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
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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
CALGARY – Defender Jamie Bourbonnais and forwards Jessie Eldridge and Julia Gosling have been released from the Canadian Olympic women’s hockey team. Canada’s centralization roster decreased to 26 with three more skaters to be cut to get down to the Olympic roster of 23 for February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. “This is an incredibly difficult
While it remains to be seen how the Montreal Canadiens’ two-person approach to hockey operations will ultimately work, new executive vice president of hockey operations Jeff Gorton gave an idea of what the team is looking for in its next general manager. “We want to look at all the candidates and pick the very best
BARRIE, Ont. – Beau Jelsma scored four minutes into overtime as the Barrie Colts completed a 3-2 comeback against the Hamilton Bulldogs on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Ethan Cardwell and Tai York tied the game 2-2 to force the extra period as Barrie (11-7-2) won its third straight game. Mack Guzda made 32
Alex Formenton scored twice and Josh Norris broke a tie 19 seconds after the Ottawa Senators lost the lead in their 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Norris pushed in a rebound with 5:54 left and the Senators hung on for their league-low fifth victory of the season. Anton Forsberg made 47
The Toronto Six will host the first all-star game for the newly rebranded Premier Hockey Federation as professional women’s hockey looks to expand its foothold in Canada and draw more attention to itself. It will be the first time the league, formerly the National Women’s Hockey League, holds its all-star game outside the United States.
Until we are told otherwise, NHLers will be heading to Beijing to compete at the Olympics, and sports talk in this country will centre around picking Team Canada. Players are essentially auditioning for a spot and the rosters will change on a regular basis. Between now and the team announcement, I’ll be giving you the many
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored his 16th goal and Igor Shesterkin stopped 33 shots to help the New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Jacob Trouba and Dryden Hunt also scored and Kaapo Kakko added two