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The storm is here. Can the Sens ride the waves?
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The storm is here. Can the Sens ride the waves?
Thanks to a whole bunch of teams around the Flyers in the standings, there is a very important hockey game in Philadelphia this afternoon. With a win today, the Flyers can leapfrog the Islanders and claim third in the division, giving them a well-deserved playoff spot. All they have to do is beat the Bruins. Puck drop: 3:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading In the Flyers’ big win on Friday night over the Islanders, in a crucial do-or-die gam...
The Texas Rangers have placed righthanded pitcher Carter Baumler on the injured list with a right intercostal strain, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled righthanded pitcher Luis Curvelo. Baumler, a Rule 5 pick from the Baltimore Orioles, seemed destined to have an injured list trip […]
Texas Rangers lineup for April 5, 2026 against the Cincinnati Reds: starting pitchers are Jack Leiter for the Rangers and Chase Burns for the Reds. Texas will try to avoid being swept against Cincinnati today as they finish out their first home series of 2026. Josh Jung gets a day off. The lineup: Nimmo — […]
Sykora is "a real one." Lafrenière is trending toward staying. And someone floated Brady Tkachuk again. Here's this week in Rangers media.
It is well known that Newcastle United will bring in some offensive reinforcements next summer and that scouting is already underway in Tyneside. The latest whispers, coming from talkSPORT’s Lee Davey, point toward a Newcastle interest in Chelsea center-forward Liam Delap as a potential target for the summer transfer window. The outlet states that Delap […]
Last month, CelticsBlog’s Nate Moskowitz said that the team had become a Derrick White cloning factory: Boston’s newest wave of role players — Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, Jordan Walsh, and Ron Harper Jr. — aren’t being asked to manufacture offense on their own. That responsibility already belongs to Boston’s stars. Instead, they’re asking them to […]
It was New Year’s Eve the last time these two teams met and the festivities began early even before the ball dropped as the Colorado Avalanche demolished the St. Louis Blues that evening in a 6-1 final. Valeri Nichushkin scored one of Colorado’s three hat tricks in the 2025-26 season to ring in the new […]
Hard to be mad when Gabe Perreault goes off for a hat trick. But the Rangers keep winning themselves out of good lottery positioning.
The Cincinnati Reds powered their way to victory on Friday in the series opener against the Texas Rangers, with 2-run blasts by Spencer Steer and Tyler Stephenson fueling the 5-3 victory. On Saturday, it was starting pitcher Rhett Lowder’s excellence paired with some timely bucket brigade of singles that led to Cincinnati’s 2-0 win. On […]
With five wins in their past six games, the Edmonton Oilers are beginning to look much more like the team that reached the Stanley Cup Final in back‑to‑back seasons, and they have accomplished much of it in Leon Draisaitl’s absence. Still, with the playoffs only a few weeks away, several questions remain. Chief among them…
Happy Easter, folks! The Bruins are right back at it several states away, facing the Flyers in Philadelphia less than 24 hours after losing in Florida. The Flyers will be better rested, as they last played on Long Island on Friday. Today’s basics: The Flyers have gone on a nice run of late to remain […]
As a person who follows Canada West women's hockey very closely, it's always great to see a player get rewarded for the hard work she puts in playing the game. Earning a professional contract somewhere across the planet is a big accomplishment for any player, but keeping a roster spot year after year takes dedication and hard work to continue to be an asset to a team. The player pictured with the Montreal Victoire has done that since she decided to make the jump into the professional ranks, an...
Another early one today, and there’s not much to be said that hasn’t been covered in the previous few game day posts. The Red Wings came out with a remarkably poor effort against the worst team in the Eastern Conference, and their backup goalie no less (granted a likely Hall of Famer), to squander an excellent opportunity to advance their playoff chances. It’s a loss that definitely feels worse than the actual outcome, but we have to look at the standings, and the Red Wings are still aliv...
The Montreal Canadiens have been one of the biggest surprise teams this season, and they've been doing most of their damage without winger Patrik Laine. Laine's been out of the lineup for most of this season, dressing in just five games, recording one assist. The former second-overall pick is signed for $8.7 million AAV and is in the final season of his contract. There was a ton of speculation brewing that GM Kent Hughes was offering Laine in trades ahead of the deadline to help facilitate the...
Sounds like Scott Laughton's stay in Los Angeles is going to be a short one. The Kings center was acquired ahead of the trade deadline from the Toronto Maple Leafs, and there's been a ton of speculation that Laughton would be looking to re-join the Leafs once free agency opens July 1. Maple Leafs head coach spoke about Laughton's future, which is a rare scene in the NHL to see another head coach talking about an opposing player re-joining this team in a couple of months. “I could see it, for s...
BOSTON — The Celtics could have an additional boost when they face the Toronto Raptors on Sunday afternoon; Nikola Vucevic, who has been sidelined since March 6th with a right ring finger fracture, has been upgraded to questionable for the first time since first suffering the injury. In Vucevic’s absence, Luka Garza has stepped up, averaging 9.4 […]
Riding a seven-game winning streak, the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up their road trip with a visit to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. After opening up a three-goal lead in the second period, they seemed a tad preoccupied, surrendering two goals to set up a stressful third frame. The Devils would equalize with their net empty in the final minutes, and the game would ultimately go all the way to a shootout as the Habs looked to save their winning streak. Oliver Kapanen put home a c...
From Seattle to Calgary to Kanata, with the final score getting worse as you go!
As much as every game is a big one for the Edmonton Oilers right now, Saturday’s matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights was massive. Not only did the Oilers have the opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division, but they were also looking to avoid giving Vegas the chance to…
Reds 2, Rangers 0
It became official today: the Buffalo Sabres will break their streak of fourteen seasons without appearing the playoffs thanks to the Pittsburgh Penguins defeating the Florida Panthers, officially eliminating the two-time defending champions from the playoffs. The last time that Buffalo was in the playoffs was 2011 where the Lindy Ruff-led Sabres qualified as the seventh-seeded team and fell in the opening round in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers. They won't see the Flyers this year,...
The Minnesota Wild have depleted their vaunted prospect pool, and for the most part, the State of Hockey should be happy about that. For years, the Wild ranked near the top of most prospect-heads' lists of the top organizations. On one hand, that's great. It meant the Wild were accumulating tal...
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Game 77: Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Devils region: MSGSN Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ It wasn’t the way the Montreal Canadiens wanted to do it after getting out to a 3-0 lead last night in New Jersey, but they recovered from allowing three consecutive goals to win the game in a shootout, running their record to a perfect 5-0-0 on the road trip. It was just Montreal’s ...