Carey Price repeatedly smashing his stick on the crossbar in frustration perfectly summed up Montreal’s current struggles. The Canadiens lost their sixth straight game in a mistake-filled 6-4 defeat to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Price broke his stick after New Jersey’s fifth goal — Damon Severson’s game winner in the third period.
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CALGARY—Canada’s 23-player roster for the first two games of the Rivalry Series against the United States features the return of veteran forward Meghan Agosta and defender Meaghan Mikkelson. The two women took the 2018-19 season off to have children. Agosta, from Ruthven, Ont., is a four-time Olympian and has won three gold medals. Mikkelson, from
CHICAGO—With his Tampa Bay Lightning fresh off two consecutive losses and perched outside of a playoff spot, Jon Cooper sounded more like a Wall Street analyst than an NHL coach late last week. “This is like a stock market correction,” Cooper said. “Everything that went well for us last year, not as much this year.”
Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson will start the first of back-to-back games when Toronto visits the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. No. 1 goalie Frederik Andersen is expected to get the start Saturday when Buffalo visits Toronto for the second half of the home-and-home series. It will be Keefe’s first
Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan is still seeking more consistency from his defencemen. Despite being led by early Norris Trophy favourite John Carlson, the Capitals have struggled to maintain a high quality of play from every player in its six-man unit. The group has been at full strength since Michal Kempny returned from a
David Gustafsson scored his first NHL goal and Kyle Connor added a goal and assist as the Winnipeg Jets stayed hot with a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. The Jets (15-9-1) began their three-game road swing through California in style and improved to 9-2-1 over their past 12 games. Winnipeg
The Calgary Flames did their best to distance themselves from the controversy swirling around head coach Bill Peters. Matthew Tkachuk started his media availability Wednesday morning by stating he would only take questions about hockey ahead of the team’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. The other two Flames trotted in front of the team’s backdrop
BUFFALO, N.Y.—The Calgary Flames did their best to distance themselves from the controversy swirling around head coach Bill Peters. Matthew Tkachuk started his media availability Wednesday morning by stating he would only take questions about hockey ahead of the team’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. The other two Flames trotted in front of the team’s
The slumping Montreal Canadiens are doing some soul-searching after a second embarrassing loss in as many games. The conference-leading Bruins thrashed the Canadiens 8-1 on a three-goal effort from David Pastrnak Tuesday night, Montreal’s fifth straight defeat. The Canadiens failed to bounce back after blowing a four-goal lead in a 6-5 loss to the New
Mitch Marner stood in his hoodie and said he had repaired his relationship with Mike Babcock, sure. He texted his former coach after he was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yeah, Babcock had played a weird, power-trip humiliation game with him when Marner was a rookie. But Marner wanted to put it all behind
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving says coach Bill Peters remains on the staff, but wasn’t certain whether he’d be behind the bench for the next game. The team and the NHL are both investigating an allegation the Peters directed racial slurs at a player 10 years ago when the two were in the
Los Angeles Kings defenceman Alec Martinez had surgery on his right wrist that was cut by a skate and is expected to make a full recovery. Doctors repaired the radial artery and two superficial radial nerves at Keck Medical Center, the team said. He will be evaluated weekly, but the team doesn’t know when he
PITTSBURGH—Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving said late Monday that the team was looking into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs toward a Nigerian-born hockey player a decade ago in the minor leagues, then arranged for the player’s demotion when he complained. Akim Aliu tweeted Monday that Peters “dropped the N
In a series of tweets Monday, former NHL defenceman Akim Aliu accused current Flames head coach Bill Peters of directing racial slurs at him while both were with AHL Rockford in 2009-10. “Not very surprising the things we’re hearing about Babcock. Apple doesn’t fall far from the Tree, same sort of deal with his protege
WASHINGTON—The Washington Capitals have expressed interest in playing a regular-season game in Russia, perhaps as soon as next season, in what would be a first for the NHL and a homecoming for team captain Alex Ovechkin. The league has announced two overseas games next season as part of its 2020 Global Series: the Boston Bruins
The Calgary Flames announced defenceman T.J. Brodie has returned to the lineup after collapsing during practice on Nov.14., and the 29-year-old has a newfound appreciation for the game. Brodie practised for the first time Sunday after brief hospital stay and further testing. Team officials stated the tests showed positive signs and Brodie has joined the team on its road trip.
The goals are big for an all-transgender hockey team known as Team Trans. Comprised of more than a dozen players from Canada and the United States, it is believed to be the first ice hockey team made entirely of transgender men, transgender women, and gender nonconforming athletes. Honorary co-captain Harrison Browne says hitting the ice
Fatigue set in for the Edmonton Oilers in the second game of a back-to-back as part of a five-game road trip. However. the Oilers found a way to tie the score late in the third period and pick up two more key points with a shootout win. Connor McDavid got the only goal of the