BRANDON, Man. – Ridly Greig had two goals and an assist, Chad Nyhuck had four assists and the Brandon Wheat Kings added to the Medicine Hat Tigers’ misery with a 6-4 victory Tuesday in Western Hockey League action. The Tigers are 0-12-3 over their last 15 games and dropped to 4-15-4 on the season with
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The NHL has suspended Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza six games for kneeing Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk during a game Sunday. Spezza hit Pionk in the head with his knee during Toronto’s chaotic 6-3 loss in Winnipeg during the third period as the Jets defenceman attempted to clear the puck away with his
Anaheim Ducks (13-8-5, third in the Pacific) vs. Buffalo Sabres (8-13-3, sixth in the Atlantic) Buffalo, New York; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Sabres +106, Ducks -127; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo heads into the matchup with Anaheim after losing four in a row. The Sabres are 6-6-1 at home. Buffalo has
China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed China’s participation Tuesday, avoiding what would have been an unprecedented removal of a host country’s team for performance
SEATTLE (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Danton Heinen scored 25 seconds apart early in the first period, Jake Guentzel extended his point streak to 13 games with two goals and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Seattle Kraken 6-1 on Monday night. Jeff Carter scored 1:47 into the game and Crosby followed with
Bruce Boudreau got his first win as head coach of the Canucks Monday as Vancouver blanked the L.A. Kings 4-0. The victory came less than 24 hours after the Canucks cleaned house, firing general manager Jim Benning, assistant manager Jim Weisbrod, head coach Travis Green and assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner. Thatcher Demko had 30 saves
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have fired coach Alain Vigneault following eight straight losses, two shy of matching a team record of 10 in a row, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the firing hadn’t been
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds has been slapped with a fine for a cross-check he applied to Winnipeg Jets forward Jansen Harkins on Sunday night. The NHL’s department of player safety has been fined Simmonds $2,250 US, the maximum allowable under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, for laying his stick into the back of
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov scored his seventh goal of the season and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Sunday night. Less than two minutes after Calgary’s Elias Lindholm cut the Golden Knights’ 2-0 lead in half, Dadonov responded by smacking a rebound past Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom to give
The struggling Vancouver Canucks have reportedly parted ways with head coach Travis Green and replaced him with Bruce Boudreau. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the news Sunday night. Multiple outlets also reported Sunday that the team had fired general manager Jim Benning. A spokesperson for the Canucks did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The
Anaheim Ducks (13-8-4, third in the Pacific) vs. Washington Capitals (15-4-6, first in the Metropolitan) Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Capitals -193, Ducks +160; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: Alex Ovechkin and Washington take on Anaheim. Ovechkin ranks third in the NHL with 39 points, scoring 20 goals and recording 19 assists.
Even as Mark Scheifele’s personal goalless streak stretched to seven games he knew that good habits would eventually end the drought. Scheifele earned his fourth career hat trick on Friday night to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an 8-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Canada Life Centre on Friday night. “We had
VANCOUVER – Jake Guentzel scored a second-period hat trick and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins downed the Canucks 4-1 in Vancouver on Saturday. Two of the left-winger’s goals came on the power play after the Canucks saw three players sent to the penalty box in quick succession. Sidney Crosby had a goal and
Kirill Kaprizov scored in the third round of a shootout and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 Saturday night for their sixth straight win. Jordan Greenway, Mats Zuccarello and Marcus Foligno had goals in regulation for Central Division-leading Minnesota, which has outscored its opponents 28-12 during the winning streak. Cam Talbot made
The OHL campaign has reached the quarter mark, a significant point for measuring success. Teams in a playoff spot this far into the schedule often make the post-season. Six teams were within six points atop the Eastern Conference standings heading into the weekend, while in the West just two points separated fourth from eighth. Despite
Though it took a little more than a month to find a style of play that would lead to success, the expansion Seattle Kraken are now rolling. And they’re beating some pretty good teams along the way. Colin Blackwell and Alex Wennberg scored less than three minutes apart in the second period, and the Kraken
Leevi Meriläinen stopped all 28 shots he faced as the Kingston Frontenacs blanked the Oshawa Generals 5-0 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Martin Chromiak had back-to-back power-play goals less than a minute apart for Kingston (13-5-3). Jordan Frasca, Jake Murray and Matthew Soto rounded out the attack. The Frontenacs have won four straight
Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk scored in the shootout and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Friday night. Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist for the Pacific Division-leading Flames, who are 6-0-2 in their last eight on the road. Blake Coleman and Elias Lindholm also had goals for Calgary in