Connor McDavid is within reach of a milestone that could go down in hockey history. McDavid needs seven points in Edmonton’s final five games to reach 100 in 56 games during this pandemic-shortened NHL season. Getting there would be an achievement remembered alongside Wayne Gretzky’s 50 goals in 39 games, but the Oilers captain is
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PHILADELPHIA – Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins regained first place in the East Division with a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. Marcus Pettersson, Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker, Mark Friedman and John Marino also scored goals while Tristan Jarry had 30 saves for the Penguins, who moved two
Washington’s Tom Wilson was fined but not suspended for his actions during a post-whistle scrum in New York, an outcome the Capitals are ready to move on from and the Rangers feel isn’t sufficient punishment for one of hockey’s most polarizing players. The NHL fined Wilson $5,000 US Tuesday for roughing Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich
At this point, in the final week of the season, all the Rangers want to do is play out their final few games, get some quality experience for their kids, maybe experiment with a few new line combinations, just to get some ideas going into next season. But when you play against the Washington Capitals,
Connor McDavid had four points and the Edmonton Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. The Oilers captain had two goal and two assists and Jesse Puljujarvi had one of each. Tyson Barrie and Dominik Kahun also scored for Edmonton (31-17-2), and Leon Draisaitl notched a pair
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Cole Caufield scored at 4:43 of overtime as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a potential North Division playoff preview Monday. The rookie sniper took a pass from Jeff Petry and wired home his second NHL goal — and second OT winner in as many games. Tyler Toffoli and Philip Danault
CALGARY – Josh Tarzwell scored 25 seconds into overtime to lead the Red Deer Rebels over the Calgary Hitmen 5-4 in the Western Hockey League on Sunday. Kalan Lind and Arshdeep Bains each scored twice for the Rebels (4-15-3) in regulation time. Red Deer was leading 4-2 early in the third period but Zac Funk
Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner have been close friends off the ice since arriving in the NHL. Their connection on it has reached new heights in 2021. Matthews finished off a pair of Marner setups to score his NHL-best 37th and 38th goals of the season Saturday as the Maple Leafs downed the Vancouver Canucks
TORONTO – Mads Sogaard stopped 29 shots on Saturday, helping the Bellville Senators to a decisive 4-1 win over the Toronto Marlies. Angus Crookshank, Joseph LaBate, Cole Cassels and Parker Kelly each had a goal for the Sens (12-15-1), and Jean-Christophe Beaudin tallied a pair of assists. Joseph Duszak scored the lone goal for the
Moments after scoring his first NHL goal —an overtime winner — Cole Caufield walked, bewildered, into a silent Montreal Canadiens’ locker-room. “We were all waiting for him. And we gave him the silent treatment . . . let him sit there just kinda looking around, a little confused. And then yeah, everyone broke out and
New York Islanders (31-15-5, third in the East Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (13-32-7, eighth in the East Division) Buffalo, New York; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Sabres +226, Islanders -286 BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host New York after the Islanders shut out New York 3-0. Semyon Varlamov earned the victory in the
Connor McDavid scored and added two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames Saturday night in the final game between the Alberta rivals this season. Ethan Bear, Josh Archibald and Darnell Nurse — the last two into the empty net — also scored for the Oilers (30-17-2), who
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Anthony Beauvillier scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 shots for his league-leading seventh shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the rival Rangers 3-0 Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot for the third straight year. Mathew Barzal added a breakaway goal and Josh Bailey had three assists
The Vancouver Canucks have placed forward Jake Virtanen, 24, on leave after “concerning allegations” surfaced against the player on Saturday. “Our organization does not accept sexual misconduct of any kind and the claims as reported are being treated very seriously,” the Canucks said in a statement. <a href=”https://t.co/faohjM74d3″>pic.twitter.com/faohjM74d3</a> —@Canucks “We have engaged external expertise to assist
Ottawa Senators (19-27-4, sixth in the North Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (22-18-9, fourth in the North Division) Montreal; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Canadiens -211, Senators +178; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: Montreal hosts the Ottawa Senators after Nicholas Suzuki scored two goals in the Canadiens’ 5-3 win against the Jets. The Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens were buoyed by scoring more than four goals in a game for the first time in over a month, while the Winnipeg Jets continued to leak confidence Friday. Nick Suzuki’s second goal was the game-winner in a 5-3 win over the visiting Jets, who lost their sixth in a row in regulation.
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