NHL Three Stars: Stastny's 4-point night; Hall's pair leads OIlers No. 1 Star: Paul Stastny, St. Louis Blues The Blues forward removed the cage and picked up three points in the third period to finish with four on the night during a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Entering the third period tied at one, the Blues scored three times, with Stastny netting one and assisting on the other … [Read more...]

Henrik Sedin out through All-Star break with upper-body injury Mikhail Grabovski was assessed a major for boarding and given a game misconduct for his hit on Henrik Sedin during Sunday’s 2-1 Vancouver Canucks win over the New York Islanders.   Sedin didn’t return to the game and the news got worse on Monday when head coach Willie Desjardins said the forward wouldn’t be back in the lineup … [Read more...]

Hockey player arrested for arson after burning love letters We’ve all been there, haven’t we? In love. Heartbroken. The only cure for that anguish being some grandiose symbolic gesture.  Justin Agosta, a 25-year-old defenseman for the Florida Everbaldes of the ECHL, was upset with his girlfriend late last month. So upset that he took a stack of love letters, went outside, purchased some … [Read more...]

What We Learned: NHL’s best player? It’s Anze Kopitar (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) The decline of Sidney Crosby has created a number of odd circumstances across the NHL. The most … [Read more...]

John Scott says All-Star Game status 'up in the air,' thanks fans John Scott met the media for the first time after the Arizona Coyotes traded him to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday in a package for Jarred Tinordi, a.k.a. the deal that launched a thousand “Canadiens acquire all-star winger” jokes.  Scott reported to the AHL St. John’s Ice Caps, but was a healthy scratch for his first game … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Chicago wins 11 straight; Williams gets a hatty; Miller's 47 save victory No. 1 Star: Ryan Miller, Vancouver Canucks Miller had a monster night in net stopping 47 shots in regulation and overtime. He continued the brick wall act in the shoot-out making all three saves. No. 2 Star: Justin Williams, Washington Capitals Shortly after Williams scored his first goal of the … [Read more...]

Anaheim Ducks stay away from 'woe is me' attitude in loss to Kings ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks tried not to take too much disappointment from their 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.  The Ducks know if they suffer with every defeat they won’t climb in the standings and eventually back into the NHL playoff picture. It’s an attitude that’s helped them from a 1-7-2 start to their … [Read more...]

Blackhawks topple Habs for 11th straight win The Blackhawks ran their winning streak to 11 straight games. (USATSI) The Chicago Blackhawks were supposed to take a step back this year. It wasn't going to be a big one. They were still going to be a playoff team, but would they be favored to defend their title? Not after losing so many contributors from last year's title team that included three … [Read more...]

Ryan White earns match penalty for head hit on Tomas Jurco (Video) After an exhaustive 33-seconds in total of work, Philadelphia Flyers forward Ryan White's night ended when he was ejected from the game for elbowing Tomas Jurco of the Detroit Red Wings.  At 2:20 of the first period, Teemu Pulkkinen passed the puck to Jurco who immediately sent a wrist shot on net. After he released the shot, … [Read more...]

Tuukka Rask makes awesome spinning glove save vs. Leafs (Video) In their game at the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs had a first-period power play. Winger Joffrey Lupul snapped a shot that Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask fought off. The puck rolled to Rask’s right, where Peter Holland corralled it. He saw an open net. He saw Rask all the way over to other side of the … [Read more...]