Zdeno Chara has left the Boston Bruins' road trip to have his leg injury evaluated by doctors in Boston.The 41-year-old defenseman was injured in the second period of a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. His left leg appeared to buckle when he collided with Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg.
Aleksander Barkov will return to his native Finland with the Florida Panthers for the NHL Global Series against the Winnipeg Jets at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on Nov. 1-2.
Kapanen and Keefe's relationship dates back to the AHL. There has been some friction along the way, but there are benefits, too. Keefe, still adjusting to life in the NHL, already knows what buttons to push. And he’s seen Kapanen quietly put together a productive stretch with nine points to show for his last 10 games.
Sean Monahan scored for the fourth straight game, Cam Talbot stopped 46 shots and the Calgary Flames extended their winning streak to six straight games under interim coach Geoff Ward with a 5-2 win over the listless Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.
John Tavares and Austin Matthews each had a goal and assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs won for just the second time in six games, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday night.
With the year it has been and the times we are in, the most surprising thing about the Canucks is not that they were crushed by the league's biggest COVID-19 outbreak, but that they’ve emerged from it with their most impressive performances of the season.
Slovakia rebounded from three straight losses with a 6-3 victory over France on Friday, keeping alive its slim hopes of reaching the quarterfinals of the hockey world championships.