Hockey Rambling

Skating out of the penalty box, Brandt Clarke scored the overtime winner (his first NHL goal) for the Kings over Boston. Clarke now has points in back-to-back games as well as seven shots over that span. Clarke and Jordan Spence have basically been alternating out of the lineup, but it seems like Clarke has earned [...]

This happened during one of the later games on Thursday, so I didn’t get a chance to write about it yesterday. Filip Zadina scored two goals and added two assists and a plus-3 in the Sharks’ 6-3 win against Calgary. Even though Zadina was once a high first-round pick (chosen one pick before Quinn Hughes!) [...]

Jake Guentzel is expected to miss up to the next four weeks with an upper-body injury that forced him to leave Wednesday’s game. On the final year of his contract, Guentzel has been the subject of trade rumors, particularly if the Penguins cannot find a way to advance above the Eastern Conference playoff bar soon. [...]

There has been no shortage of interesting storylines around the Philadelphia Flyers over the last couple of seasons, but one of them is certainly the career renaissance of Rasmus Ristolainen. He had played very well defensively over the last couple of seasons for the Flyers and that has pushed his name into trade rumours. He [...]

New York and Pennsylvania were hit with one of their biggest snow storms in the last number of years yesterday, and foremost we do just want everyone to be safe. On a fantasy hockey note though, it does mean we could see a couple of delays and/or postponements of games due to travel issues, so [...]

Toronto goalie Joseph Woll was at practice for the team on Monday, his first in over two months. How long he needs to get up to speed is up to him, but that he’s back and practicing is a good sign for the team. Toronto has had their goalie struggles this season and Martin Jones, [...]

Torey Krug had an outstanding Sunday, racking up five assists as St. Louis beat Montreal 7-2. It was a massive slump buster for Krug, as he entered the game with just one point in his previous 10 outings. This one game represents 20% of Krug’s season-long point total. Robert Thomas had the second-best fantasy performance [...]

From the games that I caught at least a part of on Saturday, tempers seemed to be more heated than normal. Of all of the nastiness, the story of the night was sparked by a slapshot on an empty net. No big deal, right? A suspension is coming for Morgan Rielly. I know Ridly Greig’s [...]

After Jonathan Quick started three consecutive games for the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin was back between the pipes on Friday. Shesterkin hadn’t been his usual self recently, as he had been tagged with five really bad starts during January and a 3.25 GAA and .863 SV% in 2024 entering Friday’s game. Fortunately, the Blackhawks represented a [...]

Jack Hughes returned to the Devils lineup on Thursday after missing the past month with an upper-body injury. He didn’t make the kind of splash that was hoped, as he was held without a point and was a minus-3 in the Devils’ 5-3 home loss to Calgary. Hughes did take four shots in 20 minutes [...]