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Alex Ovechkin has reached 30 goals in a season for the 19th time in his 20-year NHL career, adding to the league record he set last season with his 18th. The Washington Capitals captain got his latest milestone goal Tuesday night at home in a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames. He beat Dan Vladar

The 4 Nations Face-Off dust now settled, NHL general managers have fully pivoted to the league’s fast-approaching March 7 trade deadline. Executives are looking to ship out veterans and gather assets for the future or bolster current rosters with established talent in hopes of a long, memorable playoff spring. Players set to become unrestricted free

Juuse Saros made 23 saves and the Nashville Predators ended NHL-leading Winnipeg’s franchise-record winning streak at 11 games, beating the weary Jets 2-1 on Thursday night. Filip Forsberg and Tommy Novak scored to help Nashville snap a two-game losing streak. Neal Pionk scored and backup goalie Eric Comrie made 28 saves for the Jets, coming

You could take the savviest brand manager on the planet, double dose them on melatonin, add a mug of chamomile tea, usher them into a cool bedroom and put them to sleep beneath a weighted blanket, and they still wouldn’t dream up the media relations winning streak P.K. Subban has been on since last week.

The Winnipeg Jets extended their franchise-record win streak to 11 games, topping the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Wednesday night. Winnipeg (42-14-3) got two goals in quick succession at the midpoint of the first period from Cole Perfetti and Mason Appleton that pushed the surging Jets out of reach, taking advantage of some ill-timed mistakes from Ottawa.

U.S. President Donald Trump is voicing his support for hockey legend Wayne Gretzky while suggesting the former NHLer isn’t keen on the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state. Gretzky has drawn the ire of some Canadians in recent weeks due to his affiliation with Trump, who has threatened Canada with steep tariffs and talked

Mark Scheifele became the Winnipeg Jets’ all-time goals leader when he scored his 329th at 1:33 of overtime to beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday. The victory boosted Winnipeg’s franchise-record win streak to 10 games. Scheifele passed Ilya Kovalchuk’s Atlanta Thrashers’ record with his team-leading 32nd goal of the season. Jets defenceman Josh

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Connor McDavid’s overtime goal to beat the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off final last week was the best Canadian men’s hockey moment of the last 15 years. Could

Heather Jeffares, sporting an Edmonton Oilers cap and jacket, recalls using her paper route money to pay for Oilers tickets to watch Wayne Gretzky play and standing outside the church during his wedding.  But she is among the many Edmontonians whose view of Gretzky — an almost saintly figure in this city — has become

The NHL has reduced Minnesota forward Ryan Hartman’s suspension to eight games after the NHL Players’ Association appealed the ban. The league announced Monday that Hartman’s suspension for roughing Ottawa’s Tim Stützle will be decreased by two games after commissioner Gary Bettman heard Hartman’s appeal at a Feb. 14 hearing. Hartman was originally suspended 10 games

Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first goal of the game, scored from his office on the power play for his second and sailed a shot into an empty net from his own zone to complete the hat trick. “I have pretty good chances to score more,” Ovechkin said,

Hockey The 2025 NHL draft will take place June 27 and 28 at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, the league announced Saturday. League commissioner Bettman, top prospects will be attendance at Peacock Theatre The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 23, 2025 12:10 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago The NHL draft

Connor McDavid continued Canada’s tradition of scoring clutch goals in best-on-best senior tournaments with his overtime winner in a 3-2 win over the United States in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off. Here is a look at some of the golden goals from Canada’s men’s and women’s hockey stars in big international tournaments: Paul

There was no shortage of storylines during the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off — but when the league announced the international competition last year, it likely didn’t anticipate that politics would take centre ice. Heading into the final game, Canada’s head coach Jon Cooper acknowledged the political backdrop but downplayed its significance. “Before that puck drops,

It took Connor McDavid alone in the slot, a pass from Mitch Marner, and a puck past one of the best goaltenders in the world for an entire nation to exhale. No. 97 with the A on his sweater ended it in overtime for Canada on Thursday night, securing the 4 Nations Face-Off championship title with

Chantal Kreviazuk, the Canadian Grammy-award winning singer, changed the lyrics to O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off game against the United States on Thursday in response to repeated comments about absorbing Canada as a “51st state.” A representative confirmed in an email to CBC News that Kreviazuk intentionally sang ”that only us command” instead of “in all of

Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in a riveting 4 Nations Face-Off final Thursday. The Edmonton Oilers captain took a pass from Mitch Marner in front and ripped a shot past Connor Hellebuyck to set off wild celebrations. Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Bennett had the goals in regulation

3 hours ago News Duration 8:19 The fierce hockey rivalry between Canada and the U.S. will be on display tonight at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament championship game in Boston. Sports commentator Ron MacLean, best known as the host of Hockey Night in Canada from 1986 to 2014, says in regards to the booing at