📝 by Patrick Williams Conventional wisdom might say that the Manitoba Moose should not sit fifth overall in the American Hockey League standings. After all, the Moose do not have a player ― not one player ― among the AHL’s top 125 scorers. Yet there they are, holding a stout 33-18-3-2 mark (.634). Fans can
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Tampa Bay Lightning (39-18-6, fourth in the Atlantic) vs. Detroit Red Wings (26-31-7, fifth in the Atlantic) Detroit; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Tampa Bay comes into the matchup against Detroit after losing three games in a row. The Red Wings are 17-14-2 in Eastern Conference games. Detroit averages 9.2 penalty minutes per game,
Thursday provided a solid first look at how the Edmonton Oilers hope to fare down the stretch with a — finally — healthy lineup and a couple of trade deadline day tweaks. Leon Draisaitl scored a pair of goals as the Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-2 victory over the San Jose
At the trade deadline, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes began his work to renovate the Habs’ roster and make the team younger. On deadline day, he traded popular forward Artturi Lehkonen to the Colorado Avalanche in return for a 2024 second-round pick and defence prospect Justin Barron. Barron arrived in Montreal and participated in
Last night the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New Jersey Devils by a score of 3-2. It was the first game for two newcomers from the Seattle Kraken, Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell. The game was a tight five-on-five affair, but the Maple Leafs special teams rose up to beat the Devils. However, it wasn’t
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With a short slate on Wednesday night, there wasn’t much movement in the playoff races (or the “race” for the draft lottery). But Thursday night promises to be quite different. A 10-game schedule
📝 by Patrick Williams The 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs are six weeks away, and it is full speed ahead for an invitation to the event. With Monday’s National Hockey League trade deadline now having passed, several American Hockey League clubs saw significant roster shake-ups that may impact stretch-drive races across each of the AHL’s four
The Premier Hockey Federation is taking its playoffs to Florida this weekend, but not before making a latest attempt to mend fences with members of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association. The rival women’s hockey groups met in New York on Wednesday at the request of the NHL in hopes discussions could thaw relations in
Caught at the finish line for the regular-season title, the Toronto Six can still claim the Premier Hockey League’s ultimate crown and hoist the Isobel Cup on Monday. The Six are the No. 2 seed heading into the women’s league’s six-team playoffs starting Friday in Tampa Bay, Fla., and thus have a bye to Sunday’s
The NHL Trade Deadline, which was at 3:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, has now come and gone. No more significant changes are likely to occur to team rosters between now and the end of the season. One of the busiest teams in the week leading up to the Trade Deadline was the Florida Panthers.
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone. There were moves galore, with each team in the Eastern Conference making multiple moves to fortify their rosters. One of the early moves Monday was an announcement from Boston that the Bruins and winger Jake DeBrusk had agreed to a two-year contract extension. Puzzling? To some. Others
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: There is no league wide database for no-trade and no-movement clauses. Not sure if the Vegas Golden Knights will be interested in the LTIR contracts of Bryan Little or Shea Weber. Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes was the agent for Ottawa Senators forward Colin White when he negotiated his current contract.
7:10 AM ET Before the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills Competition in Las Vegas earlier this season, St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou was asked about participating in the fastest skater event. Specifically, if the 23-year-old thought he could outpace Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid, who had won the competition three times. “I’m gonna try,” Kyrou
📝 by Brandon Weiss | AHL On The Beat The Office, as is frequently the case, laid it out best. In the series finale, Andy Bernard’s parting shot can resonate with many but perhaps none more than Stockton Heat defenseman Kevin Gravel, who won a Calder Cup in his first AHL season and has been
Chicago Blackhawks (23-32-9, seventh in the Central) vs. Los Angeles Kings (35-22-8, second in the Pacific) Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kings -195, Blackhawks +163; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles hosts the Chicago Blackhawks after Adrian Kempe scored two goals in the Kings’ 6-1 win against the Predators. The
Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller scored 1:52 apart early in the third period, Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesday night. Boeser got things rolling by taking advantage of a turnover with a goal 1:23 into the final period. Miller knocked in another off a
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week, Tony Wolak, Devin Little and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and sound off
On March 20, the Florida Panthers place defenseman Aaron Ekblad on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) and freed up about $7.5 million in extra cap space. With the extra money shored up, general manager, Bill Zito worked the phones and brought in from the Buffalo Sabres defenseman Robert Hagg in exchange for a sixth-round pick in