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As Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin rapidly gets closer to 700 career goals, the celebration planning continues. With hat tricks in his last two games and eight goals in his last three, the 34-year-old Ovechkin appears to have the pedal down as he approaches a threshold just seven other players have cleared. Ovechkin is eight

Tanner Pearson scored on the power play and had an assist as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-1 Saturday night. Loui Eriksson, J.T. Miller and rookie defenceman Quinn Hughes also scored for the Canucks (27-18-4) who won for the 11th time in 14 games and extended their home winning streak to eight

Sports·Video The Strong Warrior Girls Anishinaabe Choir treated Winnipeg Jets fans to the Canadian national anthem sung in Ojibwe for the very first time at a professional sporting event. Social Sharing Posted: Jan 17, 2020 8:21 PM ET | Last Updated: January 18 The Strong Warrior Girls Anishinaabe Choir treated Winnipeg Jets fans to the

In his role as the New Jersey Devils’ general manager, Ray Shero fielded questions at two hastily arranged news conferences at Prudential Center in the past six weeks: the first to say he had fired the head coach, and the second to say he had traded one of the team’s star players. Josh Harris, the

Anthony Cirelli had shaving cream on his ear, hair and T-shirt. He didn’t mind, though. The foam was part of the celebration his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates gave him Friday after he scored his first career hat trick in a 7-1 routing of the Winnipeg Jets. “Yeah they were pretty excited,” said Cirelli, who’s in

Carolina Hurricanes all-star defenceman Dougie Hamilton has a broken bone in his left leg. The team announced Friday that Hamilton suffered a broken fibula in Thursday night’s loss at Columbus. He was hurt in the second period while chasing down a puck along the wall in the neutral zone when he was tangled up with

Dougie Hamilton, one of the top-scoring defencemen in the NHL, broke his left fibula in Thursday night’s game after his leg bent awkwardly during a fall. Michael Smith, a senior editor for the Hurricanes’ website, tweeted that Hamilton was being evaluated by team doctors “and could undergo a procedure as early as (Friday). A further

Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault was livid after the NHL decided against supplemental discipline for Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen following a hit in Tuesday night’s game. Virtanen’s elbow got up in the head of Perreault away from the puck during the first period of their game in Winnipeg. No penalty was called on the

Jake Virtanen scored midway through the second period to reach a career-high 26 points in a season as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 Thursday night. Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson, into an empty net, also scored for the Canucks (26-18-4) who won for the 10th time in 13 games. Elias Pettersson had

Washington Capitals centre Nicklas Backstrom has re-signed with the only NHL team he has played for, agreeing to a five-year, $46 million (U.S., or $60 million Canadian) deal that will carry an average annual value of $9.2 million. Backstrom, 32, is the franchise’s career assists leader and one of two players to record at least

Tyler Myers lists off some of the nicknames he’s acquired. “Big Easy, Big Tags,” the Vancouver defenceman said with a chuckle. Note a trend? When you stand six-foot-eight in sock feet, big becomes part of your description. The only person taller in the NHL is Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara. Couple Myers’s long reach with

An unneeded penalty by Max Domi really hurt Montreal’s chances of winning, and it’s not the first time this season. Domi’s roughing penalty led to a power-play goal and the Chicago Blackhawks held on to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday night. Chicago was leading 2-1 in the second period when Domi hit Matthew

The Calgary Flames just want to move on. They want to stop answering questions about left-winger Matthew Tkachuk’s feud with Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian and they want to put a disappointing 2-0 loss to the Canadiens behind them. Veteran winger Milan Lucic believes the distraction of the Tkachuk-Kassian rivalry had a direct impact on

Gerard Gallant was abruptly fired as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday less than two years after leading them to the Stanley Cup Final in their first season of existence. Peter DeBoer takes over immediately, a month after being fired by the San Jose Sharks. General manager Kelly McCrimmon announced the stunning change

Gerard Gallant was abruptly fired by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday less than two years after leading them to the Stanley Cup Final in their first season of existence and winning NHL coach of the year honours along the way. Peter DeBoer, fired last month by the San Jose Sharks, takes over immediately and

The Edmonton Oilers finally solved the riddle that the Nashville Predators have posed in recent years. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist as the Oilers emerged with a 4-2 victory over the Predators on Tuesday. The Predators came into the game with a 14-1 record against Edmonton since Oct. 29, 2014. In that

EDMONTON—It doesn’t appear Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian is ready to drop his feud with Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk. Kassian spoke to reporters Tuesday, a day after the NHL handed him a two-game ban for grabbing Tkachuk by the collar, throwing him to the ice and punching him several times while the Flames forward

PITTSBURGH—Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will be in the lineup on Tuesday night when Pittsburgh faces Minnesota. Crosby hasn’t played since undergoing abdominal surgery on Nov. 14. The Penguins have thrived in spite of the extended absence of the three-time Stanley Cup winner. Pittsburgh is 18-6-4 since Crosby’s last appearance on Nov.