Dallas Stars vs. New York Rangers New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -122, Stars +102; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: New York hosts Dallas in a non-conference matchup. New York went 27-23-6 overall and 14-11-3 at home during the 2020-21 season. Goalies for the Rangers recorded five shutouts last season while
Kyle Turris scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers started the season off with a victory, defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday. Jesse Puljujarvi and Zach Hyman scored in regulation for the Oilers, who gave up a late lead. Edmonton also got a pair of assists from Connor McDavid. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Quinn
The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 5-1 in their season opener last night. It’s time to unjustifiably overreact and judge how the season will unfold based on one game and not the remaining 81. If that’s the case, things are looking good for the most part. However, that isn’t the case, but the
10:20 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alex Ovechkin went from being a game-time decision to making more NHL history on Wednesday night. The Washington Capitals star scored twice in the team’s 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers, giving him 732 career goals in 1,198 games. Those goals moved him past Hockey Hall of Famer
The Utica Comets have signed defenseman Tyler Wotherspoon to an American Hockey League contract for the 2021-22 season. Wotherspoon, who attended New Jersey Devils training camp, collected six assists in 24 games with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2020-21, his eighth pro season. The native of Burnaby, B.C., has played 433 games in the
There are many updates regarding various players in this week’s edition of the Buffalo Sabres prospects report. Defenseman Owen Power is off to a strong start with the University of Michigan, forward Isak Rosén is going through a tough stretch in Sweden, and forward JJ Peterka was sent down to the Rochester Americans of the
This hockey season is a referendum on one thing in Ottawa. Over the coming months, the Senators will reveal if general manager Pierre Dorion was correct in announcing his rebuild completed. “The rebuild is done,” Dorion said in September. “Now we’re stepping into another zone.” The new era begins inauspiciously, with Brady Tkachuk unavailable for
William Nylander scored the winner early in the third period and Jack Campbell made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in the season-opener for both teams Wednesday. Pierre Engvall had the other goal for Toronto in front of 18,493 masked and fully vaccinated fans at Scotiabank Arena — the
After a less-than-stellar preseason where they could only pick up two wins, the Vancouver Canucks will wipe the slate clean with a trip to Alberta to face the Edmonton Oilers for their first regular-season game since a 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames in May. Here are three things that need to happen for them
3:53 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Predators have signed defenseman Mattias Ekholm to a four-year, $25 million extension keeping him under contract through the 2025-26 season. The Predators announced the contract Wednesday at a news conference. General manager David Poile called Ekholm a foundational piece for the Predators and that they couldn’t
When Kirsten Welsh graduated from Robert Morris University in 2019, after her four-year Division I hockey career, she had no real way to continue in the sport and remain in Pittsburgh. Playing overseas didn’t work. The National Women’s Hockey League didn’t work. And then an assistant coach at Robert Morris got a call from Stephen
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the real reason Marc-Andre Fleury and his agent weren’t notified of his trade to the Chicago Blackhawks has been revealed. Meanwhile, the New York Rangers elected to go with the center they know and have signed Mika Zibanejad to an eight-year contract extension. How badly hurt is Alex Ovechkin after
CALGARY – A significant change in leadership under new-ish head coach Darryl Sutter make the Calgary Flames a team in transition heading into the 2021-22 season. “Honest, hardworking” is the identity Sutter wants for a club that either missed the playoffs or exited in the first round all but one season since Sutter coached the
A significant change in leadership under new-ish head coach Darryl Sutter make the Calgary Flames a team in transition heading into the 2021-22 season. “Honest, hardworking” is the identity Sutter wants for a club that either missed the playoffs or exited in the first round all but one season since Sutter coached the Flames to
The Nashville Predators have re-signed longtime defenseman Mattias Ekholm to a four-year contract extension worth $25 million. Ekholm Puts Pen to Paper Early, Gets Big Pay Boost The extention runs through 2025-26 and will kick in next season. This season is the final one on his current contract, which he signed in 2015 and sees
8:26 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league has only four unvaccinated players as it opens up the 2021-22 season. Bettman was in attendance for the regular-season opener between the back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. “Everybody banding together
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that its AHLTV streaming platform will kick off the 2021-22 season with a free weekend of AHL games. All 29 games on the league schedule this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be free on AHLTV to anyone with an AHLTV account. No subscription or purchase is
The Vancouver Canucks enter the 2021-22 season with some fresh new faces in the lineup. Those players, along with a few from last year, could break out this season. In 2020-21, Nils Hoglander, Thatcher Demko, Jake Virtanen and Olli Juolevi were breakout candidates. Hoglander and Demko had good seasons, while Virtanen and Juolevi had disappointing