Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves will miss the opener of Western Conference final against Dallas after the NHL suspended him a game for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Tyler Motte. Reaves hit Motte in the jaw with a check late in the second period of Game 7 on Friday night and
6:47 AM ET Three rounds down, two to go. The most unconventional Stanley Cup Playoffs ever continue on after three Game 7s were needed to finish the second round. The two Eastern Conference teams are now off to Edmonton for the remainder of the tournament, and the last team to punch their ticket was the
The London Knights received a commitment from one of their draft picks. The Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings announced that they have each loaned a prospect overseas for the start of the 2020-21 season. The Quebec Remparts put pen to paper with one of their prospects. Finally, we will take a
Whenever you make a trade in any sport, there is an inherent risk involved. Giving up future assets for a player that can help you now is far from an exact science, as anything from an injury to just a lack of chemistry can keep that player from fitting in with your roster. Then, those
A replacement coach is going to the Stanley Cup final. We know this because the Western Conference final features the Vegas Golden Knights, with Pete DeBoer, against the Dallas Stars, with Rick Bowness. Neither started the season as their team’s head coach. In fact, DeBoer started with San Jose, was fired Dec. 11, and was
The New York Islanders knew they were boarding a plane Sunday. Getting back to a stifling defensive structure and goals from a couple unlikely sources ensured they’ll be flying west instead of heading home. Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists as the Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 in Game 7 on Saturday
7:01 AM ET NHL Insiders Through the first four games of the conference semifinal series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders, it looked as if the Isles were going to make quick work of their friends from eastern Pennsylvania. But after two thrilling victories for the Flyers, here we are: with a
Phil Kessel has won two Stanley Cups. He’s had six seasons of 30-plus goals, and had a streak of 11 years at 20 or more broken by the COVID-19 shutdown. He was a highly touted Boston Bruins draft pick at fifth overall in 2006 and was traded for multiple first-round picks when the transaction that
Game 7 of their second-round series in the Edmonton bubble was instantly one of the most memorable games in franchise history as the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2008 with a wild, 5-4 overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche. The series itself was a throwback to the
The Stanley Cup will head south of the border yet again later this year. The final Canadian team in the Stanley Cup playoffs was eliminated on Friday night when the Vancouver Canucks lost 3-0 to Vegas in Edmonton, giving the Golden Knights a 4-3 victory in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal. A Canadian team hasn’t
The Vegas Golden Knights could be minus some toughness Sunday when they open the NHL Western Conference championship against Dallas. Enforcer Ryan Reaves will have a hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety on Saturday for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Tyler Motte late in the second period of Friday’s 3-0,
7:00 AM ET The Dallas Stars dispatched an injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights finally solved Thatcher Demko and the Vancouver Canucks in their respective Game 7 wins. That gives us three of the NHL’s final four of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Will it be the Philadelphia Flyers or the New York
Playing in his first game of the series and just the 14th of his NHL career, Joel Kiviranta scored three times — including the winner at 7:24 of overtime — to give the Dallas Stars a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series on Friday afternoon. Kiviranta
After breaking out during the 2015-16 season with 20 goals and 43 points, Rickard Rakell has been relied upon by the Anaheim Ducks to be an offensive threat. At 22 years of age, Rakell was fourth on the team in points that season behind Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Ryan Kesler. Entering the 2020-21 season,
The Colorado Avalanche. The Chicago Blackhawks. The Toronto Maple Leafs. Even the Pittsburgh Penguins. What do these teams have in common? At one point or another, they were considered rivals of the Detroit Red Wings. The list is not limited to those four teams; an Original Six franchise like the Red Wings has a storied
EDMONTON—Shea Theodore scored late in the third period to break a scoreless tie and lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night, eliminating the last Canadian team from the NHL playoffs. Theodore, on the power play, fired a quick wrist shot from the blue line that found
The Vegas Golden Knights finally found a crack in the stone wall of Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko, firing shot after shot at him Friday until — finally — one puck went bar down to knock the last Canadian team out of the NHL playoffs. Shea Thedore scored on a wrist shot through traffic late
7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders It took a while, but the 2020 NHL playoffs have finally served up a Game 7. After falling behind 3-1 in the series, the Colorado Avalanche roared back to tie things up with the Dallas Stars. The two Central Division foes have given us some entertaining hockey, taking turns completely