Montreal Canadiens (11-6-7, fourth in the North Division) vs. Calgary Flames (11-12-3, sixth in the North Division) Calgary, Alberta; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Montreal visits Calgary looking to stop its five-game road losing streak. The Flames are 11-12-3 against division opponents. Calgary has given up 18 power-play goals, killing 79.8% of opponent chances.
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Cyril Bollers’ ultimate goal in coaching is to reach the NHL. But for now, he’s happy leading Team Jamaica. “I think there’s been a lot of frustration in the past with me that I have all the certifications … I just don’t know why I haven’t been given that opportunity,” Bollers said. ”But there’s other coaches that are
TORONTO – Ontario’s sport minister is optimistic the Ontario Hockey League will get approval to stage a 2021 season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lisa MacLeod says she’s “feeling great” about the OHL’s chances of playing games. The OHL is the only one of Canada’s three major-junior hockey leagues not to begin a 2021 season. The
This is a column by Morgan Campbell, who writes opinion for CBC Sports. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. On the last Saturday in February, Joseph Parker and Junior Fa engaged in a fairly hard-fought, fairly high-stakes, but otherwise unremarkable heavyweight boxing match. Parker, a two-time world title challenger seeking a third shot
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The New York Islanders needed some extra time to get their latest win and keep piling up the points. Anthony Beauvillier scored the deciding goal in a shootout and the Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory. The Islanders are 8-0-1 in their last nine
Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the North Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday. Andrew Copp, with a goal and an assist, Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton scored for Winnipeg (16-8-1). Neal Pionk added three assists and Nikolaj Ehlers had two of
CALGARY – They have just three wins in their last 10 games, but Darryl Sutter isn’t expecting to make wholesale changes with the Calgary Flames. Sutter conducted his first practice with the team Tuesday since being hired to replace Geoff Ward, who was fired last Thursday night. Calgary (11-12-3) is sixth in the North Division,
Giving up a goal less than a minute into the game didn’t rattle the Edmonton Oilers. Kailer Yamamoto scored the first of three straight goals by Edmonton, and the Oilers held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday. Evgenii Dadonov got the Senators on the scoreboard though, just 56 seconds after the puck
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Adam Henrique scored three minutes into overtime, Rickard Rakell became the fourth Anaheim player in 10 years to have three or more points in consecutive games and the Ducks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-5 on Monday night in this season’s second installment of the Freeway Face-Off. Henrique took a pass from
Bo Horvat scored in the shootout Monday, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The Canucks captain was the lone player to beat Carey Price in the shootout, sending a wrist shot past the Canadiens goalie and into the top-left corner of the net. The Habs (11-6-7) nearly took two points
New York Rangers (10-10-3, sixth in the East Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (14-9-1, fourth in the East Division) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New York faces Pittsburgh in a matchup of East Division teams. The Penguins have gone 14-9-1 against division opponents. Pittsburgh has given up 19 power-play goals, killing 74% of opponent
Drake Batherson scored the game-winning goal in a four-round shootout to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. Connor Brown, Ryan Dzingel and Colin White each scored a goal for the Senators (9-17-1) in regulation. Tim Stutzle also scored a shootout goal. Mark Giordano, Johnny
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds apart early in the second period and rookie Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves as the New York Islanders defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Sunday for their fifth straight win. The victory was the Islanders’ sixth straight over the Sabres this season. After a
Team Adidas (Minnesota) claimed a 6-2 win over Team Women’s Sports Foundation (New Hampshire) on Sunday at Fifth Third Arena in Chicago as the second showcase event of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association’s 2021 Dream Gap Tour concluded. A pair of power play goals in the second period put Minnesota up 3-1, and the team poured on
The latest installment of the Battle of Alberta ended up being the perfect place for Connor McDavid to snap his pointless streak, and help his team snap a losing streak. McDavid ended a three-game pointless streak with a three-point night in a 3-2 Edmonton Oilers win over the Calgary Flames Saturday at Rogers Place in
NEWARK, N.J. – Ryan Strome scored twice and streaking New York Rangers beat the Devils 6-3 Saturday, sending New Jersey to its fifth straight loss and eighth in nine games. Adam Fox, Ryan Strome, Kevin Rooney Libor Hajek and Filip Chytil also scored as the Rangers won their third straight and sixth in eight games.
A funeral is being held today for Walter Gretzky, the man being remembered as ‘Canada’s hockey dad’. Gretzky, the father of five adult children — including hockey legend Wayne — died on Thursday at the age of 82. “For my sister and my 3 brothers, Dad was our team captain — he guided, protected and
Jason Spezza would have jumped at the opportunity to voice his support for women’s hockey even if he didn’t have four daughters growing up at home. The veteran Maple Leafs forward was a big fan of the women’s game long before he was married, dating to years ago when Spezza attended a pre-Winter Games tune-up