Canada

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

Alex Ovechkin is considered week to week after injuring his lower left leg in the Washington Capitals’ most recent game at Utah. The Capitals said Tuesday that Ovechkin would be evaluated further by doctors when they return home from their road trip. He was injured in a shin-on-shin collision with Jack McBain. Ovechkin scored twice

Vancouver Canucks centre J.T. Miller is taking an indefinite leave from the team for “personal reasons.”  General manager Patrik Allvin announced the news in a statement Tuesday, saying the club’s focus is making sure Miller knows “the entire organization is here to support him.”  Miller, 31, has six goals and 10 assists in 17 games for Vancouver this

Boston head coach Jim Montgomery, who led the Bruins to the greatest regular season in NHL history but never got them past the second round of the playoffs, was fired Tuesday, a day after the below-.500 team lost to last-place Columbus to extend their losing streak to three games. “Jim Montgomery is a very good

Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves has been suspended for five games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse. Edmonton defenceman left the game after the hit and did not return The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 17, 2024 11:32 AM EST | Last Updated: 1

Let’s just put a little more emphasis on the name of Manitoba’s capital, shall we? Welcome to WINnipeg. The city has become the envy of sports fans in other markets as its pro teams continue to carve their names into history. The NHL’s Winnipeg Jets and CFL’s Blue Bombers are fully in the spotlight for their ongoing remarkable runs,

After years of closely following the career of Juuse Saros, Calgary Flames rookie Dustin Wolf faced him for the first time on Friday and collected his first NHL shutout. Wolf made 29 stops to backstop the Flames to a 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators in a battle of the NHL’s two smallest goalies. “He’s

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL win, and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped Winnipeg’s seven-game win streak with a 4-1 victory over the Jets on Thursday night. Vasilevskiy is the 40th goaltender in league history to win 300 games. He reached the milestone in 490 games, the fewest in NHL history, 31

WARNING: This article references sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Five players accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a gala celebrating their 2018 world junior hockey win in London, Ont., will now stand trial beginning in April 2025, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling

Connor McDavid has further cemented his legacy in the NHL history books. The superstar forward scored a goal to record his 1,000th career point and set up Darnell Nurse’s overtime winner for good measure as his Edmonton Oilers defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Thursday. The moment the fans had been waiting for came when

Connor McDavid could make history Thursday night as the Edmonton Oilers host the Nashville Predators. A single point will put the 27-year-old McDavid at 1,000 in his career, the fourth fastest NHLer to ever reach the milestone. It will be his 659th game in the NHL. McDavid, 27, had a goal and three assists in Edmonton’s 4-3

The records just keep falling for the Jets under new head coach Scott Arniel. Winnipeg defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 at Canada Life Centre on Saturday to register an NHL record 14 wins in the first 15 games of a season. “It’s a good accomplishment,” said Vladislav Namestnikov, who scored a goal and an assist.

The Winnipeg Jets are the first NHL team to earn 15 wins in their first 16 games as their focused group continues to preach a “one game at a time” mantra. Timely scoring and stellar goaltending rose to the forefront as the Jets defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night. Winnipeg leads the

Calgary Flames right-winger Anthony Mantha will miss the rest of the NHL season with a knee injury, the team announced Monday. Mantha will undergo anterior cruciate ligament surgery on Thursday after getting hurt in Calgary’s 3-2 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Mantha, 30, signed a one-year, $3.5-million US deal with the Flames on

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week. Hellebuyck was named first star after stopping 88 of the 89 shots he faced over three appearances as the Jets extended their winning streak to six games. Hellebuyck’s goaltending

Shea Weber is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The former defenceman headlined the 2024 class inducted Monday, joining Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell in the player category. David Poile and Colin Campbell entered as builders. Weber, whose career ended prematurely because of a long list of injuries, has

The Edmonton Oilers may have found the break they were looking for. After struggling through the first month of the NHL season, the Oilers trounced the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Saturday. “It was a step in the right direction, for sure,” captain Connor McDavid said of the victory. “Not an easy building to win in,

A multimillion-dollar box of hockey cards is going back up for auction after a failed transaction. Back in April, CBC confirmed that Ontario-based real estate agent Jack Arshawsky won the auction for a case containing thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky’s rookie card — for $3.72 million