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Igor Shesterkin’s contract extension with the New York Rangers makes him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, according to multiple reports. The team announced the eight-year extension Saturday but did not provide the value of the deal in its news release. It is reportedly worth $92 million US for an average annual value of $11.5

The Colorado Avalanche have swapped goaltenders with San Jose, sending a struggling Alexandar Georgiev to the Sharks for Mackenzie Blackwood. As part of the deal announced Monday, on Blackwood’s 28th birthday, the Avalanche also acquired forward Givani Smith along with San Jose’s fifth-round pick in 2027. The Sharks received forward Nikolai Kovalenko and two draft

The Winnipeg Jets have placed forward Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the NHL club said Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Friday, when Ehlers left Winnipeg’s 4-3 loss at Vegas after Golden Knights winger Pavel Dorofeyev stepped on his foot while Ehlers was delivering a hit. Jets head coach Scott Arniel

Patrik Laine’s long-awaited Montreal Canadiens regular-season debut, and first game in nearly a year, has arrived. The Finnish winger is back from a knee injury as the Canadiens host the New York Islanders on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. “It’s been a long road with a lot of ups and maybe more downs so far, like

Jon Cooper was always walking into a dressing room loaded with talent. Canada’s head coach for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, an event marking the league’s return to the international stage, and the country’s hockey brain trust had an embarrassment of riches to choose from when selecting the roster. Countless iterations could have potentially got

The New York Rangers traded captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks for fellow defenceman Urho Vaakanainen and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. The Ducks will take on the full remaining salary for Trouba, the veteran blue liner who had fallen out of favor in New York as the front office eyed a shake-up. “Jacob

Alex Pietrangelo remembers what it felt like to watch Sidney Crosby up close at practice. It’s one thing to battle against top players like Crosby or Connor McDavid in the NHL. It’s another thing entirely to pull on the same jersey, talk to them at the rink, and see how they work on the ice, day

Chicago fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, signalling the franchise’s frustration with the state of the franchise’s rebuilding project. Chicago has dropped four in a row to fall to an NHL-worst 8-16-2 on the season. It was outscored 41-27 while going 3-9-1 in its last 13 games. Anders Sorensen was elevated to interim coach. Sorensen

The NHL’s collective bargaining agreement does not expire until Sept. 15, 2026. That discussions are set to begin on a new deal in early 2025 is already one step ahead of where hockey has been in labour negotiations in the past. Commissioner Gary Bettman earlier this week said he expects talks with the NHL Players’

Mitch Marner will be sporting a different Maple Leaf in February. The Toronto Maple Leafs star was one of 15 players named Wednesday to round out Canada’s 23-man roster for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Joining the winger as part of an attack that already featured Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were honoured Tuesday night before the Calgary Flames played the Columbus Blue Jackets, on the same ice where Johnny etched his place as a cherished member of the city’s hockey community.  The tribute marked the first home game between the Flames and the Blue Jackets since the Gaudreau brothers were killed by

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. On Wednesday night, Canada will announce its full roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, the new “best on best” hockey tournament that will serve as an appetizer for the

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew will be honoured tonight before the Calgary Flames take on Columbus, on the same ice where Johnny etched his place as a cherished member of the city’s hockey community.  The tribute marks the first home game between the Flames and the Blue Jackets since the Gaudreau brothers were killed by

Roman Josi scored twice and Jonathan Marchessault scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Steven Stamkos also scored and Juuse Saros made 22 saves for the Predators, which have won two of their last three games. Adam Lowry scored and

Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. The Blues fired Bannister on Sunday and hired Montgomery as his replacement, a

Sidney Crosby would’ve liked his 600th NHL goal to come in a win Crosby became the 21sth player to reach the mark when scored in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 6-1 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night. “It’s not enjoyable, obviously,” Crosby said after Pittsburgh lost for the 14th time

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is expected to miss at least two months because of knee surgery. The Hurricanes announced Thursday that the 35-year-old netminder will have surgery Friday with a projected recovery time of eight to 12 weeks. That comes roughly a week after coach Rod Brind’Amour said the team had originally hoped for

Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. The Capitals updated Ovechkin’s status Thursday after he was evaluated by team doctors upon returning from a three-game trip. The 39-year-old