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The Calgary Flames will be without depth forward AJ Greer for the foreseeable future after the 27-year-old sustained a gruesome ankle injury in Thursday night’s 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. “The Flames don’t know yet if AJ Greer will require surgery after his horrific ankle injury last night, but they expect him to […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have struggled mightily throughout the 2023-24 NHL campaign, and with hope of a postseason berth all but lost in Ohio, there could be a firesale brewing. Ahead of the Mar. 8 NHL Trade Deadline, Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen is willing to part with at least two key pieces of the […]

Despite the Vancouver Canucks putting together a season unlike almost any other in franchise history, the question of superstar forward Elias Pettersson’s future still looms large in British Columbia. Pettersson and the Canucks have still not discussed a new contract; the 25-year-old is set to become a restricted free agent at the conclusion of the […]

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety after catching New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech with a flying elbow in the third period of Thursday’s 4-3 win. The hit was so vicious that even Gallagher’s former teammate PK Subban believes he should be suspended. “It’s a […]

History was made in Melbourne late on Thursday night, as Novak Djokovic lost a semifinal at the Australian Open for the first time in his legendary career. After going a ridiculous 20-0 in Aussie Open semis and finals — en route to winning the men’s singles title 10 times — the greatest player in the […]

Despite his Boston Bruins squeaking out a tight 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on the road on Thursday night, head coach Jim Montgomery was not happy with how the game was officiated. The B’s received just one powerplay in the contest, while the Sens enjoyed the man advantage six times. Montgomery addressed the discrepancy […]

Jakob Chychrun was traded from the American desert to Canada’s capital city last season, and the Ottawa Senators defenseman does not want to get moved again. After a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre this week, the 25-year-old addressed the trade rumors that have been swirling around him and explained his […]

After a 10-game absence, Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen will return to the lineup against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, head coach Pete DeBoer confirmed. “You missed him in a lot of different areas for sure,” the bench boss explained after the team’s morning skate, according to NHL.com’s Taylor Baird. “It’s nice to have him […]

New Jersey Devils superstar Jack Hughes will be in Toronto for NHL All-Star festivities next weekend, but the level of his participation remains unclear. The 22-year-old continues to recover from an upper-body injury suffered in the third period of a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 5. Hughes hasn’t played since, but remains […]

Sam Reinhart is playing the best hockey of his career in 2023-24, and the Florida Panthers star scored yet another goal in a 6-2 drubbing of the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday night. In the process, the Canadian sniper became just the fifth player in franchise history to reach the 60-point mark in 50 games or […]

Nathan MacKinnon is putting together an almost unflappable Hart Trophy case with the 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche, and the superstar added an incredible feat to an NHL-best season on Wednesday night. MacKinnon scored four times in a 6-2 rout of the Washington Capitals at home, and in the process, became the first player since 2007-08 to […]

It’s too early to say if Ilya Samsonov has firmly placed his early-season struggles in the rearview mirror, but the Russian has been nothing short of excellent since returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Shortly after being recalled from the American Hockey League, the goaltender stopped 16-of-17 shots thrown his way in a 3-1 victory […]

Absolutely nothing is going right for the Los Angeles Kings in 2024. After an electric start to the campaign, Todd McLellan’s team has lost 12 of 14 games to fall to 22-14-9 and fourth place in the Pacific Division. After a ghastly 5-3 loss to the lowly Buffalo Sabres at home on Wednesday night, the […]

Cale Makar has already entered the conversation as one of the greatest Colorado Avalanche defensemen of all time — and the 25-year-old superstar added another extremely impressive accomplishment to his resume on Wednesday night. Makar scored Colorado’s first goal of the game in a 6-2 drubbing of the Washington Capitals. It was his 76th career […]

Pierre-Luc Dubois has not at all been as advertised for the Los Angeles Kings after he was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Winnipeg Jets and subsequently signed to an eight-year megadeal over the summer. And Kings head coach Todd McLellan let him know it on Tuesday. “At the end of the day, whether […]

Despite a less-than-ideal first half of the 2023-24 campaign, the New Jersey Devils promoted general manager Tom Fitzgerald to president of hockey operations on Tuesday, giving the 55-year-old a multi-year contract in the process. “We are excited to have Tom signed to a multiyear extension, and to promote him to president, hockey operations,” Devils managing […]

D’Angelo Russell has watched his name swirl in trade rumors for basically the entire 2023-24 season, and the Los Angeles Lakers will have a tough decision to make on the future of the 27-year-old ahead of the impending NBA Trade Deadline. The Louisville, Kentucky native has spent a lot of time on the bench during […]

New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil hasn’t played a National Hockey League game since Nov. 2 — but the 24-year-old is getting closer. Chytil returned to North America on Monday, flying from Europe to New York after “making progress training at home in Czechia while recovering from a head injury,” according to ESPN. The former […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t doing themselves any favors as they try to climb back into postseason contention in a competitive Eastern Conference in 2023-24. On Monday night, the Pens were down by a single goal to the Arizona Coyotes in the third period, and on the verge of receiving a powerplay and an opportunity to […]

