The Montreal Victoire moved within one win of their first-ever Walter Cup championship on Saturday, defeating Ottawa Charge 2–1 in overtime at Place Bell.
The win gives Montreal a 2–0 lead in the best-of-five Walter Cup Finals and puts them one step away from becoming the first Canadian team to capture the title.
The winner came 14:12 into overtime when captain Marie-Philip Poulin found Maggie Flaherty alone in the slot. Flaherty, calling for the puck, hammered a one-timer past Gwyne...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Pete Fry, a former goaltender and Jakub Dobeš’s mental coach, says the key is for a goaltender to see every good play by the opposition as an opportunity to make a difference in the game. [ La Presse ]
Why have the Canadiens not performed well at the Bell Centre? “Sometimes you get a little too nervous and a little too aggressive when the crowd reacts,” Nick Suzuki admits. “We love playing here. We just need to execute better.” [ La Presse ]
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Rasmus Dahlin produced a goal and four assists, Tage Thompson had a goal and three assists, and Jack Quinn notched two power-play goals and had an assist for Buffalo Sabres, who routed the Montreal Canadiens by an 8-3 count at Bell Centre to send the series to a seventh game. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 18 shots he faced in relief after replacing Alex Lyon 10:14 into the first, when Jake Evans’ short-handed marker put the Habs up 3-1. Lyon allowed three goals on four shots. Jason Zucker, ...
One of the main sticking points for those critical of Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet’s use and deployment of young winger Matvei Michkov, is keeping him on the side of the ice that he has grown up playing and has the most experience with.
As a left-handed player, Michkov still played on the right side while developing his game in Russia, and barely ever touched the “strong” side of the ice that matched up with his handedness. But Tocchet decided that when Michkov was struggli...
Lindy Ruff had one line going in this series, and has tossed that into the blender for this game with the others trying to spark two players who aren’t going. We’ll see how that works out.
First period
It’s a very familiar refrain at this point. A weak clearing attempt by the top line — Juraj Slafkovský tonight rather than Cole Caufield — allows the Buffalo Sabres to stay on the attack, and they take advantage with a quick goal. Rasmus Dahlin dekes his way to the net and beats Ja...
The Texas Rangers scored one while the Houston Astros scored four home runs. The Rangers had five more hits tonight than last night! Six hits! That’s pretty good. That’s one more hit than Houston! They also walked eight times. That’s a ton of baserunners! The bad news is none of Texas’ hits went for extra […]
The St. Louis Blues are expected to trade goaltender Jordan Binnington this offseason. With Joel Hofer ready and able to take over as the team's number-one goalie, Binnington has found himself near the top of almost all then insider's offseason trade boards. The Blues are retooling on the fly and are expected to use Binnington to try and find a top-nine forward who can step into the team's lineup on a regular basis next season. The veteran goaltender had a down season last year, but once again...
The Anaheim Ducks will be a team to watch this offseason as general manager Pat Verbeek is open for business. The Ducks smashed expectations this season, but that won't slow Verbeek down at all this summer as he looks to upgrade his roster. There's one player who is expected to be involved in any big move and that's Mason McTavish. The 23-year-old forward just started a long-term extension with the team that pays him $7 million AAV through the 2031 season, but it's become obvious throughout th...
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs
Game 6: Montreal Canadiens (A3) vs. Buffalo Sabres (A1)
MTL leads 3-2
Start time: **8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT** In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: ABC Streaming: Sportsnet+
A couple of times in this series it looked like the Buffalo Sabres had the answer for the Montreal Canadiens’ offence. The Habs were held to two goals in the opening game as the Sabres looked strong in th...
Keep an eye on the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs this summer, as the two teams could align on a trade together now that Brad Treliving isn't in the picture. The Flames have notified teams around the league that they're open for business this offseason. The Flames only have four players who are untouchable in trade talks. GM Craig Conroy is willing to listen on just about anyone, and that includes center Morgan Frost. Frost could be a great fit for the Maple Leafs. Toronto is in need o...
