News out of the World Championships as Canada and the USA were facing off in the quarter-final. Canada (and Edmonton Oilers) defenceman Evan Bouchard took a high hit from Team USA defenceman Ryan Lindgren which forced Bouchard to leave the game. Lindgren was assessed a 5-minute major and was ejected from the contest. The rules [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes took stranglehold on their Eastern Conference Final matchup with the Montreal Canadiens thanks to a 4-0 win on Wednesday night. It gives them a 3-1 series lead with a chance to close things out on Friday night back in Raleigh. As the Hurricanes did for Game 2 and Game 3, they were [...]
Andrei Svechnikov fired home Carolina’s third goal on their 38th shot of the night to lift the Hurricanes to a 3-2 overtime win on Monday night, giving the ‘Canes a 2-1 series lead. Carolina had another dominant defensive performance, holding Montreal to just 12 shots on goal in over 74 minutes of game time, and [...]
The Montreal Canadiens started Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final by conceding a goal to Seth Jarvis but then scoring four goals in the next 10:32 to take a 4-1 lead and, eventually, a 6-2 win. Juraj Slafkovsky managed two goals and an assist, Cole Caufield and Phillip Danautl had one of each, while [...]
Before the Western Conference Final kicked off on Wednesday, the Buffalo Sabres announced a two-year extension for head coach Lindy Ruff. The Sabres are coming off their most successful season in over a decade so it makes sense that the coach be rewarded for that effort. * The Washington Capitals have signed defenceman Timothy Liljegren [...]
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres in overtime 3-2 on Monday night, earning the Game 7 win and a trip to the Eastern Conference Final. Alex Newhook played the hero, firing a low, glove-side shot off the rush that eluded Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. That was Newhook’s sixth goal of the series as he [...]
We got the list of injuries from the Philadelphia Flyers and as we see with a lot of teams, it was extensive. There was a fractured wrist for Emil Andrae, which will require surgry, a fracture foot for Noah Cates, fractured ribs for Cam York and Travis Konecny, internal bleeding (!) for Owen Tippett, among [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the Western Conference Final and they did it in very dramatic fashion. After falling behind 3-0 in Game 5, Parker Kelly scored halfway through the second period, and then Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon scored in the final four minutes to tie the game 3-3. Then, the Avalanche finished [...]
Parker Kelly scored his first goal of the postseason to break a 2-2 deadlock in Game 4 between the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild to give the Avalanche a 3-2 lead, and eventually help them to a 5-2 win after empty-net goals from Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson. This puts Colorado up 3-1 in the [...]
The NHL announced the three finalists for the Norris Trophy and they are Rasmus Dahlin, Zach Werenski, and Cale Makar. This is Dahlin’s first time as a finalist, Werenski’s second time after a second-place finish last season, and Makar’s six straight season as a finalist after winning in both 2021-22 and 2024-25. There were a [...]
