Hockey News

Canada improved to 2-0 at the world junior hockey championship with a rout of Slovakia on Wednesday night, and Switzerland opened with a win over Belarus.

Fredrik Claesson's illegal check to the head of Boston's Noel Acciari has drawn a two-game suspension for the Senators' defenseman, the NHL announced Thursday. The incident occurred Wednesday, as the Bruins won 5-1.

Jets top-line center Mark Scheifele will miss six to eight weeks with an upper-body injury.

Rangers forward Chris Kreider is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his right arm.

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Following such a strong third period, this would've been a tough loss for the Rangers to take in the shootout.

Goalie Ondrej Pavelec posted a shutout in a rare start, then stopped both Capitals attempts in the shootout to lift the Rangers over Washington, 1-0.

Barzal scored 1:08 into overtime.

Arizona's Zac Rinaldo, considered a repeat offender by the NHL, received a six-game suspension for punching Colorado's Samuel Girard on Dec. 23. The punch set off a brawl between the teams.