4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (841+ words) Burned in Zach Werenski's memory is the first U.S. practice at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February. "You look around and see the skill," Werenski said. "I was like, 'This is fast.' It's wave after wave, player after player." He and his…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (247+ words) Montreal Canadiens (26-14-7, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (25-16-4, in the Atlantic Division) Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST Sabres -106, Canadiens -114; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host the Montreal Canadiens after Rasmus Dahlin's two-goal game against the Philadelphia…...

10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (209+ words) The Games will be missing one of the sport's top countries. Here's what the group could have looked like had it been competing. Following a hot start, the Ducks are now on the outside looking in at the playoff race....

17+ hour, 12+ min ago   (970+ words) NEWARK, N.J. -- With trade rumors swirling around the underachieving New Jersey Devils, general manager Tom Fitzgerald said Wednesday he is making regular phone calls to improve the team. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton and winger Ondrej Palat are two of the established players…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (232+ words) Vancouver Canucks (16-25-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (20-19-7, in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets host the Vancouver Canucks after Charlie Coyle scored two goals in the Blue Jackets' 5-3 win against…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (275+ words) ST. LOUIS -- " Joel Hofer made 33 saves as the St. Louis Blues snapped a three-game losing streak by shutting out the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Tuesday night. Nick Bjugstad, Dalibor Dvorsky and Jimmy Snuggerud scored for the Blues. Hofer notched his fourth…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (283+ words) OTTAWA, Ontario -- " Artem Zub and Jordan Spence's first-period goals, scored 15 seconds apart, were enough to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. Leevi Merilainen had a solid outing making 18 saves for the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (730+ words) Using that eight-minute cutoff leaves us with 166 power-play units to consider for the leaderboards. Consider the following chart of the power-play units with the most ice time this season. Consider the table of leaders for shot attempts per two minutes…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (731+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rick Bowness was enjoying time on his boat in Florida when he received a call from Don Waddell on Monday afternoon. Bowness thought the call from the Columbus Blue Jackets president of hockey operations and general manager was…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (397+ words) PARIS -- Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron said Tuesday that his former on-ice partner Gabriella Papadakis is spreading lies about him in the lead-up to the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The French skater, who now competes with Laurence Fournier Beaudry,…...