Mike Smith collected his second shutout of the season Thursday, lifting the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the beleaguered Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers goalie stopped all 32 shots he faced as Edmonton (14-8-0) extended its win streak to five games. Two of Edmonton’s goals came on the power play, with Alex Chiasson and
Today’s voyage through National Hockey League history will be a long one as it begins in the first season played and finishes in 2020. In the over 100 years of memories made on this date, we saw hat tricks, plenty of assists, goaltending milestones and a whole slew of big moments. Let’s get our journey
Marc Roberts has spent over 20 years performing in silence. Well, silence in voice, at least. One can’t call being a member of the Blue Man Group silent, per se. Since moving to Las Vegas from the midwest in 2003, Roberts has been one of many to don the blue body paint and bald cap.
The Montréal Canadiens started the season as one of the North Division’s best teams, storming out of the gate with a 6-1-1 record, and recording a series of dominating performances against the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks. The games against the Canucks were particularly impressive, outscoring them 29-15, including a 7-3 drubbing on Jan. 21.
8:34 AM ET With the 2021 NHL season structured as it is, and being played when it is, hockey fans were preconditioned to expect the unexpected before it started. Oh, it’s already been a ride. Well over 100 players listed on the coronavirus-related absences list. Thirty-five games being postponed and rescheduled due to positive tests.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen is putting behind the frightening two-week bout he had with COVID-19 by focusing his energy on getting back into game shape. “The way I think about it, it’s just a bump in the road, and it’s going to make me tougher and better,” Ristolainen said during a
Edmonton Oilers rearguard Darnell Nurse paused for a split second when asked, from a defenceman’s point of view, which current NHL players belong in the same class as Connor McDavid. “In his class? I think he’s unique,” Nurse said, wording his response carefully so as not to offend the other big names in the frozen
In a COVID-19 altered season, there is an intrinsic need to embrace the weirdness. With challenges in importing foreign prospects and with the St. Louis Blues AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, opting out of competition, unique solutions to player development are required. Most of the Blues’ AHL talent has been reassigned to the Utica Comets.
The Nashville Predators have had a disappointing start to the season to say the least, just one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings in the Central Division and 26th in the league by points percentage. It’s still relatively early but the team is about 10 points out of the playoff hunt with less than
7:00 AM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Brianna and Austyn Rowland smiled for their wedding photographer moments after tying the knot at a Lake Tahoe resort on Sunday. Snow-capped mountains filled the horizon. The sun glistened on the water. And Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ ubiquitous orange mascot, gleefully held the bride’s veil. The couple had imagined
ST. LOUIS – Alex Iafallo and Andreas Athanasiou scored in the second period to send the Los Angeles Kings past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory. Cal Petersen made 35 saves, improving to 3-0-1 in his last four starts. Oskar Sundqvist scored late in the third for the
William Nylander scored his second goal of the night 1:06 into overtime as the North Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Wednesday. Michael Hutchinson stopped 21 shots for Toronto (15-4-2) in his second consecutive start in place of Frederik Andersen. The team’s top netminder remains out with a lower-body ailment. Auston
After two consecutive first-round exits for the Washington Capitals, personnel changes were to be expected. The team now has their third head coach in four seasons, a starting goaltender not wearing the number 70 for the first time in nearly a decade, and four new skaters with six combined Stanley Cups. Caps fans have watched
Dominik Kahun stepped to the forefront in the Edmonton Oilers’ come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the host Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old left-winger scored twice and had a chance at the hat trick when he was on the ice in the dying seconds with Vancouver’s net empty, as Edmonton coach Dave
Coming into this season, it seemed as if the Colorado Avalanche had an abundance of options to bolster their bottom-six. However, through 15 games in, that is no longer the case. The largest issue for the Avalanche this season has definitely been their forward depth. Many had high hopes that the players involved in that
Kirill Kaprizov has been one of the best forwards for the Minnesota Wild this season after finally making his NHL debut. Victor Rask has arguably just played his best string of games since he stepped on the ice for the Wild following the one-for-one trade that sent Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes. Mats Zuccarello
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL season looks to have turned a corner, with games running smoothly (and as scheduled) recently, following a number of additional protocols undertaken due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. In this week’s edition of ESPN’s power rankings, we identified a stat for each team that helps tell the story of
VANCOUVER – Canucks forward Antoine Roussel has been fined US$5,000 by the NHL for roughing in Vancouver’s 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. The 31-year-old winger dropped his gloves and went after Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi along the boards midway through the second period. Puljujarvi was an unwilling participant in the fight and