Lightning honor workers in storm-delayed opener
The Lightning’s home opener win over the Canucks on Tuesday night was overshadowed by the impact of two recent major hurricanes.
It’s been an incredibly brutal few weeks in Florida. Hoping any of you or any of your family and friends there are safe and well.
Jackets raise Gaudreau banner on ‘emotional night’
Emotions ran high in Columbus on Tuesday night, when the Blue Jackets paid tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and his late brother, Matthew, at their home opener against the Panthers.
Columbus, meanwhile, honored a much more personal loss in their opener.
Which slow starters have legitimate cause for concern?
Good teams do lose games, sometimes several in a row. But so do bad ones. A handful of teams with Stanley Cup Playoff aspirations have fallen flat out of the gates. Are these poorly-timed blips from good teams, or are they worse teams than we thought?
Sportsnet’s Justin Bourne takes a look at the teams that have struggled out the gate.
PWHL opens expanded, second season Nov. 30
The Professional Women’s Hockey League will open its second season on Nov. 30, a month earlier than last season, with an expanded, 90-game schedule, the league announced Tuesday.
The PWHL enters its second season with a bigger schedule and actual names for its teams.
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin hit milestones in OT win over Sabres
Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:38 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Big game for the Penguins.
‘It’s a pretty big number’: Ovechkin at 700 assists
Alex Ovechkin is the 60th player in NHL history to record 700 career assists, reaching the milestone with his second point Tuesday night in the Capitals’ 4-2 victory against the Golden Knights.
Not the milestone people were thinking of Ovechkin chasing, but he caught it anyway.
Gustavsson latest NHL goalie with a goal | NHL.com
Wild goaltender is 15th in League history, 10th to shoot and score
Goalie goals!