Montreal Canadiens defenseman Brett Kulak seemingly did everything he could to keep from throwing captain Shea Weber under the bus following the team’s latest embarrassing loss to the Calgary Flames. Asked about Flames forward Josh Leivo’s insurance marker midway through the third period after the 4-1 loss, on which Weber gave the puck up in
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Only 12 games remain until one of the NHL’s strangest seasons comes to a close. But for the Ottawa Senators, it’s been a crucial growing year with plenty of positive steps forward, despite starting 2020-21 on a rough losing streak. They have since ascended to one of the peskier teams in the Scotia North Division,
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline was this week. “Dead” being the operative word. There were only 17 deals made on April 12, involving 26 players. Compare that with last season’s deadline day, which yielded 32 trades involving 55 players. But the 2020 NHL trade deadline happened in “the before times.” Obviously, a
Sebastian Cossa stopped all 30 shots he faced while staying undefeated in 12 starts, and the Edmonton Oil Kings blanked the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-0 on Thursday in Western Hockey League action. Cossa’s second shutout of the season helped Edmonton pick up its fourth win in a row. He’s 12-0-0 in 2020-21 and leads all WHL
Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday. Kyle Connor added two goals, including one into an empty net, to go along with an assist, while Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg (27-14-3). Neal Pionk chipped in
Whenever you have a franchise featuring as much talent as the Tampa Bay Lightning over the last decade or so, you have to expect that, eventually, a talented player developing within your system will slip away for nothing. This happens from time to time, as a young player with upside shows glimpses of elite talent,
Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen has quite a few contracts to negotiate this summer. The club has a number of key players on the verge of unrestricted free agency (UFA) and several more who can become restricted free agents (RFAs). But the most important negotiation of all may be an extension for a
7:42 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. After a night off for all eight teams in the Central Division on Wednesday, they’ll all return to action on Thursday. Perhaps more tantalizingly, the schedule has blessed us with a showdown among
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, their games scheduled for Friday, April 16 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL Game #269) and Sunday, April 18 vs. the Hershey Bears (AHL Game #280) have been postponed. Make-up dates have yet to be determined.
Ontario’s minister of sport says it would be “irresponsible” to approve a return to play for the Ontario Hockey League right now. Sports Minister Lisa MacLeod spoke on Thursday and said that the province was days away from approving the OHL’s plan to return to play in late March when the third wave of the
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews will miss Thursday night’s game against the visiting Winnipeg Jets with an injury and is listed as day-to-day. When asked if it was a recurrence of a wrist injury from earlier in the season, Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said, “It’s similar but not the same.” Keefe said the
The Detroit Red Wings may have traded an outstanding player in Anthony Mantha, but they also got one back in forward Jakub Vrana. And it won’t be long until the Hockeytown faithful see him in action. After the dust settled Monday afternoon, Steve Yzerman shared that he expects Vrana and Richard Panik to be in
The Swedes have an exciting team coming into the IIHF Under-18 World Championship this year. The tournament will be held in Frisco, Texas, from April 26 – May 6 and will showcase top talent from around the world. Sweden is in Group A with Belarus, Canada, Latvia, and Switzerland, and they will open up the
9:00 AM ET Sigh, the 2021 NHL trade deadline. We all sorta knew it was going to be a bust, what with the flat cap and the loss of revenue and the fact that teams didn’t want to overreact to anything happening — good or bad — in this janky, truncated season. We were all
Tanner Jeannot has only three games of NHL experience, but he’s quickly becoming a Nashville Predators’ fan favorite. Playing just 6:28 in his NHL debut on March 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeannot was sent back down to the AHL and waited patiently for his second chance. After two-and-a-half years in the Predators’ organization, which
LOS ANGELES – Max Pacioretty and Tomas Nosek each had a goal and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Wednesday night. Fleury got his 485th win, breaking a tie with Ed Belfour for fourth place in NHL history. Alex Tuch, Chandler Stephenson,
At a time of year when making the playoffs is usually his priority, J.T. Miller finds himself more concerned about the health and safety of his Vancouver Canuck teammates. Miller is one of the few Canucks lucky enough to avoid falling ill to a COVID-19 variant that has crippled the team and forced the postponement of
In our final NHL rumors rundown before the NHL Trade Deadline, we’re going with a number of quick hits as the final hours wind down. Included is talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks, and Los Angeles Kings. Sabres Make Hall Trade