The Montreal Canadiens, mired in a season-long tailspin, have fired Dominique Ducharme and named Hall of Fame forward Martin St. Louis as interim head coach. The 48-year-old Ducharme was relieved of his duties Wednesday with Montreal languishing in the league basement at 8-30-7. St. Louis, who ended a distinguished playing career in 2015, has no
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Carolina Hurricanes (31-10-3, first in the Metropolitan) vs. Boston Bruins (26-15-3, fourth in the Atlantic) Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit Boston after David Pastrnak scored two goals in the Bruins’ 4-2 loss to the Penguins. The Bruins are 16-9-1 against Eastern Conference opponents. Boston is third in the Eastern
J.T. Miller marked a major milestone in spectacular fashion Tuesday, notching a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. The Canucks’ leading scorer collected his 400th career point as Vancouver improved to 21-20-6 on the season in its return from the all-star break. Elias Pettersson
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Niedermayer has joined the Anaheim Ducks’ front office as a special advisor to the hockey operations department. New Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek on Tuesday announced the “enhanced role” in the front office for Niedermayer, the captain of Anaheim’s only Stanley Cup-winning team in 2007. “His
The Ottawa Senators know they weren’t at their best Monday night, but thankfully Matt Murray was. The Senators goaltender stopped 32 shots in a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils where there was little doubt about who was the best player on the night. “I think he’s the reason we won that game,” said
Nashville Predators (28-14-4, second in the Central) vs. Dallas Stars (23-18-2, fifth in the Central) Dallas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Nashville visits the Dallas Stars after Filip Forsberg scored two goals in the Predators’ 4-2 win against the Canucks. The Stars are 10-10-2 in Western Conference games. Dallas ranks eighth in the Western
Even after his linemate Auston Matthews left the game with a suspected head injury, Mitch Marner stayed hot to score in overtime and push the Toronto Maple Leafs to their 30th win and a season-high sixth in a row on Monday. Marner scored the tying goal with 5:48 remaining in the third period and again
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs assistant general manager Jeff Greenberg has interviewed with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks for their GM opening, becoming the first known candidate for the job from outside professional hockey. The Blackhawks confirmed the interview on Monday. CEO Danny Wirtz, the son of team owner Rocky Wirtz, promised last month that the
In the aftermath of the National Hockey League opting out of the Beijing Winter Games, the medal-contending nations took distinctly different approaches to roster construction. Finland opted for team chemistry and veteran experience, selecting 18 players from the Kontinental Hockey League and nine from the squad that won the 2019 world championship. Similarly, Czechia general manager Petr
LAS VEGAS The Arizona Coyotes have survived a bankruptcy, a court challenge for relocation and multiple changes in ownership. As they now navigate an eviction that could force them to spend multiple seasons playing out of a 5,000-seat arena, there’s no reason to believe the NHL’s commitment to keeping a franchise in the desert has
Chicago fired a longtime minor-league trainer in November after he was accused of sexual harassment. The alleged harassment by Rockford IceHogs trainer D.J. Jones occurred in 2014, Chicago said Sunday night in a statement. The allegations were reported to the team on Oct. 27, a day after it released a report by an outside law firm that
WINNIPEG – Leon Gawanke finally put away the game winner following an extended shootout and the Manitoba Moose collected a 2-1 win over the Texas Stars in American Hockey League play on Sunday. Gawanke scored in the 12th round of the shootout and Moose goalie Mikhail Berdin stopped Nicholas Caamano on the next attempt to
VICTORIA – The Kamloops Blazers were one of three WHL teams to extend their win streak to eight games with a convincing 8-2 victory over the Victoria Royals Saturday. Matthew Seminoff and Daylan Kuefler each scored twice to propel the second-place Blazers (30-11-1-0) to another win. Connor Levis, Luke Toporowski, Drew Englot and Dylan Sydor
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins broke a tie with a short-handed goal with 4:03 remaining in the Edmonton Oilers’ 5-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break. Nugent-Hopkins added an empty-net goal with 1:05 remaining to wrap up the Oilers’ fifth victory in six games. “We
TORONTO – Nick Robertson had a pair of goals Saturday, helping the Toronto Marlies to a 5-2 victory over the Rochester Americans in American Hockey League play. Robertson buried the game winner 16:51 into the second period, then added an empty-net strike with 2:18 left on the game clock. Alex Biega, Mac Hollowell and Joey
If any hockey executive is somehow still uncertain whether Claude Giroux can deliver on the biggest stages, the Philadelphia captain’s MVP performance in the NHL All-Star Game demonstrated his skills under pressure one more time. Giroux scored three goals and the Metropolitan Division beat the Central Division 5-3 on Saturday in the final 3-on-3 match
ESPN’s return to broadcasting NHL games has generated plenty of fanfare, but not a lot of games on either ESPN or ABC. That begins to change this weekend. Saturday’s All-Star Game from Las Vegas will be on ABC, and marks the beginning of ESPN ramping up its coverage for the second half of the season.
Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis’ Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor Friday night. Carolina’s Sebastian Aho won the Accuracy Shooting contest at T-Mobile Arena on a night when the biggest impressions were left by the Sin City