Hockey Rambling

If you wanted to watch an NHL game on Friday, the Devils/Sabres matchup was your only option. Saturday will have lots more to choose from with 15 games on the schedule. If you needed scoring, Tage Thompson was easily the best option. Thompson finished with four goals, leading the Sabres to a 5-2 win over [...]

There were 14 games on Thursday and will be just one on Friday. So that I can spread the workload more evenly over two days, I’ll focus mainly on the early games today while discussing noteworthy happenings from the later games tomorrow. - Juraj Slafkovsky has consistently been one of the top-searched players on Frozen [...]

Jack Quinn returned to the Buffalo lineup on Wednesday night after missing two months due to a lower-body surgery. Considering the time he missed to start the season, it has been a brutally unlucky stretch of health for the young winger. He slotted in his usual spot on the second line with Dylan Cozens. JJ [...]

The East playoff race is not exactly an arms race at the moment, but it is certainly fascinating. The Capitals were supposed to be done two months ago, and were too far out. Instead, after being sellers at the deadline, they’re getting balanced scoring, their top players are producing, and the young guys all look [...]

Detroit welcomed Jake Walman back to practice on Monday after he missed three games due to a lower-body injury. Walman has 12 goals and 21 points in 61 games this season, but his 150 blocked shots have been a huge boon for fantasy managers. There is a little bit more on Walman and defence partner [...]

Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jets, Washington recognized T.J. Oshie for reaching the 1000-game milestone recently. He rose to the occasion, tallying two assists as the Caps won 3-0 against Winnipeg. I’m sure many wrote Oshie off after he opened this season with just two points in his first 19 appearances. Surprisingly, the 37-year-old [...]

Proving that no goalie is immune to a rough start during the fantasy playoffs, Connor Hellebuyck was pulled midway through the game against the Islanders after allowing five goals. Granted, he had already faced 27 shots, so the blame isn’t necessarily on Hellebuyck personally and can at least be partially shifted to the team in [...]

Tom Wilson has been suspended six games for high-sticking Noah Gregor during Wednesday’s game. Wilson’s track record and the fact that he was offered an in-person hearing meant that the length of the suspension was no surprise. Barring a successful appeal (which I don’t see happening but you never know with the Department of Player [...]

Dylan Larkin was back in the lineup on Thursday night for Detroit as the Red Wings had a big home matchup against the New York Islanders. The captain had missed eight games due to injury and the team went 2-6 in that time, and one of their wins was a miracle late-minute comeback against Columbus. [...]

Tyler Seguin returned to the Dallas Stars lineup on Wednesday night with his team hosting Arizona. Seguin had missed 11 games with a lower-body injury, an injury that resulted in Logan Stankoven getting recalled. This was the first time Dallas has something resembling their postseason lineup all healthy and in place (with a couple minor [...]