5:49 PM ET The NHL will finish its Lake Tahoe outdoor game between the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights at 9 p.m. local time (midnight ET), after the game was paused due to deteriorating ice conditions following the first period. Puck drop for the game was at 12:12 p.m. PST, under intense sunshine that
Calgary Flames (8-8-1, fifth in the North Division) vs. Edmonton Oilers (11-8-0, second in the North Division) Edmonton, Alberta; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Connor McDavid and Edmonton take on Calgary. McDavid leads the NHL with 32 points, scoring nine goals and totalling 23 assists. The Oilers are 11-8-0 against the rest of their
When coach Brad Crossley first saw 14-year-old Sidney Crosby play hockey, he knew his competitive fire and skill level would take him to the NHL. As Crosby prepares to play his 1,000 game in the league, his old coach isn’t surprised. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he played 1,000 more,” Crossley told CBC News ahead of
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Tyson Barrie remains hot for the Edmonton Oilers which will lead to questions both short-term and long-term. The Calgary Flames barely played Sam Bennett in Friday’s game. Does that mean more trade rumors are likely to surround the disgruntled forward? There’s more talk about Mattias Eklhom being traded, Sidney Crosby
The Boston Bruins lost their second straight game on Thursday night against the shorthanded New Jersey Devils, and another one of their key players got injured in the contest. During the 3-2 loss, David Krejci went into the locker room for the first intermission and never returned to the ice. Without the normal second-line anchor,
At 2:59 A.M. on Mar. 1, 2015, the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired defenseman Braydon Coburn from the Philadelphia Flyers. For Coburn, the Lightning sent Philadelphia a 1st and 3rd round pick in the 2015 draft along with defenseman Radko Gudas. Then Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman made this late-night acquisition in order to add a veteran presence to a
6:57 PM ET Associated Press The NHL’s COVID-19 list was down to 13 players Thursday, marking the second-lowest total since the league first began publishing it on Jan. 13. The 13 players are the fewest since there were 12 listed on Jan. 17, and continues a steady decline since a league-high 59 players were sidelined
VANCOUVER – Laurent Brossoit earned his first shutout in more than two years Friday, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets (10-6-1) on a first-period breakaway and Mason Appleton added an empty-netter. Brossoit had 29 saves for Winnipeg to collect the second shutout of
Brendan Gallagher said earlier this month he “really couldn’t care less” what the Maple Leafs are doing. And that could very well be true. It’s also hard for the gritty Montreal Canadiens winger to ignore the impressive offensive numbers Toronto’s dynamic 1-2 punch has put up so far this season. Auston Matthews leads the NHL
It’s not an untold story, but it is certainly a rarely told and uncomfortably unknown piece of hockey history. In January 2020, Canada Post released a special stamp and first day cover featuring what is undoubtedly hockey’s greatest secret. The stamp features teams and artwork of players from the Colored Hockey League. Between 1895 and
Kiira Dosdall-Arena is an original Metropolitan Riveter, a six-year veteran that was on the team for puck drop of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) in 2015. The 33-year-old has been through every up and down on the journey of women’s professional hockey in North America and where the league is today. Kiira Dosdall-Arena of
The 2020-21 AHL campaign finally got underway earlier this month, several weeks after the puck dropped on the NHL season. The seven Canadian NHL clubs are all currently playing in the same division. It’s a similar-yet-not-identical setup in the AHL with affiliate teams for Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Winnipeg making up the Canadian Division,
In the Scotiabank North Division, teams have been battling each other for more than a month. The All-Canadian division has suffered very few COVID-19 related interruptions compared to the divisions south of the border, other than some extended quarantines and a recent inconclusive test that caused Edmonton Oiler winger Jesse Puljujärvi to miss a single
There’s a feel-good aura surrounding the Chicago Blackhawks of late. They’re competitive, they’re progressing, and they’re finding ways to win. The team that wasn’t supposed to be any good is currently 9-5-4, having won seven of their last nine games. Turns out, success breeds confidence. It also leads to some “happy humans”, as the infamous
7:00 AM ET Brett Peterson first fell in love with hockey because of its entrances. He would sit in the stands before a college hockey game, watching the lights in the arena dim and listening to the music grow louder, as spotlights followed every player onto the ice when their name was announced for pregame
San Jose Sharks (6-7-2, eighth in the West Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (10-5-2, first in the West Division) St. Louis; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis hosts the San Jose Sharks after the Blues defeated San Jose 3-2 in overtime. The Blues are 10-5-2 against the rest of their division. St. Louis
The NBA’s Mavericks and NHL’s Stars in Dallas have had another game each called off because of severe winter weather in Texas, with one of the postponements coming in Houston. The Rockets’ home game against the Mavericks scheduled for Friday was postponed along with a meeting in Dallas between the Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning
Hockey players and athletes all over the world are a prideful bunch. They are constantly betting on themselves no matter the circumstances. Losses sting like an ugly break-up. Listening to criticism is like pouring gasoline on an open fire. Obstacles and setbacks, no matter how big they are, look more like detours to them than