O'Sullivan's struggle; Montreal playing 'right way'; Hedman's return (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].   • Um, that’s Taylor Hall? What an interesting costume for … [Read more...]

NHL Players Poll: Who is the most underrated player in hockey? (Ed. Note: While attending the NHL Players Media Tour in September, we polled 27 skaters and goalies about a few topics in the League. Their answers are anonymous to encourage candor.)   Full disclosure: Loui Eriksson did receive a vote for being the most underrated player in the NHL. His inclusion on such lists has reached the … [Read more...]

NWHL Three Stars: Pride put up 7 goals on Riveters; Power play big for Whale (Ed. Note: Welcome to the first 3 Stars for the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) where we’ll be recapping the weekend’s games every Monday. The Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) gets their own 3 Stars on Sunday nights.) NWHL Results   1st 2nd 3rd Total           Boston Pride (2-0-0) @ 2 1 4 7 … [Read more...]

Raanta shuts out Sharks, gives Rangers lift Thanks in large part to a 22-save shutout from goalie Antti Raanta the New York Rangers were able to snap their three-game losing streak on Monday night with a 4-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in the NHL's only game of the evening. Sharks goalie Martin Jones entered Monday's game having allowed just two goals over his first four starts of the season and … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Raanta's 22 saves helps Rangers blank Sharks No. 1 Star: Antti Raanta, New York Rangers Raanta recorded his fourth career NHL shutout as the Rangers blanked the San Jose Sharks 4-0. The Finnish netminder made 22 stops as New York snapped a three-game losing streak. Per Elias, Raanta became the fourth Rangers goaltender, and first since 1957, to record a shutout in their … [Read more...]

Should Randy Carlyle become Ducks’ next coach if Boudreau is canned? The Anaheim Ducks have had an uncharacteristic slow start (1-3-1) this season, although Sunday’s win over the Minnesota Wild could easily be the reversal of that course.  The idea that Bruce Boudreau would be on any hot seat that wasn’t a result of thermal capacity always seemed a little asinine to me. Sure, you have the … [Read more...]

What We Learned: You couldn’t see this bad NHL start coming? (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.) Let's say you flip a coin 20 times, and you really want to have it land on heads. And it does, 15 … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Tarasenko joins NHL goal, point leaders No. 1 Star: Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues  The star sniper scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season in the Blues’ 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Tarasenko is tied for the NHL lead in goals and points (nine). No. 2 Star: Anders Nilsson, Edmonton Oilers Anders the Giant made 33 saves as the Oilers outlasted the Vancouver … [Read more...]

Derek Dorsett and Lauri Korpikoski go for hilarious spin (GIF) Best figure skating duo since Michaels & MacElroy? #EDMvsVAN pic.twitter.com/X0OtoSruzj— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 19, 2015 The Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers tangled on Sunday night – literally!  (I know…) Canucks forward Derek Dorsett had his stick grabbed by Korpikoski as the Oilers forward slid … [Read more...]

Tarasenko scores twice, Blues (5-1) top Jets WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and Brian Elliott made 26 saves in the St. Louis Blues' 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. Tarasenko gave the Blues a 3-2 lead on a delayed penalty midway through the third period, firing a shot past goalie Ondrej Pavelec and into the corner of the net for his fifth goal of the season. … [Read more...]