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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 for the Penguins,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators have promoted Scott Nichol to assistant general manager going into his 13th season overall with the franchise. General manager David Poile announced the promotion Monday. Nichol will continue as general manager of the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals and as the Predators’ director of player development. Poile called this the

Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews is expected to miss the first three games of the regular season as he continues to recover from wrist surgery. The 24-year-old centre, who had surgery on Aug. 13th, said his wrist isn’t yet where he’d like it to be to play. “We’re taking it day by day and

Time for a normal hockey season. Pretty please. Starting Tuesday, the NHL is planning (hoping?) for a smooth return to its regularly scheduled programming, including a full 82-game season, a return to the divisions that were in place before COVID-19, revenue streams that once made it a $6-billion (U.S.) business and a memorable introduction for

Ten female officials will work games in the American Hockey League this season, the highest level that women have reached in that position in professional hockey. Katie Guay on Saturday will become the first woman to referee an AHL game. Guay, fellow referees Kelly Cooke, Jacqueline Zee Howard, Laura White, Samantha Hiller, Elizabeth Mantha and

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed Jon Cooper to a three-year extension through the 2024-25 season, rewarding their coach after the team won consecutive Stanley Cup titles. Cooper has been behind bench with the Lightning since March 2013, and the team has made five appearances in the Eastern Conference Final. It

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed Jon Cooper to a three-year extension through the 2024-25 season, rewarding their coach after the team won consecutive Stanley Cup titles. Cooper has been behind bench with the Lightning since March 2013, and the team has made five appearances in the Eastern Conference Final. It has played in the

RIMOUSKI, Que. – Julien Beland scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Rimouski Oceanic a 3-2 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Sunday. Xavier Cormier and Frederic Brunet each had a goal and an assist for the Oceanic, who improved to 3-1-0 on the season. The Tigres forced

The New York Rangers and top centre Mika Zibanejad have agreed to an eight-year contract worth $68 million US. Zibanejad will count $8.5 million against the salary cap beginning next season and through 2029-30. The 28-year-old Swede was a point-a-game player last season with 24 goals and 26 assists in 50 games. “Since joining the

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Ice continued to build on their dominant start to the Western Hockey League season with a resounding 8-0 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday night. Connor McClennon scored a hat trick and goalie Gage Alexander turned away all 13 shots for the shutout. The Ice improved to a perfect

Captain John Tavares scored a goal and set up another to help the Toronto Maple Leafs win their fourth in a row in their pre-season finale on Saturday. The Maple Leafs (5-1-0) handed the Ottawa Senators (3-4-0) a 4-1 defeat before 11,252 fans at Scotiabank Arena. This outing was the final pre-season tune-up for both

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

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,”