The New York Islanders are having a disappointing season, to say the least. The team entered this season with Stanley Cup aspirations but unfortunately, have only won 21 of their 52 games and remain on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. As a result, Lou Lamoriello and the Islanders front office will likely
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Penguins and Sabres scouting each other Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburgh Penguins had two scouts at the Maple Leafs and Sabres game. Sabres assistant GM Jason Karmanos was at a recent Penguins game. The Sabres have left-handed defenseman Robert Hagg, who might interest the Penguins. The Penguins may be looking at affordable
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Jose Barracuda forward John Leonard has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 6, 2022. Leonard scored five goals and totaled seven points in three games for San Jose last week, including the first hat trick of his
8:16 AM ET Associated Press Hockey Hall of Fame member Angela James opened what could become a widening rift between North America’s top two women’s professional hockey organizations on the eve of joining the new ownership group of the Premier Hockey Federation’s Toronto Six. Days before the PHF officially announced the sale on Monday, James
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel scored a power-play goal with 5.2 seconds remaining to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Eichel, who was acquired Nov. 4 in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres and recently made his Vegas debut after having artificial disc replacement surgery,
Jack Eichel scored a power-play goal with 5.2 seconds remaining to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Eichel, who was acquired Nov. 4 in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres and recently made his Vegas debut after having artificial disc replacement surgery, has three goals as
When the New York Rangers selected Kaapo Kakko with the second-overall pick in 2019, there were quite high expectations for the young forward. He was coming off a big year in Finland where he scored 22 goals and 38 points in 45 games for his men’s club TPS. This made his draft stock go much
After suffering a 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Rogers Place on Saturday (March 5), the Edmonton Oilers have played 56 games, which just happens to be the length of the entire 2020-21 NHL regular season. That’s notable because if the 2021-22 season ended today, they would not be advancing to the playoffs. Entering
San Diego Gulls netminder Lukas Dostal made a bit of AHL history on Wednesday night when he became the 17th goaltender in league history to be credited with scoring a goal. Dostal, the reigning AHL Player of the Week, also made 51 saves as the Gulls defeated the Colorado Eagles, 5-2. Dostal corralled a dump-in
8:10 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Robertson had his second hat trick of the weekend and the Dallas Stars outlasted the Minnesota Wild 6-3 on Sunday to take over the top wild-card position in the Western Conference. Robertson, a 22-year-old American left wing who has cemented his place on Dallas’
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dougie Hamilton scored in overtime and rookie Nico Daws made 19 saves and the New Jersey Devils edged the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Sunday. Hamilton scored his ninth goal of the season at the 1:12 of the extra session with a high shot to beat Blues netminder Ville Husso. Pavel
One may have been hard pressed to guess which team was still fighting for a playoff spot and which was long out of the picture on Saturday night in Edmonton. Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists as the Montreal Canadiens remained hot of late, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2. Brendan Gallagher and Cole
To say the Boston Bruins just completed a successful road trip would be an understatement. Starting with a 3-2 overtime win against the Seattle Kraken on Feb. 24 and ending with a 5-4 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 5, the Bruins would ultimately go 5-1-0 over the span of the trip.
It may come as a surprise, but the state of Florida has a robust college hockey scene developing under its’ sunshine. While some institutions founded hockey teams in the 1990s, it took until the mid-2000s for the sport to find stable footing throughout colleges. Florida now has eight public and private universities with men’s ice-hockey
Canucks gathering trade value and potential contracts asks for free agents Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman notes that Vancouver Canucks Jim Rutherford and his management staff have been gathering info on the trade value of their players. They are excluding Thatcher Demko, Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson, but what about the value of the others. “But what
📝 by Patrick Williams Troy Bodie’s job description is quite varied, but his mandate from the Seattle Kraken is really quite simple. That mandate? Be a go-between for the National Hockey League club with its new American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Be on the ground locally, get involved, and help bring the
6:07 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks are getting their captain back — activating center Jonathan Toews from injured reserve. Toews has been out since suffering a concussion Jan. 26 against the Detroit Red Wings. Toews has played 43 games this season after missing all of last year with an immune disorder. He has four goals
DENVER (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau scored 37 seconds into overtime, Elias Lindholm had two goals and the red-hot Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday night in a matchup between two of the Western Conference’s top teams. Gaudreau took a pass off the boards from Lindholm and beat Pavel Francouz to the glove