Friday picks: Habs won't need Price vs. Devils Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m. ET After getting their all-everything goalie back in the lineup for a few games, the Montreal Canadiens once again find themselves without him due to an injury. The … [Read more...]

Carey Price out at least a week after reinjuring lower body Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will be out at least one week with a lower body injury according to John Bartlett of Sportsnet.  Price left the Habs’ Thursday night game at the New York Rangers after 40 minutes of action with the same type of injury that kept him out of action from Oct. 30 through Nov. 19.  Canadiens coach … [Read more...]

NWHL, ESPN announce partnership to stream on ESPN3 Last week the NWHL announced a landmark television deal with NESN to broadcast Boston Pride games. On Wednesday, ESPNW Editor-in-Chief, Alison Overholt, tweeted out the next evolution of the NWHL's media expansion:  Exciting news!! @NWHL_ Boston Pride vs NY Riveters on Sunday at 3pm will stream on ESPN3! First game of new deal to carry the … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Vatrano steals win; crazy Roy move almost works No. 1 Star: Frank Vatrano, Boston Bruins  The Bruins forward opened the scoring against the Detroit Red Wings with a goal and closed it out with a tip shot followed by a memorable celebration. In between, Detroit dominated, but Vatrano led the Bruins to a 3-2 overtime win.   No. 2 Star: Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning Bish made … [Read more...]

Yahoo Fantasy Hockey: Why Evgeni Malkin is a stud, Mark Giordano is a dud Dobber launched his fantasy hockey website DobberHockey back in 2005 and has been Puck Daddy's resident fantasy hockey 'expert' since 2009. Happy Thanksgiving! [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] While you’re wolfing down your turkey, hold your phone just underneath the table … [Read more...]

Referee wants no part of Boston Bruins’ OT celebration (Video) There’s a lot to love in this clip of the Boston Bruins’ overtime game-winning goal against the Detroit Red Wings in their 3-2 victory on Wednesday night. Let’s start with the call from NESN’s Jack Edwards (listen here), who basically acknowledges that the Bruins had no business winning: “THE BRUINS, AGAINST ALL ODDS AND HOCKEY … [Read more...]

Sidney Crosby feels stupid humoring Mario Lemieux feud rumor On Wednesday, former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matthew Barnaby dropped a bombshell on Sirius XM Radio:  “The more and more I looked into it, the more I found out, people with the same sentiments that there’s a big falling out between Mario (Lemieux) and (Sidney) Crosby. Now whether that pushes them to move him at some point? … [Read more...]

Nail Yakupov injured in bizarre incident with linesman (Video) Nail Yakupov of the Edmonton Oilers hasn’t scored a goal since Oct. 18, and had one point in his last 10 games heading into Wednesday night’s contest at the Carolina Hurricanes.  So things were going pretty poorly for Yakupov. And then a linesman fell on him, injuring him and ending his night in the second period. [Play Yahoo … [Read more...]

Breaking news: NWHL, ESPN announce partnership to stream on ESPN3 Last week the NWHL announced a landmark television deal with NESN to broadcast Boston Pride games. On Wednesday, ESPNW Editor-in-Chief, Alison Overholt, tweeted out the next evolution of the NWHL's media expansion:  Exciting news!! @NWHL_ Boston Pride vs NY Riveters on Sunday at 3pm will stream on ESPN3! First game of new deal … [Read more...]

Canadiens ink GM Bergevin to deal through '22 The Montreal Canadiens are making sure general manager Marc Bergevin is going to be building their team for quite a few years. The team announced on Wednesday afternoon that Bergevin has signed a contract extension with the Canadiens that runs through the end of the 2021-22 season. "I am very pleased to announce that Marc accepted a multi-year … [Read more...]