of Namestnikov’s salary. The 26-year old Namestnikov was drafted 27th overall in the 1st round of the 2011 draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 25-year
Devils and Nischier’s have held preliminary talks Pierre LeBrun: There have been very preliminary contract extension talks between the New Jersey Devils and Nico Hischier‘s camp. It’s very early, but they started to talk. Coyotes not in a rush to trade Goligoski Craig Morgan of The Athletic: (mailbag) Don’t believe the Arizona Coyotes are looking
9:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Rangers traded forward Vladislav Namestnikov to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night in exchange for defenseman Nick Ebert a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. The 26-year-old Namestnikov, acquired from Tampa Bay at the 2018 trade deadline as part of the deal that
The New York Rangers have acquired defenseman Nick Ebert, along with a fourth-round choice in the 2021 NHL Draft, from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forward Vladislav Namestnikov. Ebert, 25, made his 2019-20 season debut with the AHL’s Belleville Senators on Saturday. He has skated in 158 career AHL games with Belleville, Texas, Ontario
Don’t call it a comeback, the Carolina Hurricanes have been doing it for years. Well, this year and last, to be precise. The “bunch of jerks” returned to annoy critics Thursday when they beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in a shootout and gave the fans the first storm surge of the 2019-20 season. But after
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rookie Alexandre Texier scored 2:08 into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Texier beat Linus Ullmark from the right circle off a quick pass from Nick Foligno to give the Blue Jackets their first win of the season. Victor Olofsson
The last thing the St. Louis Blues want is a repeat. They’d like to win another Stanley Cup, of course. It’s not like they didn’t enjoy every minute of a celebration that, as it does for every other winning team, lasted all summer long. But a repeat of the entire 2018-19 season, with all the
Two games into a new NHL season and the Pittsburgh Penguins have lost centre Evgeni Malkin for an indefinite period with a lower-body injury. Malkin tripped over the skate of teammate and defenceman Kris Letang near centre ice at 8:04 of the second period in Saturday’s 7-2 win over Columbus and then collided with Blue
On a Pietrangelo-Blues extension Jeremy Rutherford: Thoughts on an Alex Pietrangelo and St. Louis Blues extension. “with Armstrong trading a lot of term for lower AAV lately, do we see the Blues and Pietrangelo do the same thing? He turns 30 in January; does he get an eight-year deal at an AAV that helps keep
1:40 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without star center Evgeni Malkin “longer term” with a lower body injury, coach Mike Sullivan announced on Monday. The coach said that Malkin’s season is not in jeopardy. The 33-year-old Malkin left the second period of Pittsburgh’s 7-2 win over Columbus on Saturday after taking an awkward
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Ontario Reign goaltender Cal Petersen has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 6, 2019. Petersen turned aside 83 of the 85 shots he faced while earning a pair of victories over division rivals to open the 2019-20 season (2-0-0, 0.96,
The Toronto Maple Leafs led 4-1 early in the third period when the Montreal Canadiens scored four straight goals – including one on Jeff Petry’s penalty shot. A power-play goal with just over a minute left in regulation by Auston Matthews (his NHL-leading fifth of the season) tied it up, but the Maple Leafs eventually
The redemption tour is off to a great start. The Boston Bruins began the 2019-20 campaign with two wins over the Dallas Stars and Arizona Coyotes. The 3-1 win against the Stars, featuring an empty netter, was a close call. While the Bruins got out in front early, the Stars battled back and showed no
EDMONTON—The Edmonton Oilers have placed defenceman Adam Larsson on long-term injured reserve with a foot injury. Larsson was hurt in the first period of Wednesday night’s season-opening win against the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers say no surgery is required and there is no timetable for Larsson’s return. “He’s got a broken bone that’s going to
The New York Islanders relied heavily on Thomas Greiss last season, and their invariably calm netminder picked up right he where he left off. Greiss made 35 saves and Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee scored second-period goals to the lead the Islanders past the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 Sunday night. It was the first
Sharks recalling Dahlen? Patrik Petrin; The Swedish Newspaper Aftonbladet is reporting that the San Jose Sharks are considering recalling Jonathan Dahlen. Dahlen was loaned to Timra. Blues hoping to extend Pietrangelo around $8.25 million Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman said on Sportsnet Headline last night that St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong will likely meet with Alex