Jaromir Jagr's two goals help Panthers to 9th straight win (Video) The Jaromir Jagrs, also known as the Florida Panthers, continued their red-hot run on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild, extending their win streak to nine games. The 43-year old soon-to-be mulleted wonder opened the scoring 27 seconds into the game with a gorgeous backhand that beat Wild netminder Devan … [Read more...]

Anton Forsberg saves Blue Jackets late in historic first win Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Anton Forsberg wasn’t supposed to be at Nationwide Arena on Saturday. The 22-year-old Forsberg was an emergency recall when it was determined goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had reinjured his groin. And then Curtis McElhinney was injured 55 seconds into overtime against the Washington Capitals, … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Panthers keep torrid pace; Crosby heats up No. 1 Star: Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers The Florida netminder stopped 39 of 39 New York Rangers shots on goal to help his team pick up a record eighth straight win. The Panthers retook the top spot in the Atlantic Division with the victory, jumping past idle Montreal. Also, Luongo’s shutout was his 71st of his NHL career, which … [Read more...]

Joe Pavelski takes out Bryan Little with check to the head (Video) San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski received a two-minute minor penalty for an illegal check to the head of Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little in Saturday’s game between the two teams at SAP Center. In the above video, it appears Little has his head down as he cuts to the San Jose net. Pavelski then hit into Little, sending … [Read more...]

Cam Fowler out 4-6 weeks with sprained knee Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler could be out through the All-Star break with a sprained knee.  The team announced Fowler will miss 4-6 weeks from the time he suffered the injury on Dec. 27 in the first period of Anaheim’s 4-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. Fowler has three goals and nine assists in 34 games played this season. He’s a … [Read more...]

Canada fails to make world junior semis for 1st time since 1998 The best read on Canada’s 6-5 loss in the IIHF world junior quarterfinals in Helsinki – the worst finish for the hockey nation since 1998 – would be that the sport’s power is being more equitably shared throughout the world.  Finland, which eliminated them on Saturday, has gone from being a goalie factory to a growing force to … [Read more...]

John Scott and NHL All-Star Game vote: So now what? On January 1, the National Hockey League published a link on its homepage to the NHL All-Star Game fan voting. This was notable because it was the last day of voting for the four divisional team captains at the event in Nashville later this month; it was also notable because the NHL has been summarily ignoring the fan vote since noted goon … [Read more...]

Jonathan Drouin sent to AHL by Lightning for more playing time The Tampa Bay Lightning assigned young forward Jonathan Drouin to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. According to general manager Steve Yzerman the decision to send Drouin, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, to the AHL had to do with getting the youngster more playing time. Yzerman reportedly noted … [Read more...]

Best and worst of the 2016 NHL Winter Classic Examining the best and worst from all aspects of the NHL Winter Classic in Foxborough, Mass. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 5-1 at Gillette Stadium. BEST 5. Tuukka Rask Yeah the score got exceptionally ugly (5-1 to the hated visitors), and so did Tuukka Rask's save percentage (.833), but it wasn't because he played poorly. … [Read more...]

Surreal Winter Classic for Mike Condon, Montreal goalie and Patriots fan FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The 2016 Winter Classic isn’t Mike Condon’s first time at Gillette Stadium. But it is the first time he’ll be part of the action, rather than needing binoculars to watch it. “Usually when I’m at Gillette Stadium, I’m in the last row of the nose bleeds,” said Condon, the Montreal Canadiens goalie who … [Read more...]