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MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal Canadiens winger Cole Caufield said Friday he wouldn’t be having season-ending surgery on his right shoulder if the team were in playoff contention. But with the Canadiens near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, the 22-year-old Caufield said he decided to have the surgery to protect his long-term health. The

Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews will miss at least three weeks with a knee sprain, the team announced Friday. The 25-year-old centre has 25 goals and 53 points in 47 contests this season. Matthews missed two games earlier this month with an undisclosed injury and an illness. Last season’s Hart Trophy winner as NHL

Canadians make up 44 per cent of Premier Hockey Federation players this season, with two of seven teams in the women’s league based north of the border. The PHF has upped the ante in its bid to be the professional women’s hockey league of record in North America, starting with the doubling of this year’s

Chicago rookie goalie Jaxson Stauber is playing like a veteran even though he’s just two games into his NHL career. Stauber made 34 stops for his second straight win and 13 different players contributed a point as Chicago beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Thursday. “Looks really solid and calm in there,” said Chicago coach Luke Richardson.

TORONTO – John Tavares was asked if there’s more for him to give as he inched closer to a career milestone. “Absolutely,” the Toronto Maple Leafs captain replied bluntly. “Absolutely.” It’s not hard to see why he’s so convinced. Set to hit 1,000 regular-season NHL games this weekend, the 32-year-old remains a point-per-night player in

Forward Andrei Kuzmenko has signed a two-year contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks with an average annual value of $5.5 million US. The 26-year-old Kuzmenko has played in 47 games for the Canucks this season with 21 goals and 22 assists, four penalty minutes and a plus-4 defensive ranking. The five-foot-11, 194-pound forward ranks second

Columbus Blue Jackets (14-30-3, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (19-25-3, sixth in the Pacific Division) Vancouver, British Columbia; Friday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks host the Columbus Blue Jackets after the Blue Jackets knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime. Vancouver is 19-25-3 overall and 9-13-1 in home

The Maple Leafs knew they needed to get to the blue paint and make life miserable for the reigning Vezina Trophy winner backstopping a well-drilled opponent. After finally getting on level terms to force overtime off a hard-nosed sequence, Mitch Marner did the same — this time in spectacular fashion. The winger scored 19 seconds

The countdown to the NHL‘s March 3 trade deadline is on. With front offices gathering intel and conducting pro scouting meetings to map out their plan of attack, teams generally fall into one of three categories: Buyers, Sellers or On The Fence. Today, with some help from our friends at Puck Pedia, we’ll examine where

Dakota Joshua and Sheldon Dries scored goals 34 seconds apart in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks battled back from two one-goal deficits to defeat Chicago 5-2 and give Rick Tocchet a win in his first game as Vancouver’s head coach. Tocchet was named the Canucks 21st head coach on Sunday after Bruce Boudreau was

LANGLEY, B.C. – Connor Bedard knows a thing or two about playing in big games. In the last six months, the 17-year-old centre has played for gold in the world junior hockey championships not once but twice — and he helped Canada to victory on both occasions. The spotlight will be on Bedard once again

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league’s investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team is getting “really close to the end.” In a media availability at the Bell Centre before the Montreal Canadiens’ game against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, Bettman said that the investigation was “not a

MONTREAL – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league’s investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team is getting “really close to the end.” In a media availability at the Bell Centre before the Montreal Canadiens’ game against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, Bettman said that the investigation was

He has been a well-respected, working film and television director for 30 years, so it’s probably time to stop asking Beverley Hills 90210 questions in conversation with Jason Priestley. Luckily, the lifelong hockey buff is more than happy to chat about another 30-year-old bit of business: everyone’s favourite Toronto Hockey punching bag — Harold Ballard. Priestley has just released his documentary Offside about

Carolina Hurricanes (29-9-8, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Dallas Stars (28-13-7, first in the Central Division) Dallas; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Dallas Stars after Sebastian Aho recorded a hat trick in the Hurricanes’ 5-2 win over the New York Islanders. Dallas has a 13-5-4 record at home

Dillon Dube’s overtime winner for the Calgary Flames capped Johnny Gaudreau’s eventful return to the Saddledome on Monday. Dube ended Calgary’s see-saw battle with the Columbus Blue Jackets at 2:25 of extra time for a 4-3 victory. Gaudreau had two assists, missed a penalty shot and was constantly razzed by Flames fans in his first

PORTLAND, Ore. – Gabe Klassen scored twice and the Portland Winterhawks took a decisive 6-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play on Monday. Ryan McCleary also put away a pair of goals for the Winterhawks (31-8-3), while Jack O’Brien scored and notched an assist, and Marcus Nguyen contributed a goal and

For the first time since he left, Johnny Gaudreau has returned to the city where he rose to league stardom. A Calgary Flame his first eight seasons of professional hockey out of Boston College, the left-winger stepped back onto Saddledome ice Monday in Columbus Blue Jackets colours. His teammates gave him a taste of what he might expect in his