Hockey Rambling

It has been a very tough go for Carolina goaltender Frederik Andersen over the last few years. There have been a slew of injuries, notably the blood clot that kept him out of action for most of the 2023-24 season. As for this season, it looks like he may be out at least until late [...]

Toronto hosted Vegas on Wednesday night, and the Maple Leafs were already without Auston Matthews, who has been out of action for over two weeks. The recent update on Matthews was that there’s a hope he can return to action sometime next week, but given that he’s been day-to-day for most of November already, we [...]

As of Tuesday, it has been over two weeks since Brayden Point was in the lineup for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and any injury lasting more than a week always raises some eyebrows. The Lightning, and fantasy managers, got some good news on Monday, though, as he was back at practice. He was skating on [...]

Carolina, who averages the most shots for and the fewest against, experienced a rarity on Sunday as they were outshout by the Blues. Still, they pulled out a 4-1 victory over St. Louis. Pyotr Kochetkov had a strong showing, stopping 29 of the 30 shots he faced. Kochetkov has been better when busy this season. [...]

Entering Saturday, Trent Frederic was held without a goal since opening night, which is a span of 17 games. Frederic broke that slump with a pair of goals on Saturday to go with five shots on goal. Frederic reached 40 points last season, but he is currently on pace for just 26 points. If he [...]

If you missed the night of NHL action because your eyes were glued to the circus that was Jake Paul and Mike Tyson (and the 17 undercards before that)*, let’s fill you in on a few happenings. * Full disclosure: I turned away from the Red Wings/Ducks match on Sportsnet to watch this fight, hoping [...]

Connor McDavid joined the 1000-point club with a goal in the second period against Nashville on Thursday night. McDavid has reached 1000 point in just 659 games, which makes him the 4th-fastest player and 99th player overall to reach that milestone. McDavid later assisted on the overtime winner to give him 1001 career points. A [...]

Buffalo had a thrilling game with Montreal on Monday afternoon resulting in 12 goals and multiple lead changes. Besides the loss, the Sabres had some bad news as all of Tage Thompson, Mattias Samuelsson, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen left the game with injuries. There was an update on Wednesday as to the status of all three [...]