Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey: Draisaitl, Kessel smart plays for Sunday By Sasha Yodashkin Sunday features a second consecutive nine-game slate following the Christmas break, granting NHL fans plenty of opportunities to make up for the three hockeyless days that preceded this busy weekend with a 5 p.m. EST start. The night's most entertaining tilt may well end up being the Stars-Blues rematch … [Read more...]

Top 10 saves of 2015 (Puck Daddy Year in Hockey) (Puck Daddy presents its annual look back at the year in hockey. Check back every day through the New Year for our many lists and hot takes.)   Saves are a lot like snowflakes in that they may look similar, but have plenty of differences. Some of the goalies on this list used similar methods in making unbelievable stops, but each made theirs … [Read more...]

Muzzin earns match penalty for butt-check to head of Gordon (Video) Well this will be a new one for the Department of Player Safety. In the contentious tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and Arizona Coyotes, LA defenseman Jake Muzzin made contact with the head of Arizona's Boyd Gordon ... using his butt. Take a look: Muzzin match penalty for check to the head of Gordon's head cc @KDibildeaux … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Homecoming king Jack Eichel; Backes wins 9 round shoot-out No. 1 Star: Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres It was the Boston homecoming for the Massachusetts native and he did not disappoint all his friends and family in attendance. Eichel posted 2 goals and 2 assists in the Sabres comeback victory. No. 2 Star: David Backes, St. Louis Blues Backes was 0-fer on the season in … [Read more...]

Kings D Muzzin ejected for hip check to head Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin is probably going to be having a discussion with the NHL's department of player safety on Sunday after he was given a match penalty against the Arizona Coyotes for an illegal check to the head of Boyd Gordon. The match penalty carries an automatic one-game suspension pending a league review. What is so … [Read more...]

Scott Hartnell's charging major a result of Ben Bishop's acting? (Video) Something is about to happen on this site that is extremely rare and thought to be impossible to do - go to bat for Scott Hartnell. In Saturday's tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the ginger-bearded one went behind the net as goaltender Ben Bishop played the puck. Hartnell makes contact with Bishop and the … [Read more...]

Hartnell bumps goalie, gets game misconduct The NHL is going to go to great lengths to protect goaltenders, and you're simply not allowed to hit them, bump into them, or make any kind of unnecessary contact with them whether they are in their crease or not. Columbus Blue Jackets forward Scott Hartnell found out all of this on Saturday night in Tampa Bay when he was given a five-minute major and a … [Read more...]

Saturday picks: Caps to extend lead over Habs Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 7 p.m. ET Just a little more than a month ago on Nov. 18 the Washington Capitals were in second place in the Metropolitan Division and five points behind the New York Rangers and … [Read more...]

What's actually wrong with the Anaheim Ducks? (Trending Topics) Let's talk about two teams that are having very, very different seasons. Team A is one of the best possession teams in the league, just about on par with Dallas. It has two of the greatest players in the world over the last six or seven years, depth at every position, and was widely expected to be one of the league's top teams … [Read more...]

Top 10 heartwarming moments of 2015 (Puck Daddy Year in Hockey) (Puck Daddy presents its annual look back at the year in hockey. Check back every day through the New Year for our many lists and hot takes.)   So often we focus on the negative in life that we have to take a break and remind ourselves that good things actually happen, even in hockey. Take a look back to some of the most … [Read more...]