NHL News

7:00 AM ET The holiday shopping season is upon us, which means you’re undoubtedly searching for the perfect toy for the young ones in your life. The one they’ll lose their minds over for one day, play with occasionally for the next month and then will be shuffled under the bed with the rest of

2:21 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Nicklas Backstrom had a smile on his face and no concerns about missing another game. “I’m good to go,” Backstrom said. “It’s like that guy in ‘Mighty Ducks.’ I woke up, no pain.” Backstrom was referring to the fictional Adam Banks character who returned from a wrist

7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders December has started with a roar in the NHL, as we’ve seen some monster individual performances and another coach fired. It’s time to pull together a panel of experts to discuss some of the hot topics as the third month of the 2019-20 campaign goes into full swing. In this

2:00 PM ET As follow up to last week’s Black Friday-inspired view of potential steals on the fantasy trade market, here’s a complementary round-up of overachieving assets to deal away in the here and now. As always, expect to see some prominent names on this list. One key to fantasy success is knowing when to

4:53 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a deal for a new downtown arena, a 35-year agreement that keeps the NHL club in the city for that time. The team, the city and the Calgary Stampede rodeo signed an agreement Thursday to replace the 36-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome. The new 19,000-seat

7:00 AM ET Coaches kicking their players in the back, or punching them in the head, is unacceptable. That’s a given, right? That a superior assaulting a subordinate is wrong? That these power dynamics discourage any pushback, because the victim risks a reduction in playing time, outright removal from the team or escalating physical and

7:15 PM ET Forward Gabriel Landeskog will return from a lower-body injury Thursday night when the Colorado Avalanche take on the Montreal Canadiens. Landeskog, 27, Colorado’s captain who missed 16 games, confirmed coach Jared Bednar’s decision before pregame warm-ups at Bell Centre. Throughout the course of the injury, the team was vague about details. Landeskog

3:07 PM ET Montreal Canadiens goaltender Cayden Primeau will make his NHL debut Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche. Coach Claude Julien, preparing for back-to-back games the next two nights and looking to give starting goaltender Carey Price a rest, confirmed the decision after the morning skate at Bell Centre. “My message to him tonight,

10:27 PM ET Mark Pavelich, who won a gold medal as a member of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. hockey team, has been committed to a secure treatment facility by a Minnesota district judge. Pavelich, 61, had been charged with beating a friend with a metal pole in August, leaving the man with severe

1:47 PM ET The Minnesota Wild will be without defenseman Jared Spurgeon for about two weeks, while team captain Mikko Koivu is considered day-to-day after both players were injured during Tuesday’s win over the Florida Panthers. The team said Spurgeon suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of the 4-2 win. Spurgeon, 30, has

2:16 AM ET SAN JOSE — Capitals coach Todd Reirden said that Sharks forward Evander Kane‘s hit to the head of defenseman Radko Gudas on Tuesday night is something the league will have to “deal with.” With just over five minutes left in the game, Kane and Gudas were skating to a loose puck. Kane

2:41 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Matt Stajan retired Tuesday after 14 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames. The 35-year-old two-way center announced his decision in a statement through the NHL players’ union. He had 413 points (146 goals, 267 assists) in 1,003 NHL games — more than

8:35 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford will be away from the team as it conducts a “thorough review” of “recent allegations that have been made regarding his conduct with another organization,” the team said Monday. The decision comes two days after the New York Post published a story in which former NHL

3:00 PM ET Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-rostered assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who may be overvalued – in the short-

11:17 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — David Backes couldn’t help but smile after scoring his first goal of the season in his first game in nearly a month. The Bruins right wing picked a big moment against a big-time rival to accomplish the feat. Backes scored the deciding goal with 9:31 left in the

12:02 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin will miss at least eight weeks following surgery to repair lacerated tendons in his left ankle, the team announced Sunday. The Penguins said Dumoulin had a successful surgery at UPMC Presbyterian on Sunday. He was injured in the first period of Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the St.

6:08 PM ET The Bruins rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on Friday in Boston. But not everyone on the team was completely happy. Left wing Brad Marchand appeared dazed by an elbow from the Rangers’ Jacob Trouba late in the second period but wasn’t pulled from

2:50 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Red Wings have acquired goaltender Eric Comrie in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes. Detroit sent minor league defenseman Vili Saarijarvi to Arizona in Saturday’s deal. The 24-year-old Comrie was 2-3 with a 4.21 goals-against average in five games over the previous three seasons with the Winnipeg