Injuries: Canucks, Ducks, Lightning, Preds, Pens, Caps, Bruins, Sens and Habs
Renaud Lavoie: Canucks Alex Burrows has a broken rib. Eric Stephens: Ducks Nate Thompson is still day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He is improving, but coach Bruce Boudreau won't commit to him for Game 4. Bryan Burns: Lightning's Jason Garrison: "I…
Video: NHL Highlights from Last Night – Apr. 21st 2015
Highlights from last night's action, including a triple-overtime in the Predators-Blackhawks game. Red Wings 3- Lightning 0: Red Wings lead series 2-1. Capitals 2 - Islanders 1: Series tied 2-2. Blackhawks 3 - Predators 2: Blackhawks lead series 3 -…
2014-15 Top 5 Hart Trophy Candidates
Written by Todd Cordell, who can be found on twitter @ToddCordell. Very rarely do goaltenders win the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP, but that looks like the likely scenario this season. Still, there are plenty of other good candidates that…
2014-15 Top 5 Vezina Trophy Candidates
Written by Todd Cordell, who can be found on twitter @ToddCordell. Goal scoring is down in the NHL, and the biggest beneficiaries of that are goaltenders. With the amount of goals being scored down, more goaltenders are posting high-end numbers. While…
2014-15 Top 5 Calder Trophy Candidates
Written by Todd Cordell, who can be found on twitter @ToddCordell. A year ago Nathan MacKinnon was the runaway winner for the Calder Trophy, but this year’s rookie class was very deep, with a plethora of rookies making similarly large contributions…
Rumors II: Hurricanes, Avalanche and Coyotes
Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Jeff Skinner realizes anything could happen this offseason for the Hurricanes, including the possibility of being traded. "It's tough to say," Skinner said. "Obviously that's the way the business works. Teams that…
Quick Hits: Resting, Injuries, Starters, Lines and Man Games Lost
Pat Leonard: Rangers Marc Staal, Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarello will be given the night off. Defenseman Kevin Klein skated, but remains out. Joe Smith: Lightning's Victor Hedman was at the optional skate this morning, a good chance he returns…
Injuries: Lightning, Predators, Blues, Stars, Kings, Penguins and More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning coach Jon Cooper said that Tyler Johnson (upper-body) and Victor Hedman (lower-body) will be out this weekend. "I don't want to leave these guys to the point where their next game is…
Quick Hits: Penguins, Lightning, Panthers, Hurricanes and Predators
NHL on NBC: Penguins players have won the Art Ross Trophy 15 of the past 26 seasons: Mario Lemieux 6, Jaromir Jagr 5, Sidney Crosby 2 and Evgeni Malkin 2. Aaron Ward: "The NHLPA and State of Tennessee have reached…
Video: Nightly NHL Recap for March 29th 2015
Highlights from last night’s action – eight games were on the schedule. Capitals 5 - Rangers 2 Panthers 4 - Senators 2 Islanders 5 - Red Wings 4 Bruins 2 - Hurricanes 1 OT Flames 5 - Predators 2 Ducks…
Rumors II: Leafs Coaching, Stars, Oilers and the Draft
Image from Getty Images Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Guessing the Maple Leafs wish list for their next head coach: 1. Mike Babcock; 2. Todd McLellan; 3. Bruce Boudreau; 4. Dave Tippett; 5. Ken Hitchcock; 6. Peter DeBoer; 7.…
Rumors I: Tanking, Kessel, Dubnyk, PHI-PIT, Burke, O’Connor and Vesey
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: A league executive on 'tanking.' “It’s embarrassing,” a league executive said. “You can’t blame the teams involved because there is a reward for failure and that’s the highest odds in the lottery,” said the…