Hockey News
NHL to create free fan festival outside Nationals Park in celebration of 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 16:15
NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League (NHL®), in conjunction with the city of Washington, D.C., will extend the celebration of the 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®, the Jan. 1 outdoor game between the Chicago Blac...
Lightning goalie Bishop leaves game with injury
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 05:50
PITTSBURGH -- Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop left the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Monday because of a lower-body injury. He did not return. Coach Jon Cooper said it is not likel...
Pens ground Lightning for 10th straight time
ESPN - 16 Dec 2014 05:39
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots, Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin scored their first NHL goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night.
Oilers' core feels responsible for Eakins' firing
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 23:55
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Taylor Hall is barely 23 years old, but the Edmonton Oilers forward is a veteran when it comes to seeing coaches come and go from the dressing room. When he first arrived it was Tom Renney, and then Ral...
Latvia still in love with Sabres forward Girgensons, who maintains All-Star vote lead
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 23:25
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Latvia is in love with Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons, who remains the runaway leader in the NHL All-Star game fan vote. The second-year player had nearly 1.1 million votes Tuesday. That's nearl...
Latvia love keeps Girgensons atop ASG vote
ESPN - 16 Dec 2014 23:13
Latvia is in love with Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons, who remains the runaway leader in the NHL All-Star game fan vote.
Jets' Trouba out until February with upper-body injury
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 22:03
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba will be out until February with an upper-body injury, coach Paul Maurice said Tuesday. Trouba, 20, has four goals and 12 points in 31 games in his second NHL season. The ...
For NHL players and other athletes, blood clots are a deadly threat
Sports Illustrated - 16 Dec 2014 22:00
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has joined the significant ranks of athletes who have suffered dangerous blood clots.
Eakins has no regrets after being fired by Oilers
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 21:21
EDMONTON -- Former Edmonton Oilers coach Dallas Eakins still believes in the management group who let him go. In a media conference Tuesday, a day after being fired, Eakins urged Oilers fans to remain patient with the or...
Jackets activate Tyutin, send Rychel to AHL
ESPN - 16 Dec 2014 19:39
The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Fedor Tyutin off injured reserve and assigned left wing Kerby Rychel to their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Blue Jackets activate defenceman Fedor Tyutin after he missed 13 games with knee injury
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 19:15
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenceman Fedor Tyutin off injured reserve and assigned left wing Kerby Rychel to their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts. The 31-ye...
Around the League notebook for Monday, Dec. 15
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 06:52
MONDAY'S RESULTS Home Team in Caps NY ISLANDERS 3, New Jersey 2 (SO) PITTSBURGH 4, Tampa Bay 2 BUFFALO 5, Ottawa 4 (SO) PENGUINS DEFEAT LIGHTNING, REMAIN ATOP EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves ...
Islanders 3, Devils 2, Shootout: Islanders Rally to Defeat Devils, and Spoil a Homecoming
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2014 06:13
Keith Kinkaid, a Long Island native making his second career start, had 31 saves for the Devils, but it was not enough to hold off the Islanders.
NHL Capsules
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 05:45
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots, Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin scored their first NHL goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night. Brandon Sutter added a short-...
Moulson scores in shootout to lift Sabres past Senators, 5-4, for 6th straight home win
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 05:35
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Matt Moulson scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Buffalo to a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night for the Sabres' sixth straight home win. Moulson and Rasmus Ristolainen also sco...
Bailey's shootout goal lifts Islanders to 3-2 win over Devils, Kinkaid
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 05:05
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Josh Bailey scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout, and the New York Islanders rallied in the third period for the second straight game and beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Monday n...
The Mumps, a Scourge of Dormitories, Spreads Through the N.H.L.
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2014 03:46
About 20 players and two on-ice officials have or are suspected of having had mumps, an illness that affects a few hundred people a year, mostly on college campuses.
Burnside: Firing coach not enough to fix Oilers
ESPN - 16 Dec 2014 01:57
Old boys' grid at the top must be broken for improvement to come in Edmonton
Blackhawks recall Nordstrom from AHL
NHL.com - 16 Dec 2014 00:27
The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have recalled forward Joakim Nordstrom from the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs. Nordstrom, 22, has recorded two assists in 10 games with Chicago this season. Th...