SUNRISE, Fla. — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith […]

Goalie Philipp Grubauer carried the Avalanche on Monday night in Las Vegas, making 36 saves to keep the club alive for the West Division title and Presidents’ Trophy for the NHL’s best record. In a less than stellar performance outside of the crease, forward J.T. Compher scored a gritty goal at 11:33 of the third period to give the Avs […]

The Avalanche’s best forward returns Monday night for the club’s biggest game of the regular season. Nathan MacKinnon, who has missed the past two games with a lower-body injury, is scheduled to return as Colorado’s top-line center against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. The Avs, who have their sights on the West Division title and Presidents’ Trophy for […]

The last time the Carolina Hurricanes won a division title was way back in 2005-06 when the crew, led by captain Rod Brind’Amour, won the Southeast Division. Fast forward to 2021: The Hurricanes, led now by head coach Rod Brind’Amour, are the Central Division champs. While it has been 15 years since the Canes have snagged a top spot, it’s […]

John Tortorella has coached his final game for the Columbus Blue Jackets.  The expected outcome of a frustrating season became a reality not long after the Blue Jackets wrapped things up Saturday night with a 5-4 overtime victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Nationwide Arena – a game that included chants of “Tort-or-ella!” echoing through the building.  As first reported by The Athletic and confirmed […]

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid put an exclamation point on his memorable season Saturday night when he recorded his 100th point in Game 53 of this coronavirus-shortened 56-game season. He’s the first to hit 100 points in fewer than 56 games since the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr did it in 1995-96. McDavid did it with a four-point game […]

John Tortorella’s contract with the Blue Jackets expires this summer and The Athletic’s Adam Portzline is reporting that the veteran coach will not be re-signing with the team. The Blue Jackets’ season ended Saturday with a 5-4 overtime win over the Red Wings. “People talk about a shelf life. I don’t think there’s a shelf life for a coach, but what […]

BOSTON — Mika Zibanejad had two goals and Pavel Buchnevich had three assists, as the weary New York Rangers, short-handed after a rollercoaster week on and off the ice, outlasted the Boston Bruins, 5-4, in the season finale for the road team Saturday. K’Andre Miller, Alexis Lafreniere and Vitali Kravtsov also scored for the Rangers, who were minus leading scorer […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — Tom Wilson reached out to Artemi Panarin in the aftermath of the most talked-about incident in hockey this week and says he is ready to move on from his latest controversy. In his first interview since a scrum against the Rangers that left Panarin injured, led to a $5,000 fine and sparked a fight-filled rematch two nights […]