The Edmonton Oilers played excellent defence but lacked punch on the attack, losing 3-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. The got Oilers got down two goals but fought back when Evander Kane tipped in a shot late in the second. But the ...

SENATORS 5, HABS 4 (SO) The Ottawa Senators bid their faithful a fond farewell Saturday night. Closing out the home portion of their 2023-24 schedule, the Senators scored a 5-4 shootout decision over the Montreal Canadiens in front of a packed house ...

The rebuilding Canadiens weren’t expected to make the playoffs this season, but the Ottawa Senators were supposed to at least contend. Both teams won’t be in the playoffs, with the Canadiens missing the postseason for the third straight season and ...

Sixty-nine goals down. And one to go for Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews. The best goal scorer in the National Hockey League today is within one of recording the 15th 70-goal season in league history. On Saturday night against the Detroit ...

James Reimer wasn’t about to allow NHL scoring history on his watch, not in his 500 th career game, nor in the building where he first played and certainly not against Auston Matthews who he says – tongue in cheek – took his old No. 34 without ...

At one stage it seemed Auston Matthews might kick in the door to 70 goals in one night. Then the Maple Leafs stubbed their collective toe in the game and in the playoff race for home ice advantage in a 6-5 loss to the eliminated New Jersey Devils.

Erik Karlsson scored from the top of the slot at 1:40 of overtime Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 6-5 to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Sidney Crosby had a legacy night for the ...

Connor McDavid is a maybe. The Edmonton Oilers captain missed Wednesday’s 5-1 win over Vegas with a lower-body injury but isn’t being ruled out to play Friday against the Arizona Coyotes. “He’s day to day,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch Thursday.

The season won’t be over for all members of the Ottawa Senators when the final buzzer sounds Tuesday night in Boston. After sitting down for exit meetings with Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations, senior vice-president Dave ...

It appeared defenceman Justin Barron was destined to complete the season playing for AHL Laval, but then Kaiden Guhle suffered a concussion and the Canadiens lost Arber Xhekaj to season-ending shoulder surgery . Just like that, Barron was back with ...