7:30 AM ET At this early stage of the 2019-20 NHL season, it’s all about the defensemen when it comes to the quality of rookie performance. Avalanche phenom Cale Makar has garnered the lion’s share of the attention, which he deserves as the rookie scoring leader (third overall among all defensemen in the league). You’ll
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4:49 PM ET The New Jersey Devils fired coach John Hynes after a disastrous start to the season. The Devils are 9-13-4. Their 22 points are second-fewest in the NHL, and they have the fourth-worst record over the past two seasons at 40-54-14. Hynes, who was hired in 2015, finished his Devils stint with a
4:49 PM ET The New Jersey Devils fired coach John Hynes after a disastrous start to the season. The move was announced Tuesday, after losses to the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres in a three-day span, and hours before yet another defeat, a 4-3 decision to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Devils are 9-14-4,
2:41 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Matt Stajan retired Tuesday after 14 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames. The 35-year-old two-way center announced his decision in a statement through the NHL players’ union. He had 413 points (146 goals, 267 assists) in 1,003 NHL games — more than
12:56 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals traded forward Chandler Stephenson to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2021 fifth-round pick. Washington needed to shed salary and chose Travis Boyd over Stephenson, who they dealt rather than risk losing him on waivers. The teams announced the move Monday night after Vegas played
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8:35 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford will be away from the team as it conducts a “thorough review” of “recent allegations that have been made regarding his conduct with another organization,” the team said Monday. The decision comes two days after the New York Post published a story in which former NHL
7:00 AM ET A month in the NHL can repaint the awards picture. The November portrait still has some of broad strokes that we can see in this latest NHL Awards Watch. But there’s a lot of blue and gold that has been erased from the image. A month ago, the Buffalo Sabres were the
5:20 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur had additional surgery, just two months removed from quadruple bypass heart surgery in late September. The team disclosed the Nov. 28 procedure at the request of Lafleur’s family and said it removed a lobe on one of his lungs, as well lymph nodes.
4:12 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nicklas Backstrom is in the final season of a 10-year contract with the Washington Capitals, facing unrestricted free agency next summer. To determine his future in the NHL, he’s put his faith in someone he knows he can trust — himself. Backstrom, 32, is negotiating without an agent