In the end, they ended up taking nothing at all. Artturi Lehkonen flipped a shot past Tristan Jarry with 4 minutes, 11 seconds left to lift Canadiens to a stunning 2-0 victory on Friday and clinch Montreal’s first playoff berth in three years. Paul Byron took advantage of a Pittsburgh turnover, darted behind the Penguins’ […]
Continue readingThe Winnipeg Jets face elimination, while the Toronto Maple Leafs hope to roll on despite the loss of key defenseman Jake Muzzin. And, oh yeah: The NHL’s No. 12 seeds, Montreal and Chicago, have the No. 5 seeds on the brink. We told you this was going to be like March Madness! Check out the […]
Continue readingDeputy commissioner Bill Daly said NHL players will be tested for the coronavirus daily if games start happening. “We will have a rigorous daily testing protocol where players are tested every evening and those results are obtained before they would leave their hotel rooms the next morning, so we’ll know if we have a positive […]
Continue readingIt has been 81 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs and how it […]
Continue readingThe St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup victory last season has affected the NHL as if someone poured hallucinogens into its water supply. It has created delusions of grandeur, making any team that’s seemingly out of it by the end of January feel as if, theoretically, it could be very much in it by mid-April. On […]
Continue readingCoach Claude Julien said Thursday that Gallagher has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. In the 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday, Gallagher left at 16:55 of the second period when he hit his head on teammate Ben Chiarot’s knee after falling backward from a check by Carolina’s Jordan Staal. “He’s a […]
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