When your favorite team has been playing as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning have in the first half of the 2020-21 season, it is easy to forget how competitive the NHL really is. After earning at least one point in their last nine games, the Lightning fell to the Detroit Red Wings who are
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In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll try to help fans keep up with at least one rumor about a trade possibility. I’ll also share one actual trade that happened late yesterday. In addition, I’ll note a few more player movements as the Maple Leafs work to get ready for tonight’s
12:25 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres will be without captain Jack Eichel for what coach Ralph Krueger called “the foreseeable future” in delivering yet another blow to a team in the midst of a nine-game skid. The injury is not considered season-ending, though Krueger on Saturday was unable to
San Jose Sharks (10-11-3, seventh in the West Division) vs. Anaheim Ducks (8-14-6, eighth in the West Division) Anaheim, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks host San Jose after the Sharks shut out Anaheim 6-0. Devan Dubnyk earned the victory in the net for San Jose after recording 34 saves. The
Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists while Leon Draisaitl and Tyler Ennis both added a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night. Edmonton (18-11-0) swept a three-game series with Ottawa and improved to 7-0 this season against the Senators. Tyson Barrie, Darnell Nurse and
New York Rangers’ prospect Nils Lundkvist continues to dominate the Swedish Hockey League as a U21 defenseman. He leads the league in goals from his position and now has the most points in SHL regular-season history by a U21 defenseman. Ottawa Senators’ prospect Egor Sokolov has gotten over a slow start to his American Hockey
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goaltender Veini Vehvilainen from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenseman Mikko Lehtonen. Vehvilainen, 24, has made one appearance with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters this season, stopping 21 of 24 shots at Rockford on Feb. 23. He made his NHL debut with Columbus on Mar. 6, allowing one
The Arizona Coyotes didn’t play great hockey over their last 120 minutes of action, but they still managed to escape with three points during their two-game series against the Colorado Avalanche. However, they lost their starting goaltender in the process – let’s take a look back at this week’s events on the ice: Coyotes Dominated,
5:00 PM ET Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan didn’t rule out goalie Henrik Lundqvist returning to the team this season after undergoing open-heart surgery in January. “It would be pretty incredible if he was able to come back. I guess we’ll see where he is at the end here,” said MacLellan on Friday. “Probably
In a game in which the Montreal Canadiens couldn’t get much of anything going, they ironically may have stumbled upon a key to their success. Defenseman Alexander Romanov may not have stood out one way or another against the Calgary Flames in the Habs’ 2-1 loss on Thursday, but his promotion up the lineup beside
Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs came into the NHL’s pandemic-shortened campaign desperately looking to change the narrative. On the heels of another post-season disappointment — this time inside the NHL’s summer bubble — the team’s roster bursting with offensive talent was under intense pressure in hockey’s biggest market to demonstrate it had learned
Josh Leivo scored twice for the Calgary Flames in a 2-1 win Thursday over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Darryl Sutter coached the Flames to victory in his first game behind Calgary’s bench after Geoff Ward was fired a week earlier. Montreal’s record since Dominique Ducharme replaced Claude Julien on Feb. 24 is 3-2-3. Derek Ryan
by Stephen Meserve | AHL On The Beat The usual progression for drafted players won’t see them come to the American Hockey League for years after their big draft day. Of course, this year has been anything but usual. Eighteen- and 19-year-olds who would normally be in the Canadian major junior leagues have come to the AHL, giving
The Boston Pride head into the 2021 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs still looking to finish the mission they started last season. It was a year ago today (March 12, 2020) that the league had to cancel and then eventually postpone the 2020 Isobel Cup Final between the Pride and Minnesota Whitecaps. It was definitely a
7:15 AM ET It was March 11, 2020, and the Winnipeg Jets were holding their morning skate before a game at the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Paul Maurice had just stepped onto the ice when his captain, Blake Wheeler, skated over with a concerned expression. “You think they’re going to shut us down tonight?” asked Wheeler.
As it stands right now, the Florida Panthers are 16-5-4 and are just under halfway through their 2020-21 campaign. Because of this, I, along with fellow team writers Jack Dawkins and Joey Ganzi, have decided to take a look at each award and say who we think deserves it from this team so far. Panthers’
Pittsburgh Penguins (16-9-1, third in the East Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (6-15-4, eighth in the East Division) Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo aims to stop its nine-game skid with a victory over Pittsburgh. The Sabres are 6-15-4 against the rest of their division. Buffalo averages only 2.5 penalties per game,
Playing professional hockey in Switzerland is no holiday for Daniel Winnik. That’s why Winnik, who plays for Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League, has signed a petition asking that Canadian professional hockey players returning home from overseas be placed on the COVID-19 essential travelers list and be exempt from a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine.