What happened to Edmonton Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell after he earned the opening-night start against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, Oct. 11? Well, I’m not going to place the blame solely on him. It wasn’t a great start, and the numbers don’t suggest he deserved to win, but the Oilers didn’t play well in front
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions CRANBERRY, Pa. — Sidney Crosby couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He knew the Pittsburgh Penguins were going to do something dramatic in the offseason after missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League opens its 88th season of play tonight, with 12 games on the schedule to kick things off. All 32 clubs will play 72 games during a 2023-24 regular season that will run through April 21. From there, 23 teams will qualify for postseason play, with five rounds of
The Edmonton Oilers have hired former National Women’s Hockey League commissioner Dani Rylan Kearney as a regional scout. The team announced the addition to its hockey operations department Thursday, just after the start of the NHL season. Rylan Kearney, 36, founded the NWHL in 2015 and was in charge of the league until she stepped
On this date, the NHL did two things for the first time it would later do on a regular basis; play outdoors and in the city of Las Vegas. Also, a future dynasty made its league debut on Long Island to less-than-ideal results. So, let’s jump aboard the THW time machine to relive all the
Heading into the season, Carolina Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen was hoping to leave 2022-23 in the review mirror. The 29-year-old struggled for most of last season before getting hurt in the playoffs. In 68 games, Teravainen tallied 12 goals and 37 points – a significant drop from the season before when he scored 22 goals
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NEWARK, N.J. — Hockey world domination wasn’t something the Hughes brothers discussed all that much while growing up. “You don’t even talk about it. You’re in the basement playing mini-sticks and it’s inconceivable,” Jack Hughes of
The San Jose Barracuda have signed forwards Justin Bailey and Tanner Kaspick to American Hockey League contracts for the 2023-24 season. Bailey enters his ninth pro season after collecting 19 goals and 13 assists in 58 games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors a year ago. In 354 career AHL games with Bakersfield, Abbotsford, Utica, Lehigh
Mitch Marner scored the only goal of the shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs fought back from 2-0 and 5-3 deficits to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 in a wild NHL regular-season opener for both teams Wednesday. After the Leafs and Canadiens traded chances in the 3-on-3 extra period, Marner moved in on Jake Allen
The Edmonton Oilers had a very interesting preseason. It was well known from the start that the team would only be able to carry one extra player on their roster due to cap constraints. This was likely going to be a defenseman as the Oilers regularly liked to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. There
The New Jersey Devils are heading into the season with sky-high expectations. Throughout the preseason, they tinkered with different combinations on special teams to find a group that sticks. The results were overwhelmingly positive: they went 8-for-21 on the man advantage (38.1%) and 17-for-19 on the penalty kill (89.4%). Both were a large contributing factor
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov set a low bar for Matthew Tkachuk. At least, before they became Florida Panthers teammates. “When I used to play against him when he was in
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Hockey leagues across the United States and Canada have come together to form the Respect Hockey Culture Center – a centralized platform which provides access for players, coaches and employees to confidentially receive mental health support services and to report on incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination. This unprecedented alliance includes
Starting this season, the prime digital viewing destination for Hockey Night in Canada on CBC will be CBC Gem, the national public broadcaster’s streaming service. With the focus shifting to the CBC Gem platform, CBC will no longer be streaming Hockey Night in Canada games directly on cbcsports.ca or the CBC Sports app. CBC Gem is available for
As the Calgary Flames begin their 51st season of operations, the franchise has one of the best lineups in the league with All-Stars like Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri, and Jacob Markstrom. However, after stumbling through the 2022-23 season, many wonder what is holding back this talented group of skaters, which includes captain Mikael Backlund, Elias
The MVP for the New York Rangers is their goaltender, Igor Shesterkin. He has been the backbone for this team ever since becoming the starting goalie in 2021. He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goalie during the 2021-22 season, and although his numbers took a step back last season, he was the
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 11, 2023, 08:44 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions An already important week for the Buffalo Sabres‘ long-term plans became even more paramount Wednesday with the club announcing they signed defenseman Owen Power to a seven-year extension. Signing Power, 20, to
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Change is constant in the American Hockey League. Here is some of the change you might have missed as the AHL gets set for opening night on Friday. Lots of talented AHL players secured National Hockey League jobs coming out of training camp, including four members of the 2022-23 First