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The Edmonton Oilers opened the 2026–27 NHL season as a Stanley Cup contender. Their first game showed why the outlook comes with a warning. Edmonton erased a three-goal deficit against the Vancouver Canucks on September 29, only to lose 6-5 in overtime at Rogers Place. Evan Bouchard scored three goals and added two assists. Vasily […]
Sidney Crosby has a pretty simple way of measuring whether the Penguins take a step forward. 'I think just going further, deeper than we did last year,' he'd say Tuesday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. 'That's how I'd gauge it.'
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BOSTON – The Boston Bruins got the 2026-27 season started on the right foot. The Bruins beat the New York […] The post Bruins Score 3 in 75 Seconds, Beat Rangers in Season Opener appeared first on Boston Hockey Now .
The Carolina Hurricanes raised their 2026 Stanley Cup banner to the rafters of Lenovo Center on Tuesday evening before their first regular-season matchup of the new season against the Florida Panthers, who had won back-to-back championships in 2024 and 2025. While it wasn’t a championship game, the Panthers got the last laugh at Carolina’s expense. […] The post Rod Brind’Amour gets real about Brandon Bussi after tough Hurricanes loss to Panthers appeared first on ClutchPoints .
During Kings Media Day, reporters were caught on a live microphone talking about Ben Simmons and Zach LaVine. Instead of breaking down their games, the conversation turned personal, with comments about the players’ looks and personalities. The clip went viral on social media, and now DeMarcus Cousins weighed in. The former Kings star used the […] The post “Feeling Violated”: DeMarcus Cousins Makes Shocking Allegations Against Kings After Hot Mic Incident appeared first on EssentiallySports .
After their fifth consecutive first round defeat, the Los Angeles Kings needed to change something. From the 2022 to 2025 post-season, the Kings lost to the Oilers in the first round. They mixed it up in 2026, as they were swept by the Colorado Avalanche. Not great. So what did they do this past off-season?…
This wasn’t what the New York Rangers had in mind for their 2026-27 season opener — and coach Mike Sullivan’s […]
Ahead of their first game of the 2026-27 NHL regular season, the Vancouver Canucks have officially named six players as alternate captains. The team named three captains for home games and three more for away games. At home, the club’s three captains will be: Filip Hronek, Linus Karlsson, and Drew O’Connor. When on the road,…
After waiting all summer for hockey to return, the Bruins made you wait another 40+ minutes before their 2026-2027 really began. The Bruins got three goals just 75 seconds apart late in the third period to turn what had been a relatively sleepy affair into a 3-0 Opening Night win. Fraser Minten broke the deadlock […]
Two days after a scary hit forced him off the field in Los Angeles, Dante Moore finally gave Oregon fans and his teammates the message they were praying for. The Ducks quarterback broke his silence on Monday with an emotional Instagram update about his recovery process. While he did not set a firm date for […] The post Oregon Stars Send Prayers to Dante Moore After QB Gives Injury Update appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Shesterkin kept the Rangers in it for more than 55 minutes before the Bruins scored three times in the final four minutes to spoil the season opener in Boston.
“It’s just the start of a long journey.” Those were the words of wisdom of head coach Jim Hiller after […]
Darius Acuff Jr. will bring a winning pedigree to the Sacramento Kings as he enters his rookie year after being drafted at No. 7 in June. Acuff is coming off a stellar one-and-done stint at Arkansas, where he shone under coach John Calipari. The young guard has repeatedly credited the legendary mentor for molding him […] The post Kings’ Darius Acuff Jr. goes all out with ‘greatest’ praises for John Calipari appeared first on ClutchPoints .
After the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 loss to Montreal, head coach Jim Hiller discussed Kirill Marchenko’s Leafs debut alongside Auston Matthews, Gavin McKenna’s NHL debut, and the challenge of building cohesion with so many new faces in the lineup. How would you assess the team’s performance? Hiller: I thought we played pretty well, to be honest […] The post Jim Hiller on the Leafs’ season-opening loss to Montreal: “We looked a little bit like a new team” appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
The 2026-27 NHL season is finally here, but the Chicago Blackhawks will be without new captain Connor Bedard on opening night against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Chicago Blackhawks named Connor Bedard the 38th captain in franchise history ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season, even though they knew the 21-year-old would be sidelined on opening night against the Vegas Golden Knights and likely even longer. Bedard is out to start the 2026-27 NHL campaign as he is still rehabbing from offseaso...
The night everyone was waiting for was finally here: opening night of the 2026-27 NHL season. More importantly, the Carolina Hurricanes began their title defense as the defending Stanley Cup…
Set to miss time to start the 2026-27 NHL season, Connor Bedard spoke honestly about Jeff Blashill and the Chicago Blackhawks' decision to keep him away from danger. Although he understands where the team is coming from, it seems Connor Bedard is still not fully on board with Chicago Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill’s decision to sideline him for the start of the 2026-27 NHL season. It’s not so much that Bedard wasn’t allowed to play against the Vegas Golden Knights on opening night , but...
The Toronto Maple Leafs dropped their season opener 3-2 to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. It was a rather expected performance for a team featuring ten new players playing for a new head coach. The Leafs struck early, opening the scoring on a snipe from William Nylander less than a minute into the game,…
It’s always quiet in Scotiabank Arena, but this crowd noise for a home-opener is something else. First period Forty-eight seconds in William Nylander gives the building some life with a shot that goes over Jakub Dobeš’s glove and under the bar. Nick Suzuki got beat by Nylander’s fake at the blue line, leaving him all alone to walk in to the faceoff dot where Noah Dobson was too passive in his defence. I guess we’re still doing the comeback thing. Montreal’s first shot o...
The Montreal Canadiens were in Toronto on Tuesday night, to face the Maple Leafs in the season opener at the […]
Apparently, the Kings are aware nobody thinks they’re going to be any good. Like, very aware. Sacramento enters the season with expectations somewhere around the basement, and several Kings players acknowledged at Media Day that they’ve noticed. Ben Simmons, for one, can relate. “I think the expectations are low,” Simmons said, via Brenden Nunes of […] The post Kings embracing the fact everyone thinks they will stink appeared first on Hoops Wire .
The Carolina Hurricanes’ series opener had everything you could want entertainment-wise as they faced the Florida Panthers. The Captain Jordan […]
Gustov Forsling scored with just over four seconds left in Overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes dropped a heartbreaker to Florida on Opening Night 1-0. For one last time the Hurricanes got a chance to celebrate the Stanley Cup—and they did it in a way that showed just what they would have done had they been […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off a sizeable blockbuster deal right before the first puck dropped for the 2026-27 NHL season, swapping star wingers Kirill Marchenko and Matthew Knies for each other. And while we never heard even a whisper of their involvement, the Philadelphia Flyers were one of the teams ringing up the Blue Jackets asking what it would take to get the 26-year-old Russian winger off their hands. According to Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco , th...
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