1+ hour, 53+ min ago (329+ words) MacLeod plans to continue coaching the Charge while she undergoes treatment. Bo Amstrup / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images Ottawa Charge coach Carla MacLeod announced Sunday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and plans "to be behind the bench as much as possible" during her treatment. "Hearing those words was incredibly difficult, but I want everyone to know that I'm going to be okay," MacLeod said in a statement. "I'm incredibly fortunate to have an exceptional medical team guiding me, and together we've built a treatment plan that gives me tremendous confidence in the road ahead." " Ottawa Charge (@PWHL_Ottawa) November 30, 2025 MacLeod has coached the Charge since the PWHL's inaugural season and led the team to the Finals in 2024-25. She's also the head coach of the Czech women's national team, which qualified for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. As a player,…...

11+ hour, 25+ min ago (957+ words) Jeremy Swayman is putting himself in position to be the No. 1 goalie for Team USA. Sarah Stier / Getty Images BOSTON " Jeremy Swayman knows the deal. The better he plays for the Boston Bruins, the better the odds become that he earns a spot on Team USA for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. "Of course," Swayman said when asked if the Winter Games were on his mind, after Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings. "It's been a life goal of mine to be on the Olympic team. I do know that if I do my job for the Boston Bruins, it's going to put me in a good position to be there one day. "So I'm just going to stick to my day-to-day life here. Hopefully it works out the right way." At this rate, Swayman does not have to worry…...

11+ hour, 26+ min ago (557+ words) Josh Doan got credit for one of the Sabres' luckiest goals of the season, propelling them to a shootout win. Bruce Kluckhohn / Getty Images For a night, the Buffalo Sabres" luck turned. One night after they had 42 shots on net and still got shut out 5-0 by the New Jersey Devils, the Sabres went to Minnesota and earned a come-from-behind shootout win against the Wild with two of their greasiest goals of the season. Fittingly, the Sabres" fourth line got the scoring started for them in this game. A few minutes after the Wild took a 1-0 lead, Peyton Krebs threw a puck on net and both Beck Malenstyn and Josh Dunne were hitting the crease hard. Filip Gustavsson made the initial save, but the puck bounced off Malenstyn and ended up in the back of the net. " Buffalo Hockey Moments (@SabresPlays)…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago (742+ words) Since Ike Howard was demoted to the AHL, his performance for the Bakersfield Condors has been outrageous. Codie McLachlan / Getty Images When the Edmonton Oilers sent young winger Ike Howard to the AHL in mid-November, many fans expressed the belief that management had demoted the wrong player. Now, with Howard lighting up minor-league goaltenders with his impressive range of skills, the talk around the city surrounds his date of recall. The smart money is on an extended stay with the Bakersfield Condors, though. The organization sent the rookie pro down in order to work on his two-way game and to establish confidence with the puck. It took no time at all for Howard to impact the Condors, and he's currently driving results at even strength and on the power play. Still, there are reasons to keep him in the AHL....

17+ hour, 42+ min ago (1015+ words) Winnipeg's breakout problems are costing it shots, scoring chances and real goals this season. Bob Frid / Imagn Images This is a stats piece about a struggling Winnipeg Jets hockey team. If you're looking for ways to pile on as the Jets tumble down the standings, losing four of five and occasionally looking downright miserable, it's easy to find statistics to support you. If you want to talk about the importance of secondary scoring, Saturday night's win was all the proof you need. But one win against the worst team in the Western Conference doesn't change the Jets' most important trend. Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Gabriel Vilardi and Josh Morrissey have scored more points in Winnipeg's last 10 games than every other player on the team combined. Winnipeg's second-line centre, Jonathan Toews, has been outscored 7-2 at even strength in his last 10 games,…...

18+ hour, 53+ min ago (827+ words) The way the Flyers persevered in their last three road games offers hope that their success may be sustainable for the long haul. John Jones / Imagn Images NEWARK, New Jersey " There's a whole lot to like about the Philadelphia Flyers right now. But it's the way the Flyers persevered in these last three games that offers hope that this may be sustainable for the long haul. "I don't want to say (the win over the Devils) was a measuring stick for us, because I think we deserve to be talked about with the teams that we're playing right now," Flyers right wing Travis Konecny said. Konecny could be right. Although the Flyers dropped Monday's road trip opener in Tampa Bay to the Lightning 3-0 in a generally disjointed performance across the board, they regrouped and beat the Florida Panthers, New York…...

21+ hour, 51+ min ago (740+ words) New York was outshot 35-13 in a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay and has a 2-8-1 record at home this season. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images NEW YORK " On a recent road trip to Tampa Bay, I walked by a pizza joint donning a sign that proudly proclaimed, "We use New York water!" But while the water up north may make for better quality dough, something about it doesn't seem to agree with the New York Rangers. It's as if they get food poisoning every time they set foot in Madison Square Garden. "They were more willful than we were today," Rangers captain J.T. Miller said of the Lightning. "At no point in that game were we deserving of winning." "We got out-competed from the drop of the puck," coach Mike Sullivan said. Tampa finished with 35 shots while New York mustered only 13, marking its lowest…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (954+ words) How will these Blackhawks handle their first real adversity since an impressive first quarter of the season raised expectations? David Banks / Imagn Images CHICAGO "So what happens now? How will these Blackhawks, without their injured captain and without much experience in games that matter, handle their first real adversity since an impressive first quarter of the season raised expectations around these parts? Jeff Blashill seems as eager to find out as the rest of us. But they didn't. So we're not. "If we had an answer, we would've corrected it," Burakovsky said. "It's got to be a mentality thing. I don't know. We talk about it, we come out, it happens again. We talk about it, we come out, it happens again. We've got to figure it out, and we've got to figure it out now." The urgency is suddenly…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (747+ words) Brady Tkachuk registered a team-leading eight shots in 17:12 of ice time in a 4-3 loss against the Blues on Friday. Jeff Curry / Imagn Images When Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was considering his injury timeline, the team's seven-game road trip in November loomed large. Already antsy from watching practices from the bench and games from the press box, Tkachuk looked forward to playing with the Senators at the start of the trip in Anaheim. That was the case until he realized he had gotten his math wrong. "I'm not going to lie to you," Tkachuk said on Thursday morning, on the eve of his return to the lineup after 20 games away. "I got all my weeks messed up. So, I thought I was coming back at the start of the road trip. And then once we got halfway through the recovery,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (974+ words) With Friday's loss to the Penguins, the Blue Jackets settled into last place in the Metropolitan. Aaron Doster / Imagn Images COLUMBUS, Ohio " It's Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., but it feels like Groundhog Day in central Ohio. Even with the Columbus Blue Jackets holding a two-goal lead heading into the third period on Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, there was a "here we go again" angst hanging in the air of Nationwide Arena. Then it happened again: another blown lead by the Blue Jackets in a season that is quickly being defined and derailed by them. The Penguins' Bryan Rust scored only 13 seconds into the third period, Sidney Crosby tied the score at 3 later in the period and Kris Letang ended it only 58 seconds into overtime, sending Pittsburgh to a 4-3 win before a beyond-capacity crowd of 18,194. It sent the Blue Jackets…...