The Toronto Maple Leafs have turned to Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John Tavares for much of their offence in recent years. With the former still working back from wrist surgery, and the other two stars still looking to find the back of the net, Toronto’s depth has been forced to carry much of the
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DENVER (AP) — David Perron scored two goals, Jordan Binnington stopped 29 shots and the St. Louis Blues held on for a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche in their season opener on Saturday night. Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist, while Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues. Colorado center Nathan MacKinnon,
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It’s fitting that the Boston Bruins joined the recent wave of hockey clubs signing their young defensive stars to mega-dollar, multi-year contracts — with 23-year-old stalwart Charlie McAvoy putting pen to paper on an eight-year, $76-million (U.S.) deal as the season’s first week came to a close. Boston has been one of the NHL’s best
Most people wouldn’t appreciate having lightning-fast shots taken at their artwork worth hundreds — even thousands — of dollars. But in the NHL, it’s expected. A lion can be seen on this Andrei Vasilevskiy mask. Sylvie Marsolais included the lion as a homage to Vasilevskiy’s nickname, ‘Big Cat.’ (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) “We know it’s part of the job,”
Marco Costantini stopped 36 shots to lead the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 4-0 win over the Niagara IceDogs in OHL action Friday night. Mark Duarte, George Diaco, Avery Hayes and Jonathan Melee had the goals for Hamilton (3-0). Josh Rosenzweig stopped 22 shots for Niagara (2-1). In other action, it was: Kingston Frontenacs 5, Sudbury
With a raucous Philly crowd against them, and a third-period collapse still raw, the Vancouver Canucks pulled themselves together and believed the best was still ahead. “It’s a rocking building, we’re on the road, anything could happen,” forward J.T. Miller said. How does a shootout win two nights after losing in one sound? Elias Pettersson
Dale Hooper has some experience with helping companies make the transition to a legal landscape and surviving the somewhat painful, cumbersome regulatory process. Two years ago, Hooper was leading a cannabis compliance in Mississauga when it was bought by Deloitte Canada following the Canadian government’s passing of the Cannabis Act. Fast forward to the beginning
At 40 and opening his 19th NHL season, Sabres goalie Craig Anderson has been around long enough to realize it’s not about what star players a team might be missing, or how inexperienced the roster. “I think first and foremost, it’s not what you don’t have, it’s what you do have, and that starts with
NEW YORK (AP) — Miro Heiskanen scored 1:38 into overtime and the Dallas Stars beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night to spoil coach Gerard Gallant’s home debut. Heiskanen took a pass from Jamie Benn, swooped in on goalie Igor Shesterkin and buried a high shot to give the Stars a victory in
The Ottawa Senators couldn’t have asked for a better start to the regular season. Not only did they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday, they signed Brady Tkachuk to a seven-year contract extension hours earlier. Tyler Ennis led the way with a goal and an assist, while Chris Tierney and Alex Formenton also
Dallas Stars vs. New York Rangers New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -122, Stars +102; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: New York hosts Dallas in a non-conference matchup. New York went 27-23-6 overall and 14-11-3 at home during the 2020-21 season. Goalies for the Rangers recorded five shutouts last season while
Kyle Turris scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers started the season off with a victory, defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday. Jesse Puljujarvi and Zach Hyman scored in regulation for the Oilers, who gave up a late lead. Edmonton also got a pair of assists from Connor McDavid. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Quinn
This hockey season is a referendum on one thing in Ottawa. Over the coming months, the Senators will reveal if general manager Pierre Dorion was correct in announcing his rebuild completed. “The rebuild is done,” Dorion said in September. “Now we’re stepping into another zone.” The new era begins inauspiciously, with Brady Tkachuk unavailable for
William Nylander scored the winner early in the third period and Jack Campbell made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in the season-opener for both teams Wednesday. Pierre Engvall had the other goal for Toronto in front of 18,493 masked and fully vaccinated fans at Scotiabank Arena — the
CALGARY – A significant change in leadership under new-ish head coach Darryl Sutter make the Calgary Flames a team in transition heading into the 2021-22 season. “Honest, hardworking” is the identity Sutter wants for a club that either missed the playoffs or exited in the first round all but one season since Sutter coached the
A significant change in leadership under new-ish head coach Darryl Sutter make the Calgary Flames a team in transition heading into the 2021-22 season. “Honest, hardworking” is the identity Sutter wants for a club that either missed the playoffs or exited in the first round all but one season since Sutter coached the Flames to
TAMPA, Fla. – Tristan Jarry had 26 saves, Danton Heinen and Brian Boyle scored early second-period goals, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 in the regular-season opener on Tuesday night. Dominik Simon, Teddy Blueger, Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues also scored, and Kris Letang had two assists