Thu. picks: Ducks' struggles continue at Blues Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. Anaheim Ducks at St. Louis Blues, 8 p.m. ET On Tuesday night in Dallas the Anaheim Ducks finally had a little bit of an offensive breakthrough. After being held to just six goals through their first eight games of the … [Read more...]

Jonas Hiller exits game after collision with Bobby Ryan (Video) Calgary Flames goaltender Jonas Hiller left a Wednesday game at the Ottawa Senators after a collision around the net with Ottawa forward Bobby Ryan. The play came at the 12:20 mark of the third period when Ryan barreled into the Flames netminder after a rush by Ottawa forward Mika Zibanejad, knocking Hiller into the net.  [Play … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Fleury stifles Caps; Rinne and Preds get defensive No. 1 Star: Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins The Penguins netminder withstood a barrage of shots by the Washington Capitals and kept his team in the game long enough for them to strike in a 3-1 win. Fleury stopped 33 of 34 Capitals shots on goal.   No. 2 Star: Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators Stopped 20 of 21 San Jose … [Read more...]

Johnny Gaudreau fools Senators with incredible puck handling moves (Video) Calgary Flames second-year player Johnny Gaudreau is known as a slippery playmaker with excellent hands. He has 11 points in 10 games this season, 10 of which coming on assists. His dazzling array of offensive skills turned him into somewhat of a cult hero as a rookie with the Flames last season. Check out the below … [Read more...]

Johnny Gaudreau fools Senators with incredible puck handling moves Calgary Flames second-year player Johnny Gaudreau is known as a slippery playmaker with excellent hands. He currently has 10 points in nine games this season, nine of which coming on assists. His dazzling array of offensive skills turned him into somewhat of a cult hero as a rookie with the Flames last season. Check out the … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Trocheck leads Panthers; Allen blanks Bolts No. 1 Star: Vincent Trocheck, Florida Panthers The forward notched two power-play goals and assisted on Reilly Smith’s power-play tally in the Panthers’ 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Not a bad night for 15:16 of ice time, and a big win for the Cats without Jaromir Jagr. No. 2 Star: Jake Allen, St. Louis Blues Allen stopped … [Read more...]

Coyotes arena update; Bracco leaves BC; Larkin to stay up with Red Wings (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. iframe> • Happy Halloween from Phil Kessel. Why does that … [Read more...]

Watch Justin Pogge cook Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes in full goalie gear (Video) Former Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Justin Pogge is now spending his days playing for Farjestad of the Swedish Hockey League. [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] In his free time, Pogge and his wife, Christina, enjoy cooking up a nice meal; so the fine people … [Read more...]

Ducks blow 3-0 lead, lose to Stars, Boudreau hot seat goes nuclear The end of the Anaheim Ducks’ first period against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night might have been the first time coach Bruce Boudreau could go into the locker room this season without reaching for the aspirin and the Rolaids.  Their offense, the worst in the NHL, produced three goals in a 4-minute and 26-second span. … [Read more...]

Jaromir Jagr leaves Panthers game with ‘lower body injury’ Jaromir Jagr getting injured would be the worst news in the history of news or things that are bad, so hopefully the NHL legend is OK as he leaves Tuesday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche.  Jagr played just 2:30 over four shifts in the first period before leaving the Florida Panthers’ bench. There was a gap of nearly 10 … [Read more...]