8:00 AM ET Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images Of all the conversations I had at All-Star weekend in Florida, one with Sidney Crosby stuck out. He told me, multiple times, that the league feels more competitive than it has ever been. In 18 years in the NHL, Crosby said he has never seen anything like
San Jose Sharks (15-25-11, seventh in the Pacific Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (32-16-1, third in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Lightning -283, Sharks +231; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks visit the Tampa Bay Lightning after Logan Couture’s two-goal game against the Pittsburgh
Two days after being named MVP of the NHL all-star game on home ice, Matthew Tkachuk had a five-point night with two goals as the Florida Panthers beat the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 on Monday night. Tkachuk, who was also named NHL first star of the week for his all-star performance, had a hand
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Patrick Kane has been given a list of teams that are interested in trading for him. How did he respond? The Boston Bruins aren’t likely to be interested in Timo Meier unless David Pastrnak decides to test the free-agent market. Dylan Larkin knows his value after the Bo Horvat extension,
Patrick Kane is one of the top trade targets heading into the 2023 Trade Deadline, and it is easy to understand why. The future Hall of Famer is a pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) playing for a rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks squad. With that, he of course is a three-time Stanley Cup winner, so playoff teams
LAVAL, Que. … Goaltenders Dustin Wolf of the Calgary Wranglers and Lukas Dostal of the San Diego Gulls shared Most Valuable Player honors, backstopping the Pacific Division to victory in the 2023 Mise-o-jeu AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday night. Wolf and Dostal combined to stop 42 of 49 shots over 46 minutes of work during
11:49 PM ET Marek Hejduk scored two goals, including the game winner with 1.5 seconds left in overtime, and Harvard outlasted Boston College, 4-3, in one of the Beanpot’s semifinal games Monday night at Boston’s TD Garden. The annual college hockey tournament, featuring four Boston-area schools, did not disappoint on Day 1 this year. Hejduk,
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jakob Chychrun had two goals, Jack McBain scored the tie-breaking goal on a breakaway with seven minutes remaining and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Monday night. McBain put a back-hander past Marc-Andre Fleury moments after the Coyotes killed off an abbreviated 55-second power play. Karel Vejmelka had
Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:37 into overtime and Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Monday night. Lafreniere led a 2-on-1 rush and then tracked down the rebound of Mika Zibanejad’s shot, beating netminder Jacob Markstrom for his seventh goal this season. That ended a frenzied game
Looking at some superstars that could potentially be on the move, it’s hard for me not to think about Ottawa Senators forward Alex DeBrincat. After being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks in the offseason, he has continued to prove why he is an offensive threat that any team in the league would love to have.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had many chances over the past few seasons to win the Stanley Cup; but, instead, they haven’t been able to get out of the first round. Their sister team, the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, won a championship in 2019. However, to win they traded away a fan favorite in DeMar DeRozan.
📝 by Patrick Williams LAVAL, Que. … Laval Rocket forward Anthony Richard’s evening stayed busy even long after he had left the ice following the 2023 Rona AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday night. With 40 or 50 members of his extended family inside of Place Bell, Richard had registered a time of 13.322 seconds
7:13 AM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The NHL All-Star Game brought together 44 of hockey’s greatest players, offering an ideal chance to gather their opinions on a variety of topics on and off the ice. Here are 13 All-Stars on whether they’d change NHL rules or the Stanley Cup Playoff format; where they’d add
PRAGUE (AP) — Jaromír Jágr celebrated his 51st birthday about a week early by scoring his 1,099th goal to overtake Wayne Gretzky at the top of the chart. Jágr, who will turn 51 on Feb. 15, scored for the Kladno Knights on Sunday in 5-4 loss at Trinec in the Czech league. The winger, who
The Pittsburgh Penguins have made the playoffs for the past 16 years in a row. This is the longest active postseason streak in all North American sports. However, the Penguins have been struggling for the past few weeks which has fans starting to wonder if this will be the year the streak ends. If Pittsburgh
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Pittsburgh Penguins want to add but there are things they are not willing to sacrifice or trade to make the additions they might feel they need. Meanwhile, is there a team looking at trading for Kevin Hayes of the Philadelphia Flyers? The Vancouver Canucks are still shopping Brock Boeser
LAVAL, Que. … Ethen Frank set an AHL record in the CCM Fastest Skater event, helping the Eastern Conference to a 16-10 win in the 2023 Rona AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday night at Place Bell. Frank, the Hershey Bears forward who is tied for the AHL rookie lead with 21 goals this season,
3:54 PM ET The New York Islanders and center Bo Horvat have agreed to an eight-year contract extension, six days after they acquired him in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks. His contract carries an $8.5 million average annual value against the salary cap, as first reported by Sportsnet. Horvat was in the final season