James Neal and Ethan Bear scored for the Oilers and Edmonton moved back into sole possession of first place overall in the NHL with a victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
Once on the verge of throwing his NHL career away, the Edmonton winger is now four years sober, a proud new father and playing a vital role on the Oilers’ top line, TSN Senior Hockey Reporter Frank Seravalli writes.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Tuesday night in the fifth game of a six-game road trip.
Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly posted four assists in the second period to tie a franchise record set by Rick Vaive on March 12, 1984 — the most by a Leafs player in a regular-season period — as his club topped the Minnesota Wild.
Had a great chat with Alexei Yashin at our Islanders' Alumni weekend, and wanted to share a video from the great work he's doing in Moscow. Twice a week during the winter, Alexei secures icetime at rinks and provides free hockey lessons. The local rink provides the skates, and Alexei and his peeps provide the equipment. Here's a cool clip he shared with me from one of the sessions. Keep up the awesome work Yash!
Victor Olofsson set an NHL record for power-play goals to start a career while Carter Hutton made 25 saves to earn his first shutout of the season, and the Sabres continued their hot start with a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday.
Patrick Kane and Alexander Nylander scored, Corey Crawford stopped 27 shots, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Monday night for their first win of the season.
Nearly three weeks since he last played a game Thatcher Demko suddenly became the starter when the Canucks announced on Thanksgiving Monday that Jacob Markstrom was granted a leave for family reasons.