Welcome to February. Didn’t January feel like it lasted for two months? They call that the dogs days of the NHL season for a reason. As usual for the Columbus Blue Jackets, there is a lot to talk about. The Blue Jackets will host the Utah Hockey Club for the first time on Thursday night.
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The 4 Nations Face-Off is less than a week away, with Canada and Sweden meeting in the first matchup on Feb. 12. The United States and Finland follow up on Feb. 13 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/E+), with the championship game set for Feb. 20 in Boston (8 p.m. ET, ABC/E+). There will be 92 players
New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier sustained an upper-body injury against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 25. He was deemed week-to-week, but today the Devils shared an update on his status. They have placed him on injured reserve. Hischier has been a solid force for the Devils this season. He has played in 51 games
Cossa, in his second full season with the Griffins, has a 14-8-3 record with a 2.20 goals-against average and .920 save percentage in 25 appearances with the Griffins this season. The 22-year-old netminder notably recorded his first NHL victory during his Red Wings debut in a 6-5 shootout road win over the Buffalo Sabres on
In a game that saw two of the league’s best players named Connor, it was a two-point performance from Leon Draisaitl and a Zach Hyman goal in overtime that gave the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Game Recap The first period saw no offense, but Oilers’ forward Viktor Arvidsson opened the
Tuesday Jan. 28 marked 500 days ahead of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. Toronto and Vancouver are host cities of the mega-event in which Canada, the U.S., and Mexico are the throuple-hosting the biggest soccer tournament in the world. When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to put a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian
ESPN News Services Feb 5, 2025, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Vancouver Canucks and newly acquired defenseman Marcus Pettersson reached agreement on a six-year contract extension worth $33 million, the team announced Wednesday night. The deal comes just days after Pettersson was shipped to Vancouver along with forward Drew O’Connor in a trade
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Diego Gulls forward Sasha Pastujov, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Ville Koivunen and Laval Rocket goaltender Cayden Primeau have been selected as the league’s award winners for January. Pastujov, the AHL Player of the Month, recorded six goals and 13 assists for 19 points in 12
With the 2025 Trade Deadline approaching, the Tampa Bay Lightning are shaping up to be buyers again. They have been one of the busiest teams at the trade deadline over the past few seasons, for example trading for Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow during their Stanley Cup runs. However, the Lightning have recently moved away from pure rentals as well
Neil PaineFeb 5, 2025, 06:25 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions The 4 Nations Face-Off, which is a round-robin hockey tournament scheduled for Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston, will boast an international field stacked with elite scorers, playmakers,
The Winnipeg Jets shut out the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 at Canada Life Centre Tuesday evening for their seventh-straight victory. Nino Niederreiter, Neal Pionk, and Rasmus Kupari all scored for the Jets while Eric Comrie captured his first shutout since the 2022-23 season to help the Jets improve to 38-14-3. The Hurricanes fell to 32-18-4 and
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans forward Isak Rosén has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 2, 2025. Rosén scored five goals – two of them game-winners – in three games for the Amerks, and represented Rochester at the
The Anaheim Ducks (23-24-6) took down the Dallas Stars (34-18-1) 2-1 at the Honda Center on Tuesday night. Trevor Zegras and Cutter Gauthier scored for the Ducks, while John Gibson made 26 saves in his 500th career NHL game. The Ducks have now won five of their last six games. Related: 4 Teams That Should
Ryan Hartman of the Minnesota Wild has been suspended 10 games for slamming the head of Ottawa Senators player Tim Stützle head to the ice with his right arm on a face-off. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Monday night after holding a Zoom hearing with him hours earlier. Holding the hearing by
ESPN News Services Feb 4, 2025, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), the Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Calgary Flames looking to pick up a win. The Maple Leafs won their last game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday (Feb. 1) by a score of 4-3, while the Flames defeated the Seattle Kraken on Sunday (Feb. 2) by a score of 3-2.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goaltender Brandon Halverson to a two-year, two-way contract through the 2025-26 season. Halverson has played 26 games with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch this season, posting a 12-7-7 record with a .918 save percentage. He also ranks sixth in the AHL with a 2.20 goals-against average and tied for first
The Montreal Canadiens take on the San Jose Sharks tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN2, RDS Canadiens projected lineup Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj SlafkovskyAlex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Josh AndersonPatrik Laine — Jake Evans — Joel ArmiaMichael