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Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a special honor” ( Tribune )
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26...
Trevor Lewis officially announced his retirement from the NHL, closing out a 17-season career that took him from a first-round pick in 2006 to a two-time Stanley Cup champion.
The 39-year-old Salt Lake City native posted a message on social media writing on what the journey meant to him.
"As a kid growing up in Utah, I could have never imagined this journey," Lewis wrote. "Playing over 1,000 games and winning two Stanley Cups. Those milestones aren't just numbers to me, they represent year...
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
It’s always a weird time of year doing these things. Yes, there are still plenty to talk about with Husker athletics, but not having something every day makes it a lot more difficult. Other than that, there is a hodgepodge of things going on, but when your teams suck (Bulls and Flames), the playoffs just […]
In sudden-death overtime, you’re only a shot away from winning the game, but only if you actually take it.
In overtime on Tuesday night, the Montreal Canadiens did not record a single shot on goal. Even in their Game 6 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2021, when they were outshot 13-1 before Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s game-winner, they had more shots than they did in the 12:48 of extra hockey in Game 2 of their series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
There is no denying that Kirby Dach ...
The Carolina Panthers will waiting longer than usual tonight to make their first pick of the NFL Draft. The 19th overall pick is the latest first round selection they have earned since the 2018 NFL Draft, when they selected wide receiver D.J. Moore 24th overall. Last season, armed with the eighth overall pick, the Panthers […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have their backs against the wall. The Pens have been owned by the Philadelphia Flyers through three games of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series, and there's no doubt Kyle Dubas is going to make some significant roster changes this summer. The Penguins exceeded expectations this season as Dan Muse could be in the running to win the Jack Adams award as coach of the year. Regardless of Muse's impact, there's some changes looming on the roster based on contract s...
Nick Robertson is apparently ready to move on from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The former second-round pick was all over the Leafs lineup this season, as head coach Craig Berube loved harping on Robertson, but didn't necessarily provide him with a consistent role on a specific line. Instead, Robertson was up and down the lineup, and wound up ending the year appearing in 78 games and scoring 16 goals, and 16 assists. Despite the lack of definitive role, Robertson played a career high in minutes at...
Darren Raddysh had one of the most remarkable individual seasons of any defenseman in the NHL this year.
The Tampa Bay Lightning blueliner posted 22 goals and 48 assists for 70 points in 73 games, led the Lightning in ice time at an average of 22 minutes and 42 seconds per night, and did it all as a pending unrestricted free agent in what turned out to be the most perfectly timed breakout of his career.
He is undrafted, has been earning NHL money for only a few seasons, and has never carri...
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The Minnesota Wild entered the postseason with a team billed as ready to withstand the rigors of playoff hockey. Adding Quinn Hughes raised the team's ceiling higher than at any time in franchise history. Bringing in Michael McCarron and Nick Foligno gave them large, battle-tested veterans tailor-ma...
Good morning Gang Green Nation! We finally made it to draft day 2026. By the end of tonight the New York Jets will, barring blockbuster trades, select two new hopes for a better tomorrow. Many Jets fans will be outraged, as is tradition. What a great day for Jets fans, and therefore, the world. Here […]
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There is not any one player or person that is responsible for the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 series deficit. It has been a well-earned, collective group effort that everybody has to own. The Penguins have allowed themselves to get suckered into Philadelphia’s game, there is little discipline, they are not in any way adapting to what […]
Wednesday night was another fun one in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Thursday Night Meanwhile, Thursday night the Bridgeport Islanders are in Hershey hoping to extend their mini-series after dropping Game 1 at home, 2-0. And in the NHL, there are three games Thursday with the Bruins and Sabres knotted at 1-1, while […]
*That — last night — that was a goddang HOCKEY GAME. A classic. A throwback. A fantastic effort from your Philadelphia Flyers. They’re doing it, fam. RECAP!
*This is a seriously wild fact to me: last night was the FIRST TIME in his ENTIRE CAREER that Sidney “Giant Whiny Pissbaby” Crosby was called for diving. Remarkable! [ RMNB ]
*Little bit of news yesterday as the Flyers called up a few more AHL guys to hang out with the Big Club doing cool Big Club things. [ BSH ]
*If Cam Yor...
Needing a win to avoid going down 0-3 in the series, the Pittsburgh Penguins struck first on Wednesday night for their first lead of the series, but three second period goals from the Philadelphia Flyers erased that deficit and the Penguins subsequently came apart at the seams in what turned out to be a 5-2 […]
As the Montreal Canadiens land in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second consecutive year, now’s the perfect time to shine the light on the rise of Juraj Slafkovský . But first let’s rewind to Milano Cortina for a sec.
Slafkovský didn’t just show up to play at the 2026 Winter Olympics, he made it crystal clear that this was his stage. While Montreal sat idle for a few weeks, Slaf put the hockey world on notice, piling up four goals, leading the team with eight points across six games, an...
Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby torched the Philadelphia Flyers for the better part of the last two decades. However, he did something on Wednesday night that was a first for him: he was called for an embellishment penalty. And after the Penguins lost 5-2 in Game 3 to the Flyers, and found themselves behind 3-0 in the series, Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse took the time to address the embellishment minor. As did Crosby.
Late in the first period, with the faceoff to the right of goaltender Dan ...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
What adjustments should the Canadiens make ahead of Game 3? [ TSN 690 ]
Potential lineup changes and player swaps for Game 3. [ Montreal Gazette ]
Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovský haven’t shown what they can do five-on-five during this series… yet. [ Sportsnet ]
Phillip Danault answers fan questions. [ Canadiens ]
Martin St. Louis defends Kirby Dach’s Game 2 overtime blunder that led to Tampa tying the series. [ Journa...
The NFL Draft begins Thursday in Pittsburgh rumors have been swirling about which prospect teams will pick. The Minnesota Vikings have been linked to safety Dillon Thieneman and more recently to tight end Kenyon Sadiq, although not as strongly as Thieneman has been. However, there is no guarantee either prospect will be available when the […]
Take it from the captain himself: “It’s fine.” That should help alleviate the lumps in the throat for Edmonton Oilers fans worldwide after Connor McDavid appeared to have avoided a serious injury after a second-period scare in their 6-4 Game 2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. It happened when McDavid and defenceman Mattias Ekholm got…
The Edmonton Oilers were never going to go 16-0. On Wednesday evening, the Oilers and Anaheim Ducks played Game 2 of their first-round series, with the Oilers falling 6-4 thanks to a late Ducks goal to even up the series at one each. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. For…
After the Toronto Marlies’ 5-0 win over the Rochester Americans in Game 1 of the playoff play-in series, head coach John Gruden discussed a great start to the playoffs, the special teams’ success, the decision to start Artur Akhytamov in goal, and why this year’s playoffs might be different from those in the recent past. […]
The post John Gruden on the Marlies’ potential in the playoffs this spring: “All of the years before, when the Leafs were in the playoffs, we were depleting… This year, ...
In the first Philadelphia Flyers home playoff game – with fans – since 2018, the Flyers gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about as they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a physical 5-2 victory.
The Basics
First period: 4:18 – Evgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby) (PPG)
Second period: 5:18 – Trevor Zegras (Jamie Drysdale, Porter Martone) (PPG), 9:06 – Rasmus Ristolainen (Noah Juulsen, Sean Couturier), 11:18 – Nick Seeler (Noah Juulsen, Sean Couturier)
Third period: 9...