BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Craig Anderson made 18 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Saturday in exhibition play. JJ Peterka, Zemgus Girgensons, and Vinnie Hinostroza scored for the Sabres. They finished the exhibition season 2-3-1. Sam Gagner scored for Detroit and Alex Nedeljkovic made 35 saves. The Red
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The Canadian women’s hockey team will play Alberta Junior A men’s teams as part of its preparation for February’s Beijing Olympics. Canada will play road games against the AJHL’s Drumheller Dragons on Oct. 18, the Olds Grizzlies on Oct. 29, and Camrose Kodiaks on Nov. 3 before facing the Calgary Canucks in Calgary on Jan.
EVERETT, Wash. – Braden Holt stopped all 23 shots he faced as the Everett Silvertips blanked the Portland Winterhawks 4-0 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Jackson Berezowski had a pair of goals for Everett (2-0-0), while Michal Gut and Alex Swetlikoff also scored. Dante Giannuzzi made 22 saves for Portland (0-2-1). Neither team
Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson is settling into quarterbacking Calgary’s top power-play unit after getting a trial with it last season. The Swede assisted on all three Calgary goals in a 3-1 pre-season win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Andrew Mangiapane and Sean Monahan scored power-play goals in the first period and Elias Lindholm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals’ preseason finale against Philadelphia on Friday night with what the team called a lower-body injury. Ovechkin bumped into Flyers forward Travis Konecny midway through the first period and then went down to the ice. Washington’s captain was slow to get up and skated off on his
Ontario’s major indoor pro sports teams have been given the green light to host capacity crowds. The NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors will be able to play in front of full arenas of fans when their seasons start later this month, Ontario Sports Minister Lisa MacLeod announced Friday.
Within the past decade, “Corsi,” “Fenwick,” “zone starts” and “expected goals” crept into hockey parlance even if traditionalists viewed them with a level of disdain emanating from a Tom Wilson-Ryan Reaves staredown. On the eve of the start of the NHL regular season, the league’s glossary of terms can add “puck lines,” “money lines,” “over/under,”
As shocking as it was for hockey buffs to hear on Thursday that the seemingly unshakable goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens is seeking help, it’s not unheard of for professional athletes to reach out when they need to. And as soon as their names are splashed across headlines, any whispers of macho criticism are drowned out
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils’ preseason game against the New York Islanders was canceled Thursday night due to a power outage in part of Prudential Center. The lights in one area of the arena went out before the start of the game and could not be restored. After consulting with the NHL
Montreal Canadiens star Carey Price will be away from the team while voluntarily taking part in the NHL/National Hockey League Players’ Association assistance program. A join media release from the NHL and NHLPA on Thursday announced the 34-year-old goalie’s decision and said there would be no further comment. The NHL and NHLPA first offered the jointly funded player assistance program
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Logan Dowhaniuk’s goal late in the third period lifted the Edmonton Oil Kings over the Lethbridge Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action. Dowhaniuk scored with 2:18 left to play to seal the win. Jalen Luypen had a short-handed goal with one second left in the second period for Edmonton
Speed can make all the difference in hockey and one of the Winnipeg Jets’ fastest forwards continues to prove that. Using his impressive speed, Nikolaj Ehlers scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead the Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday in a pre-season NHL game before 14,937 fully-vaccinated fans
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield was placed on injured reserve by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, a day after fracturing his left ankle in a preseason game. Byfield, the second overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, was hurt in the third period of the Kings’ 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on
Two Victoriaville Tigres players have been indefinitely suspended by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League after police formally charged the pair with sexual assault earlier this week. Nicolas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano, both 19, appeared in court in Quebec City on Tuesday morning. They have both been charged with sexual assault and filming what happened
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield, the second overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, suffered a lower body injury during the third period of the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes in a preseason game Tuesday night. The 19-year old center hit the corner boards awkwardly during a collision with Arizona
Jessie Eldridge scored with 15 seconds left to play but Canada’s women’s national hockey team still lost to the Cranbrook Bucks 8-3 on Tuesday. Melodie Daoust and Julia Gosling also scored for Canada in the exhibition game. Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 35 of 39 shots in the first two periods for Canada and Kristen Campbell turned
We’ve gone past the point where anyone can emerge from the stalemate between Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres as a winner. There may be a moral victory to be found for the star centre in sticking to his guns and eventually getting a first-of-its-kind neck procedure done, but it seems increasingly likely that the
Vegas goaltender Robin Lehner said Tuesday he is encouraged about inciting change in hockey after having conversations with the NHL and NHL Players’ Association about concerns he voiced on social media over the weekend. The NHL reached out to Lehner to set up an interview after he made several accusations Saturday night on Twitter, including