All eyes were on Alex Ovechkin needing two goals to reach 700 in his career. The other No. 8 on the ice scored twice instead. Ovechkin scored his 699th goal to close in on another milestone, but the Washington Capitals dropped their third in a row, losing 4-3 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens on
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Upon review, it may well be that the winners of last year’s trade deadline were the Ottawa Senators. Weird, huh? The Senators were dumping at the deadline, and didn’t even come close to making the playoffs. The fascination with the deadline, as we’ll see Monday with hours of TV time, is supposed to lie in
Mark Scheifele snapped a 12-game scoring drought with three power-play goals Thursday as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1. Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets (32-25-5), who improved to 7-2-1 over their last 10 to move into the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Laurent Brossoit made 29
CENTRE 200, CAPE BRETON — Tristan Bérubé made 38 saves leading the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 4-2 victory over the Cape Breton Eagles in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. The first period ended in a 1-1 tie, with Mark Rumsey of the Titan and Derek Gentile of the Eagles getting their teams on the
Alex Galchenyuk scored the tying goal and the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Wednesday. Kevin Fiala and Luke Kunin also scored in regulation for Minnesota and Mats Zuccarello had two assists. Devan Dubnyk stopped 31 shots. J.T. Miller scored twice in the third period and Jay Beagle had
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Kings traded Stanley Cup-winning goal scorer Alec Martinez to the Vegas Golden Knights for two second-round draft picks on Wednesday. The Kings got the Knights’ second-round pick in 2020 and St. Louis’ second-round choice in 2021 for Martinez, the defenceman who scored the iconic double-overtime goal that won Los Angeles’ second
Mitch Marner can see something’s been missing. The star winger and his talent-loaded Toronto Maple Leafs teammates possess the ability — speed, hands, vision — to take down any opponent in the NHL. It’s the other things — effort, urgency, desire — that have too often been lacking. “We all know we have the skill,”
CENTRE VIDÉOTRON, QUÉBEC — Théo Rochette scored two goals leading the Québec Remparts to a 5-0 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes. Tristan Côté-Cazenave made 21 saves for the Remparts. The Remparts led 2-0 at the end of the first period after goals from Rochette and Thomas Caron. Québec widened their lead to 5-0 in the
The Montreal Canadiens are putting on a brave face as Monday’s trade deadline approaches. The players and coaches are saying the right things to the media about not giving up hope in their pursuit for a playoff spot and to their credit, the team’s effort on the ice hasn’t wavered. But the odds they will
OTTAWA—Retired defenceman Chris Phillips was honoured by the Senators on Tuesday night by having his No. 4 raised to the arena rafters ahead of Ottawa’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. Phillips, who spent his 17-year career with Ottawa, is just the third Senators player to ever have his sweater number retired by the team alongside
Captain Blake Wheeler scored twice and added an assist in his 700th game with the Jets franchise, and Winnipeg defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-3 on Tuesday. Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists and Patrik Laine scored a goal into an empty net and added one assist. Jansen Harkins and Mason Appleton also
TD STATION, SAINT JOHN — Anderson MacDonald had a goal and two assists leading the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-4 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Mathieu Desgagnés had two goals for the Titan. The Sea Dogs led 3-2 at the end of the first period led by goals from Josh Lawrence, Alexandre O’Neill
It was around this time last year that Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson hit a wall. He had played 57 games, including playoffs, during 2017-18 with the Swedish team Vaxjo. But in in his first season in the NHL the number of games and travel involved finally caught up to him. “I was getting tired,”
VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks have added a scoring winger to their lineup. Vancouver has acquired forward Tyler Toffoli from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Tim Schaller, prospect Tyler Madden, a 2020 second-round pick and a conditional fourth-round selection in 2022. “Tyler brings goal-scoring abilities and is good in battles,” said Canucks general manager
The Vancouver Canucks have added a scoring winger to their lineup on the same day they announced Micheal Ferland is done for the season and that Brock Boeser will be sidelined for at least three more weeks. Vancouver has acquired forward Tyler Toffoli from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Tim Schaller, prospect
After Winnipeg Jets defenceman Nathan Beaulieu scored his first goal of the season Sunday, he made the gesture of throwing a monkey off his back. It wasn’t surprising, considering he was only playing in his 27th game of an injury-riddled season when his goal at 1:36 of the third period held up as the game
COLISÉE DESJARDINS, VICTORIAVILLE — The Victoriaville Tigres defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Lucas Fitzpatrick had an assist for the Drakkar. The Drakkar took an early 2-0 lead in the first period after goals from Xavier Fortin and Charles-Antoine Giguère. The Tigres gained ground in the
CENTRE ROBERT-GUERTIN, GATINEAU — Shawn Element scored two goals leading the Cape Breton Eagles to a 7-3 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Xavier Bouchard added three assists for the Eagles. The Eagles led 3-0 at the end of the first period led by goals from Ryan Francis, Element