Tag: NHL

NHL Roundup: Jason Roberton’s Second Straight Hat Trick Boosts Stars

Jason Robertson recorded his second consecutive hat trick and Minnesota native Jake Oettinger made 32 saves to lift the Dallas Stars to a 6–3 victory over the Wild on Sunday in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Robertson’s back-to-back hat tricks give him eight tallies in his last five games. He became the fourth active NHL player to…


NHL Roundup: Ben Chiarot, Canadiens Douse Flames in OT

Ben Chiarot scored his second goal of the game at 1:03 of overtime and the visiting Montreal Canadiens knocked off the Calgary Flames 5–4 on Thursday. Mike Hoffman tallied a goal and three assists, Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists, and Andrew Hammond made 30 saves for Montreal, which has won six of…


NHL Roundup: Jets Blow Four-Goal Lead, Come Back to Rout Habs

Andrew Copp provided the tiebreaking score late in the second period and Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist as the Winnipeg Jets overcame blowing a four-goal lead to cool off the visiting Montreal Canadiens with an 8–4 victory on Tuesday. After Josh Anderson scored Montreal’s fourth straight goal at 4:08 of the second…


NHL Suspends Business Relations With Russia, Other Sports Federations, Isolating Russian Athletes

The National Hockey League (NHL) has issued a statement condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine while also announcing a complete suspension of all its business relations in Russia. “Effective immediately, we are suspending our relationships with our business partners in Russia and we are pausing our Russian language social and digital media sites. In addition, we…


NHL Roundup: Leafs Post Wild 10–7 Win Over Wings

Mitchell Marner had his first career four-goal game to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 10–7 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in a wild offensive game. Marner also picked up two assists in the first game since 2011 to feature 17 goals combined. Toronto’s Michael Bunting logged a goal and…


NHL Roundup: Flames Tie Team Record With 10th Straight Win

Elias Lindholm scored the tie-breaking goal with 47 seconds left and the Calgary Flames tied their franchise record with their 10th consecutive victory, a 3–1 win against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Monday afternoon. Lindholm has scored a goal in eight straight games, which also ties a franchise record. Sean Monahan and Tyler Toffoli also…


NHL Roundup: Eichel Scores First Vegas Goal in Win Over Sharks

Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist and Logan Thompson made 35 saves to pick up his first NHL win, leading the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 4–1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night. Eichel, obtained in a Nov. 4 trade with Buffalo and playing his third game since undergoing…


NHL Roundup: Blues Break out in 3rd Period to Bust Leafs

Brandon Saad scored his 200th career goal to break a tie in the third period, and the visiting St. Louis Blues went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 Saturday night. Pavel Buchnevich scored twice for the Blues. Klim Kostin, Brayden Schenn, and Ryan O’Reilly also scored. David Perron and Robert Thomas each added…


NHL Roundup: Jake Oettinger, Stars Blank Blackhawks, Win in Shootout

Jacob Peterson scored in the sixth round of a shootout to back a 34-save shutout from Jake Oettinger as the Dallas Stars stretched their road winning streak to six games with a 1–0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. After Chicago’s Alex DeBrincat and Dallas’ Jason Robertson traded goals to open the shootout,…


NHL Roundup: Cole Caufield Helps Habs End 10-Game Skid

Cole Caufield tied the game with 10 seconds left in regulation and scored the game-winner 2:22 into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 3–2 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Caufield’s heroics gave new coach Martin St. Louis his first victory in four tries. It also…