Funniest hockey non-fight of 2016, starring Germany vs. Finland (Video) In the 2016 IIHF world championships in Russia, Germany was facing Finland in a rather lopsided affair in favor of the latter.  Antti Pihlstrom attempted to add to a 4-0 lead with a strong rush into the German zone. That’s when Korbinian Holzer – a 6-3 defenseman/man mountain for the Anaheim Ducks – decided to literally … [Read more...]

Sharks blow chance to close out Predators in Game 6 The San Jose Sharks held several advantages in Game 6 against the Nashville Predators before losing in overtime. They held a 2-0 lead through most of the first period. They held a 3-2 lead midway through the third period. But they still struggled in an area that’s troubled them in recent years. The Sharks simply couldn’t close out an … [Read more...]

Dallas holds on in St. Louis, series will go seven Monday night represented an opportunity for both series in the Western Conference to wrap up, but that would have been just too easy. So what do we get? How about a couple of Game 7s? That do anything for ya? The St. Louis Blues could not seal the deal on home ice in Game 6 against the Dallas Stars, dropping a 3-2 decision after the Stars stunned … [Read more...]

Predators force Game 7 after stunning OT win vs. Sharks A bouncing puck. An innocent shot. A baffled goaltender. A Game 7 between the Nashville Predators and the San Jose Sharks, as the Preds survived Game 6 at home with a thrilling 4-3 win to even the series, thanks to forward Viktor Arvidsson’s overtime goal just 2:02 into the extra frame  Miikka Salomaki shoved the puck near the Sharks’ … [Read more...]

Brian Elliott yanked as Blues fall behind Stars early in Game 6 St. Louis Blues starting goaltender Brian Elliott was yanked in favor of Jake Allen with 3:11 left in the first period of Game 6 against the Dallas Stars. At the time, Elliott had given up three goals, two of which coming 20 seconds apart in the first six minutes of the game. The Blues outshot the Stars 9-7 in the first period, … [Read more...]

Matt Murray gets Game 6 start; right call for Penguins? Hockey players never want to see a beloved veteran teammate lose their gig due to injury. That’s not how they’d want it to go down for themselves, and that’s not the way they want it to go down for anyone else in the locker room.  So the Pittsburgh Penguins, we imagine, aren’t all that comfortable with Marc-Andre Fleury becoming … [Read more...]

Marc Crawford joins Ottawa Senators to assist Guy Boucher New Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher and GM Pierre Dorion are determined to bring change to the franchise.  “I don’t want to put down anything that was done here before. But I think every team has to evolve. My goal is to bring some structure, my kind of structure offensively. I want to have an aggressive penalty kill. And we have … [Read more...]

Fabbri's playoff beard; Pavelski the 'nail eater' (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].  • A Mother’s Day gift from Sam Bennett. [Sam Bennett on Instagram] • St. Louis … [Read more...]

What We Learned: Dallas Stars burned by terrible goaltending (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.) No one would argue that what the Dallas Stars are dealing with in goaltending this postseason is … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Hedman scores twice, Bishop shuts out Islanders No. 1 Star: Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning No Stamkos? No problem. The defenseman had 2 goals in 3 shots and was a plus-3. He logged a team high 27:43 time on ice as the Lightning dominated the New York Islanders in their 4-0 win. No. 2 Star: Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning The goaltender made all 28 saves against in the … [Read more...]