Winnipeg Jets fans, stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic without the ability to vent to their pals at the local pub, exploded with rage and sorrow Saturday over news on the NHL transaction wire. Patrik Laine is a Columbus Blue Jacket, leaving the Jets faithful with many cold months to conduct a virtual post-mortem
In a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Rangers on Friday night, Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect Pierre-Oliver Joseph made his NHL debut. Playing with Chad Ruhwedel on the third pairing, Joseph played a simple, effective game. With his smooth skating and strong puck-movement ability, the rookie fits right in with the system implemented by head
Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender Carey Price is expected to start his fourth game of the season this Saturday evening against the Vancouver Canucks. It will be Price’s second start against the Canucks in four days, as he was on the losing end of a 6-5 Vancouver shootout win on Wednesday night. In his previous three starts,
It’s unanimous. Everyone involved from a Columbus Blue Jackets perspective is thrilled about the blockbuster trade that saw Pierre-Luc Dubois go to the Winnipeg Jets. That includes the two incoming players in Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. You could tell this was the case for many reasons. Among them, the Blue Jackets’ players looked much
The Blackhawks are going to take their goaltending competition day by day, but there’s one guy who’s making a strong early impression so far: Kevin Lankinen. In just his second career NHL start, the 25-year-old rookie stopped 30 of 31 shots for a save percentage of .968 in Friday’s 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings at
1:48 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email We’ve got our first blockbuster trade of the 2021 NHL season, as the Columbus Blue Jackets have sent disgruntled center Pierre-Luc Dubois along with a 2022 third-round pick to the Winnipeg Jets, in
It was an up-and-down week for the Arizona Coyotes to begin the 2020-21 season. They started out with a solid showing against the San Jose Sharks, earning three points in two games at Gila River Arena, but a trip to Sin City proved unfruitful for the ‘Yotes, as they suffered two regulation losses to the
FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn didn’t practice Saturday, a day after his right leg buckled awkwardly during a collision in the season opener. Coach Rick Bowness provided no update after practice on Benn’s condition or his status for Sunday’s game, when the Stars play Nashville again. The coach only repeated what he
Columbus and Winnipeg reportedly hooked up for a blockbuster NHL trade Saturday, with the Blue Jackets dealing Pierre-Luc Dubois and a 2022 third-round draft pick to the Jets for fellow forwards Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic, who is unsigned. More to come Believe <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/nhljets?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#nhljets</a> are retaining 26% of Patrik Laine’s salary for this season, which evens
Heading into the 2020/21 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs were expected to be a dominant force in the North Division as many pegged them to be the winners of this group. Even though they have a 4-2-0 record, we’re seeing two different teams. At times we’re seeing the offensive flare and puck possession that made
The Boston Bruins have started the season with a 2-1-1 record. Throughout their first four games, they’ve scored seven goals – three at even strength, and allowed nine goals against. To add perspective to those numbers, the league-average in goals-for this season has been 13 and the league-average in goals against has also been 13.
Boston was a great place to be in January 1996. The World Juniors wrapped up with Jarome Iginla leading Canada to gold, and Ray Bourque put on a memorable show at the NHL All-Star Game. And Fox gave us the glowing puck. I had already been in Boston for three or four days at the
The Texas Stars have signed forwards Nick Baptiste, Cole Schneider, Nick Moutrey, Derek Barach, Nikita Scherbak and Josh Melnick to American Hockey League contracts for the 2020-21 season. Baptiste skated in 35 AHL games between the Toronto Marlies and the Belleville Senators last season, totaling four goals and seven assists for 11 points. In 265
11:25 AM ET The Blue Jackets and Jets have completed a blockbuster trade to swap disgruntled stars as winger Patrik Laine is headed to Columbus while center Pierre-Luc Dubois has landed in Winnipeg. Forward Jack Roslovic, a Columbus native, is also headed to the Blue Jackets as part of the deal. Columbus is sending Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets fans were given a little gift on January 21st, as it was announced that Ville Heinola would make his 2021 season debut against the Ottawa Senators. Heinola spent the first three regular season games on the taxi squad and waited for his chance to impress. Although quiet, he played a pretty impressive game
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Gabriel Landeskog scored 1:38 into overtime, Mikko Rantanen extended his goal-scoring streak to four games, and the Colorado Avalanche topped the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Friday night. Landeskog was initially stopped by Anaheim goalie John Gibson on a breakaway, but he got his own rebound and converted a wraparound for his third
John Tavares scored the winner on a power play in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Friday. Adam Brooks, with his first in the NHL, Jimmy Vesey, and Mitch Marner, into an empty net, had the other goals for Toronto (4-2-0), which got 30 saves from Frederik
The Columbus Blue Jackets have become the NHL’s hottest soap opera featuring an epic standoff between Pierre-Luc Dubois and John Tortorella. Dubois wants out of Columbus. Tortorella is openly not happy about it, so a toxic environment has ensued. Fans want to blame Dubois for creating this situation, but Tortorella’s system and history tell another