After allowing six goals in consecutive losses themselves, the Minnesota Wild flipped the script on Sunday. Kevin Fiala scored two goals and added an assist as the Wild scored early and often in a 7-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. “Sometimes it doesn’t go in and tonight it kind of went in,” Fiala said. “We
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The daily “NHL Talk” column is your go-to for quotes from the top storylines in the NHL. Listen to THW contributors talk hockey every weekday on The Hockey Writers Podcast, available on iHeartRadio and wherever you listen to podcasts. In this edition of NHL Talk, these are the top storylines with quotes from players, coaches, managers, and more: Kraken’s Giordano
If an NHL team isn’t living up to expectations, there’s a good chance that the coach is to blame. Or at least, the person that takes the fall for the team’s lackluster performance. Recently, we’ve seen the last-place Montreal Canadiens part ways with Dominique Ducharme after the coach led the team to the Stanley Cup
📝 by Patrick Williams Someone once summed up what it means to secure an American Hockey League head-coaching job ― you now have one of the top 63 coaching jobs in the entire hockey world. Colin Chaulk is now a member of that coaching club. Right alongside him is John Anderson, who earned a home in the
6:47 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Andrew Hammond, playing in an NHL game for the first time in 1,425 days, made 30 saves and stopped two of three shootout attempts, leading the Montreal Canadiens past the New York Islanders, 3-2, on Sunday. In a season full of surprises for Montreal, most of
Buffalo Sabres (16-26-8, seventh in the Atlantic) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (24-23-1, fifth in the Metropolitan) Columbus, Ohio; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jackets -162, Sabres +136; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: Columbus hosts the Buffalo Sabres after Patrik Laine scored three goals in the Blue Jackets’ 7-4 win against the Blackhawks.
Elias Lindholm extended his goal streak to seven games notching the go-ahead goal 7:31 into the third period on Saturday as the Calgary Flames extended their winning streak to nine games with a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken. Lindholm has nine goals over the span and is up to 22 on the season. Assisting
The daily “NHL Talk” column is your go-to for quotes from the top storylines in the NHL. Listen to THW contributors talk hockey every weekday on The Hockey Writers Podcast, available on iHeartRadio and wherever you listen to podcasts. In this edition of NHL Talk, these are the top storylines with quotes from players, coaches, managers, and more: Canadiens Add
One of the top offensive stars in the history of the National Hockey League was born on this date and celebrated in style three different times. Feb. 20 came up huge in both 1971 and 1982, while numerous members of the Hockey Hall of Fame grabbed the spotlight. Let’s take our daily trip back in
Scouting the Coyotes and Kings Craig Morgan: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Arizona Coyotes – Los Angeles Kings game: Anaheim Ducks, Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Seattle Kraken, New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings. Avs scouting the Coyotes Adrian Dater: Something to keep an eye
📝 by Ryan Holt | AHL On The Beat The Bakersfield Condors’ Alex Stalock is a goaltender. Protector of the nets. A hockey player. A husband and a father of three. And much like the rest of the world, the past two years have been difficult on the 34-year-old. It was November 2020 when the then-Minnesota
1:37 AM ET Finland won its first ever Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal with a 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee on Sunday in Beijing. Finland forward Hannes Bjorninen scored the game-winning goal just 31 seconds into the third period. He added an assist on Ville Pokka’s goal in the second period that
OTTAWA – David Pastrnak had gone pointless in his last four games and was held off the scoresheet for three periods in Ottawa Saturday against the Senators, and it wasn’t sitting well. How quickly things can change for the better. Pastrnak scored on a one-timer off a cross-ice feed from Taylor Hall at 2:42 of
Veterans Brandon Saad, Ryan O’Reilly and Pavel Buchnevich scored in the third period to give the St. Louis Blues a 6-3 win and torpedo a two-goal effort from Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander on Saturday. The victory against one of the league’s top teams in the Maple Leafs (32-13-3) arrived two days after the
The daily “NHL Recap” column is your go-to for the top quotes from every game in the NHL. Listen to THW contributors talk hockey every weekday on The Hockey Writers Podcast, available on iHeartRadio and wherever you listen to podcasts. In this edition of NHL Recap, these are the top quotes from players and coaches following all games played on
The Arizona Coyotes were playing for the first time in eight days on Saturday, but the action wasn’t just limited to the ice. General Manager Bill Armstrong made Arizona’s first move of the March 21 trade deadline, shipping forward Ryan Dzingel and defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Nick Ritchie and a
The American Hockey League is mourning the passing Saturday of Hockey Hall of Famer Emile Francis. He was 95. Francis spent six seasons in the AHL during his 14-year professional playing career, tending goal for the New Haven Ramblers, Cincinnati Mohawks and Cleveland Barons. He was a Second Team AHL All-Star in 1953-54, when he
5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Chad Ruhwedel to a two-year contract extension on Saturday. The deal carries an average annual value of $800,000 and runs through the 2023-24 season. The extension also gives the 31-year-old some stability. He spent the majority of his first five seasons in