There is zero obligation for anyone to like the Vegas Golden Knights or John Tortorella when it comes to one's hockey allegiances. I get that Tortorella's antics often rub people the wrong way, and there are a lot of hockey fans who simply don't like how the Golden Knights conduct business in general. They seem to enjoy embracing the villain role when it comes to a lot of what they do, and maybe that's because they aren't afraid to push the envelope in a lot of situations. With the Golden Knig...
On Friday night, A’ja Wilson reminded why she’s the four-time MVP, dropping 45 points on better than 83 percent shooting as the Las Vegas Aces won the second of two-straight matchups against the Connecticut Sun, 101-94. Wilson is the epitome of an MVP because of how her raw production translates to winning impact. Scour the […]
TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (18-28) will continue their seven-game homestand today as they look to win the second of a three game series against the rival Texas Rangers (21-23). Astros starter RHP Kai-Wei Teng (1-3, 3.12 ERA), who tossed his fifth straight quality start his last time out, will oppose RHP Jacob deGrom(3-2, 2.62 ERA) and the Rangers in the second game […]
If you were to handicap the Conn Smythe Trophy race before these Stanley Cup Playoffs began, it's pretty certain that two of the top three betting favorites right now would not have been on your board. According to Covers.com and Bet 99, the betting odds for the playoff MVP look like this heading into Saturday night's crucial Game 6 in Montreal between the Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres: Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche +195 Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes +45...
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. The date is October 8,…
The Vegas Golden Knights are on to the Western Conference Final under John Tortorella. But one wonders, depending on how much farther they go, if he'll be able to keep the job on a full-time basis after the season. He's only got a deal that runs through the end of this campaign. He took over the team after they fired Bruce Cassidy with just eight games left in the regular season. This week, Torts earned himself a $100,000 fine, and more importantly, cost the Golden Knights a second...
The NBA is barrelling towards the conference finals with more and more stars sitting on the sidelines. With multiple teams eliminated, many are looking towards the offseason. These 10 stars could be looking for new homes by the start of next season.
Head coach Craig Berube was fired on May 13th , after meeting with the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager, John Chayka, and executive advisor of hockey operations, Mats Sundin. The group met on the weekend, before GM Chayka would pull the trigger and restart the team's hunt for a coach after Berube's two seasons behind Toronto's bench. Once thought to be a premier coaching prospect in the NHL after winning a Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019, Berube's stock has f...
Texas Rangers lineup for May 16, 2026: starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the Rangers and Kai-Wei Teng for the Astros. Texas plays the Astros in Houston again tonight, and will valiantly try to get more than one hit this time. Corey Seager is out of the lineup due to back spasms. The lineup: Pederson […]
“Well, I loved the last 25 minutes. We were a completely different team, again, and the guys know it. But credit to them: knowing that when we are not at our best, we find a way to understand what it will take. We just flipped it. We flipped the switch.” – John Gruden “He has […]
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Active and former Edmonton Oilers players continue to find success at the ongoing 2026 IIF World Championship. Only two players were in action Saturday morning, as Canada faced Italy in its second game of the tournament. Representing Canada, both Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse had solid games. Let’s take a look at what happened on…
After earning two assists on Friday during Team Canada’s 5-3 victory over Sweden at the World Hockey Championships in Switzerland, Flyers winger (and Team Canada member) Porter Martone proved that the two assists weren’t a fluke. In fact, the third assist of the tournament for the 19-year-old might have been the best we’ve seen from the youngster in a few months. And, considering just how remarkable some of the assists have been, that’s saying something.
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The Edmonton Oilers’ first-round exit to the Anaheim Ducks was certainly disappointing, but I recently wrote that there were some silver linings to an otherwise unfulfilled season. One of them was the growth of Vasily Podkolzin. Podkolzin was a physical menace in the regular season, leading the team with 242 hits and six fights, both…