Connor Bedard returned to the ice last week after suffering a fractured jaw back on Jan. 5, but the young superstar is still a ways away from returning to game action. The 18-year-old will miss at least another six weeks of NHL hockey, Chicago Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson confirmed on Monday. “Even though he’s […]

For the first time since 2015, Patrick Roy is back in the National Hockey League. The four-time Stanley Cup champion was hired as the next head coach of the New York Islanders after Lou Lamoriello fired Lane Lambert on Saturday. It’s been a brutal stretch on Long Island — the Isles have lost eight of […]

After missing the first 41 games of the 2023-24 NHL campaign due to a gambling suspension, Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto made an immediate impact in his return to the lineup. The former University of North Dakota Fighting Hawk registered an assist on Tim Stutzle’s second-period goal, helping the Sens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 […]

The Anaheim Ducks were without forward Alex Killorn for the beginning of the 2023-24 season, and they’ll have to manage without the veteran forward for at least another month. Killorn will miss four-to-six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, the team announced on Saturday. It’s an unfortunate blow after the 34-year-old inked […]

For the first time in his remarkable career, Jonathan Quick will play a hockey game in Los Angeles not as a member of the Kings when his New York Rangers visit Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night. After being traded from the Kings to the Columbus Blue Jackets, then to the Vegas Golden Knights last season, […]

Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock didn’t have his best season in Massachusetts in 2023 — and he’ll be the first one to tell you that. “I’ll be the first to say, I think I was the worst guy on the team last year,” the 27-year-old said at Red Sox Winter Weekend on Saturday, according […]

The Boston Bruins will be looking to make it four wins in a row when the Montreal Canadiens come to town on Saturday night — and they’ll have four players back in the lineup for the contest, coach Jim Montgomery confirmed. Linus Ullmark, Brandon Carlo, Derek Forbort and Matthew Poitras will all be active against […]

The Minnesota Wild had a field day with the man advantage on Friday night, scoring a ridiculous five goals on the powerplay en route to a 6-4 win over the Florida Panthers. It was a much-needed win for a Wild team that had lost nine of 11 games coming into the cross-divisional tilt. Franchise history […]

Logan Couture hasn’t played a game for the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, but that will change on Saturday night. The 34-year-old will make his season debut in a Pacific Division clash with the Anaheim Ducks at the SAP Center in California. Couture has missed the entire campaign with a lower-body injury he suffered while […]

The 2023-24 National Hockey League campaign is all but lost for the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets, but the team received some excellent news ahead of a Metropolitan Division tilt with the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Boone Jenner, who fractured his jaw on Dec. 8 and hasn’t played since, will return to the lineup, […]

The Los Angeles Kings looked like one of the best teams in the National Hockey League through the first quarter of the 2023-24 season, skating to an excellent 16-4-3 record through 23 games. But it’s been a completely different story ever since. Todd McLellan’s team is mired in an ugly stretch that has seen the […]

Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s MVP at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season after a ridiculous 41-goal, 128-campaign helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win the President’s Trophy. Although the Bolts were shockingly swept in the first round, they would go on to win the next two Stanley Cups, and come within […]

Despite a betting-related suspension that is costing Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto 41 games of the campaign, the 23-year-old will spend at least another season in Canada’s capital. The Senators signed Pinto to a one-year contract worth an AAV of $775,000 on Friday, the team announced. The former second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft […]

Juuse Saros has been a rock between the pipes for the Nashville Predators since Peka Rinne retired from the National Hockey League at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season — but the Finn might not be calling Smashville home for much longer. Although the Preds have not put Saros on the trade market, The Athletic’s […]

Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett announced himself to the National Hockey League in style on Thursday night, scoring twice — including a remarkable goal of the year candidate — in a 5-1 drubbing of the Dallas Stars. In the process, the Flyers extended their winning streak to five games after coming through in front of […]

The New York Rangers came within two wins of advancing to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021-22, and postseason expectations were skyhigh for a Blueshirts team that went 47-22-13 the following year. But instead of another deep run — the Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes in back-to-back Game 7s to reach the […]

Despite belief around the Minnesota Wild organization that the team can return to postseason contention despite a ghastly first half to the 2023-24 campaign, the play in Saint Paul lately has told a different story. The Wild are 18-20-5, have lost eight of their last 10 games, and are looking like nothing close to a postseason […]

Despite signing a one-year, $4 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks ahead of the 2023-24 National Hockey League campaign, Corey Perry was left without a team in late November after an alleged incident with a team employee. Two months later, Perry has been reinstated into the league by Gary Bettman, and according to reporter Mike […]

Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers lost a disappointing NFC Championship Game to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023, watching their rivals advance to the Super Bowl and their starting QB get injured in the process. Ahead of the team’s first postseason contest of this year — when the Green Bay Packers visit Levi’s Stadium […]

After an abysmal start to the 2023-24 campaign, the Edmonton Oilers are on an absolute tear as of late. The Oil have won 11 straight games, and are 21-6 since new head coach Kris Knoblauch took over on Nov. 12. Now 24-15-1 and just one point back of the Los Angeles Kings for the No. […]