New Jersey Devils (13-18-6, seventh in the East Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (9-23-6, eighth in the East Division) Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: New Jersey enters the matchup against Buffalo as losers of four games in a row. The Sabres are 9-23-6 against the rest of their division. Buffalo serves 6.2
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The Montreal Canadiens have placed forward Brendan Gallagher on long-term injured reserve with a fractured thumb. The team says Gallagher is expected to miss at least six weeks. Gallagher suffered the injury after he was hit by teammate Alexander Romanov’s slapshot in a 3-2 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. The 28-year-old Gallagher
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Brayden Tracey scored his second goal of the game at 4:36 of overtime as the Victoria Royals edged the Prince George Cougars 3-2 on Tuesday for their first win of the Western Hockey League season. Connor Martin kicked out 43-of-45 shots while Gannon Laroque also scored to help the Royals (1-3-1) halt
The Vancouver Canucks’ COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow with right-winger Jake Virtanen joining the NHL’s COVID protocol list Tuesday. Eighteen of the 22 players on the Canucks’ active roster are currently on the list. Vancouver forward Adam Gaudette was the first to test positive during the outbreak, and was pulled off the ice midway through
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres are taking the precautionary step of scratching forward Taylor Hall for their game at New Jersey on Tuesday in anticipation the NHL’s 2018 MVP will will be traded in the coming days. Team spokesman Chris Dierken announced that Hall will not be in the lineup in providing the update
NHL The National Hockey League’s trade deadline is Monday, April 12 at 3 p.m. Social Sharing Live listing of all transactions in the National Hockey League CBC Sports · Posted: Apr 06, 2021 12:34 PM ET | Last Updated: April 6 This season’s NHL trade deadline is Monday, April 12 at 3 p.m. ET. (The
REGINA – Ridly Greig scored the winning goal and tacked on an assist as the Brandon Wheat Kings downed the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 on Monday in Western Hockey League play. Greig broke a 2-2 tie with a short-handed goal at 9:27 of the third period to help Brandon extend its win streak to seven
NHL goal leader Auston Matthews scored twice and Jack Campbell made 26 saves to tie a franchise record with his ninth straight win as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Monday night. John Tavares, with a goal and an assist, Jason Spezza and Wayne Simmonds provided the rest of the offence
MONTREAL – Veteran centre Eric Staal admitted to some “good nervous energy ”ahead of his Montreal Canadiens debut. His seven-day quarantine over after a trade from Buffalo, the 36-year-old Staal was on a line with Jonathan Drouin and Tyler Toffoli at the morning skate before the Habs’ game against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.
The NHL’s deputy commissioner says the Vancouver Canucks’ COVID-19 outbreak is concerning, but remains confident the team will be able to complete its schedule. In an email to The Canadian Press on Monday, Bill Daly says the Canucks’ numbers are “concerning from a health and safety standpoint, not necessarily from a scheduling standpoint.” Daly says
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Tristen Nielsen buried the lone goal in the shootout, leading the Vancouver Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Prince George Cougars in Western Hockey League action Sunday. Trent Miner stopped 14 shots to record his second-straight win for the Giants (3-1-0). At the other end of the ice, Tyler Brennan had
The Vancouver Canucks being brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 virus makes players and coaches elsewhere in the all-Canadian North Division uneasy for that team and their own. Sixteen of the 22 players on the Canucks’ active roster were officially on the NHL’s protocol list with Sunday’s addition of forward Marc Michaelis and defenceman
Vancouver Canucks (16-18-3, fifth in the North Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (22-13-3, third in the North Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Mark Scheifele and Winnipeg hit the ice against Vancouver. Scheifele is fifth in the league with 44 points, scoring 15 goals and recording 29 assists. The Jets are 22-13-3 against
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks on two Canadian NHL teams are concerning but should not come as a surprise, says a medical expert. This week the Vancouver Canucks placed seven players on the league’s COVID-19 protocol list, forcing the postponement of four games. The Canucks also have an unnamed coach under COVID protocols. In late March, two
KELOWNA, B.C. – It was close but the Kamloops Blazers kept their perfect record in tact with a 4-3 overtime win against the Victoria Royals in Western Hockey League play on Saturday. Logan Stankoven delivered the game winner for the Blazers (4-0-0) 1:39 into added time. The 18-year-old forward also had a goal and two
Evgenii Dadonov scored twice and Artem Anisimov had a goal and two assists to help the Ottawa Senators defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 Saturday. It was an entertaining back-and-forth game with Montreal trying to pull even with the Sens throughout the evening. Anton Forsberg had a good night in the Ottawa goal, putting up 35
Arizona Coyotes (17-15-5, fourth in the West Division) vs. Anaheim Ducks (11-21-6, eighth in the West Division) Anaheim, California; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Arizona plays Anaheim for a West Division matchup. The Ducks are 11-21-6 against the rest of their division. Anaheim is last in the NHL averaging 5.7 points per game. Alexander
A rolling puck that nearly got away from Jason Spezza on his shootout attempt was the kind of situation that could easily lead to a missed opportunity. The Maple Leafs forward instead displayed a veteran’s touch by handling the challenge with aplomb. It proved to be the difference in Toronto’s 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg