VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Elias Pettersson authored a hat trick Tuesday night, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators at Rogers Arena. It was the second career hat trick for Pettersson, and first since January of 2019. It was also the sixth multi-point game of the season for the scnter, […]
Continue readingQuinn Hughes and Cale Makar continued to cast a long shadow over the rest of their first-year peers, putting together record production for rookie defensemen in the playoffs while also guiding their respective teams to the cusp of the conference finals. But even beyond that duo, rookies showed what they can do in the spotlight […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NHL playoffs officially begin on Tuesday, as the 24-team tournament — with five-game qualification round series and round-robin seeding matchups — has moved on to a more recognizable, 16-team version. This round includes several matchups where revenge will be on the mind of one team (or both, for separate reasons), and based on […]
Continue readingJones pulled one of the jerseys out of the box, poured lighter fluid on it and lit it on fire in his driveway. He continued to burn jerseys from the box, documenting the process in a series of Instagram videos posted Wednesday. “I opened up my mailbox today, and I had these jerseys in my […]
Continue readingThe Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated, and the final round-robin games have determined the final pieces of the puzzle in seeding both conferences. The matchups for the quarterfinals of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set. So let’s put a bow around the opening round and take a look ahead at surviving teams and […]
Continue readingThey’re advancing to the first round of the NHL playoffs because they weren’t going to squander one for a second time in three days. Korpisalo stopped 33 shots, Zach Werenski’s floater from the left point in the first period held up as the winner, and the Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 in […]
Continue readingWhen the NHL halted play in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, injuries to top players had piled up and coach John Tortorella had started to fret that the youngsters he plugged into the lineup wouldn’t have the steam to carry the Blue Jackets to the playoffs. All-Star defenseman Seth Jones and top goal scorer […]
Continue readingThe Columbus Blue Jackets’ surprise season took a negative turn with word that defenseman Seth Jones is out indefinitely with an ankle injury. Jones, 25, was injured in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Avalanche, the Blue Jackets’ first loss in 10 games. He scored Columbus’ lone goal and has six tallies and 24 assists on […]
Continue readingKevin Fiala, C/LW/RW, Minnesota Wild (27.2%): Riding a four-game point streak – comprising of four goals and three assists on 20 shots – Fiala now finds himself on the Wild’s top scoring line with Zach Parise and Eric Staal. Seems fair. Managers in need of a warm, productive body at the wing position should take […]
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