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There was a possible Eastern Conference Final preview on display in Tampa on Saturday night, as the Carolina Hurricanes emerged with a hard-fought victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The two top teams in the East by points percentage entering the game squared off, and at the start of the contest, it followed a familiar […]
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The Colorado Avalanche spent most of Saturday afternoon trying to catch up but came up short in a 3–1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre. Winnipeg took control early in the second period and never really let go, while goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped nearly everything Colorado sent his way. Martin Nečas finally got the Avalanche on the board late in the third period, […]
On Saturday Headlines, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman provided his latest intel on the fallout around the league and within the Maple Leafs organization after the Radko Gudas knee on Auston Matthews, whose season is over due to a Grade 3 MCL tear. Friedman on the level of league-wide chatter about the incident: At this time of […] The post Friedman: Brad Treliving pushed for a big Gudas suspension; Matthews incident will have lasting ramifications within the Leafs organization appeared first...
Yet another big name came off the free agent board this week, as the Utah Mammoth re-upped with pending UFA and top-line center Nick Schmaltz on an eight-year extension. So after all of the extensions handed out, with everyone from Connor McDavid and Kirill Kaprizov to Jack Eichel, Martin Necas, Adrian Kempe, Kyle Connor, Artemi Panarin and now Schmaltz, a whole lot of glitter and excitement was taken out of the so-called Free Agent Frenzy coming this July 1. So w...
The Rangers are officially on their longest win streak in over a calendar year as they got contributions up and down the lineup in a 4-2 win over the Wild.
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The Panthers found a way to bring back 17 game starter Nick Scott to his home. Nick Scott became a free agent following a career year on Ejiro Evero’s defense. The Panthers went into the off-season with a need at safety as a result. Luckily, like left tackle yesterday, the Panthers managed to address that […]
The Detroit Red Wings are getting some much-needed help. The team announced before Saturday night’s game in Dallas that forward David Perron has been activated from injured reserve. He is active, and will play on the 2nd line with Marco Kasper and Lucas Raymond. UPDATE: The #RedWings have activated David Perron from injured reserve. pic.twitter.com/cbxIKdqh2m — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) March 14, 2026 Perron, who was just acquired from the Ottawa Senators for a c...
A scary scene at the Bell Centre in Montreal, as San Jose Sharks forward Igor Chernyshov took a high hit to the head from Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson and dropped to the ice hard face-first in an ugly fashion. It appeared he was knocked out cold. Igor Chernyshov takes a shot to the head and looks to be knocked out. Then tries to get up and stumbles. pic.twitter.com/eXavUV9lOE — JD Young (@MyFryHole) March 14, 2026 Chernyshov tried to get up a couple of times, but couldn't. He wa...
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Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Kelly Buchberger comes in at No. 43 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 27 on Brownlee’s original list. The Edmonton Oilers’ dynasty years were built because of not just…
Game 65: Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose Sharks Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVA Sports (French) In the Sharks region: NBC Sports California Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet+ There were public reports leading up to this weekend’s back-to-back that Brendan Gallagher would probably sit out for one of the games. Yesterday it seemed like that would wait until Sunday’s match versus the Anaheim Ducks, but the decision was made to scrat...
The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (32-31-2) versus the Los Angeles Kings (27-23-15) The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not […]
Anthony Allain-Samake’s first career goal turned out to be the game-winner as the UConn Huskies men’s hockey team beat the Boston University Terriers, 5-3, at a sold-out Toscano Family Ice Forum on Saturday afternoon. Jake Percival, Jake Richard, Ethan Whitcomb and Joey Muldowney had the other goals for UConn in the win. click on image […]
After two wins in two days it was back to the United Center for Purdue fans and the Boilermakers themselves as they faced a UCLA team that would be with Tyler Bilodeau who gave Purdue so much trouble when the two teams met earlier this season. If you were in attendance or watching at home […]
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After a quick trip out to Minnesota on Thursday (and a huge win collected there), the Flyers are back at it again on home ice tonight. They’re putting together a nice run of play and certainly making things interesting in the race towards playoff contention, but another challenge lies in front of them tonight, as they face off against the Blue Jackets, who sit ahead of them in the standings, and just a point out of the final wildcard spot. Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺...
We Spartans are in desperate need of something to wash the taste of last night’s basketball game out of our mouth. Cue our hockey team! They get their Big Ten Tournament started tonight on their home ice, Munn Arena. The opponent is the Buckeyes who, as Steve mentioned in the preview, took 2 of 4 […]
Never forget 2007.
One year after the Penn State men’s team beat UConn to make their first Frozen Four, the women’s team followed suit with a 3-0 win over UConn on Saturday afternoon: Matilde Fantin scored the opening goal of the game less than two minutes in when she deflected Nicole Hall’s shot past Tia Chan: Penn State […]
The Chicago Blackhawks wrap up their two-game road trip against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night. It’s going to be a late one — a 9 p.m. CT puck drop — but maybe the Hawks can build off of their two-game win streak? That may be unlikely given that the Golden Knights have no issues steamrolling weaker teams. Vegas has, however, failed to find success in beating playoff-caliber opponents. Since November, Vegas has only won six games against teams in a playoff spot (as of this writ...
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone. All excitement surrounding the annual event was muted by the league's newly minted rules . One big name slated to be traded by general manager Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues was defenseman Colton Parayko. Locked in for four more years, with a $6.5 million average annual value (AAV) cap hit, he had a ticket to Buffalo, but exercised his ability to waive the trade. After much dismay surrounding his decision, he decided to stick ...
Today the Texas Rangers have divvied up the squad and sent half to Goodyear, AZ to take on the Cincinnati Reds while the rest remain in Surprise, AZ for a Cactus League tussle against the San Diego Padres. In Surprise, RHP Nathan Eovaldi will take the bump for Texas opposite LHP Marco Gonzales for San […]
The season from hell continues for the Maple Leafs, who are now without their captain as they wrap up the season series against the Buffalo Sabres (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet/CBC). Game Day Quotes Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff on what kind of crowd he is expecting in Buffalo tonight, with the Leafs’ current struggles: I […] The post Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres – Game #67 Projected Lines, Preview & TV Info appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .