Quick Hits: Marc Staal, Bobby Ryan, and Roman Josi
First healthy scratch for Staal Larry Brooks: The New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal was a healthy scratch last night for the first time in his 13-year NHL career. Ryan thinks his contract is ok Brent Wallace: Ottawa Senators forward…
Western Conference Injury Updates and Notes
Western Conference Injury Updates … On the Chicago Blackhawks … Chris Hine: Coach Joel Quenneville confirms that Marian Hossa will return to the lineup tonight. On the Anaheim Ducks … Eric Stephens: Ryan Getzlaf wasn’t in the lineup last night due…
Morning Hits: Ducks, Pens, Sens, Rangers, Blue Jackets, and Wild
On the Anaheim Ducks … Eric Stephens: Coach Randy Carlyle said that Ondrej Kase suffered a lower-body injury in last night’s game from a Milan Lucic cross check. He’ll have an MRI in Anaheim today. Helene Elliott: Defenseman Korbinian Holzer…
Quick Hits: Injury Updates, Stars, Kings, Blackhawks, Red Wings and Bickell
On the Toronto Maple Leafs … Leafs PR: Defenseman Nikita Zaitsev left last night’s game early with an upper-body injury. Defenseman Roman Polak left at the end of the second but returned in the third. Chris Johnston: Coach Mike Babcock…
Morning Hits: Vegas and Free Agents … Injury Notes on Sens, Blue Jackets and Penguins
On the Vegas Golden Knights and free agents … Pierre LeBrun: The Golden Knights are able to speak with free agents from Sunday June 18th at 10:00 AM ET till Wednesday June 21st at 10:00 AM ET. It is the…
NHL Quick Hits and GIFs: Penguins-Capitals, Rantanen-Landeskog, Hart-Roy, Matthews-Marner
Some moments from last night’s Penguins-Capitals game Diving save by Pettersson! pic.twitter.com/NkGYiidCf6 — NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) December 20, 2018 Bob Grove: “Letang played 32:22 tonight, most TOI ever in a regular season game that finished in regulation. His most TOI…
Quick Hits and GIFs: Rielly, Bruins, Lightning, Jackets, Fleury, Reimer, Devils, and Christmas Outfits
Rielly’s second 40 point campaign Scott Wheeler: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has recorded his second 40-point season of his career … and there are still 47 games left. Bruins milestones in last night’s win Conor Ryan: “600 career…
Quick Hits: Percentage of Team Goals, Jets, Ducks, Hurricanes, Oilers, Sharks, Kings and Blues
Percentage of team goals Sportsnet Stats: Highest % of Team Goals Involved in since 2016-17: 1. Oilers – Connor McDavid 46.0% 2. Colorado – Nathan MacKinnon 37.8% 3. Tampa Bay – Nikita Kucherov 36.7% Scoring wingers for the Jets Stats Centre:…
NHL Quick Hits: Kane, Guentzel, Allen, Hertl, Burns, Stamkos, Pirri, Muzzin and Giroux
Blackhawks 20 goal scorers NHL Public Relations: “20+ goals in 12+ consecutive seasons, @NHLBlackhawks franchise history: 14 – Stan Mikita (1961-62 to 1974-75) 13 – Bobby Hull (1959-60 to 1971-72) 12 – Patrick Kane (2007-08 to 2018-19)” Guentzel gets a…
Quick Hits: Salary Cap, Perry Buyout, 2020 Draft, Islanders, Sabres and Senators
Salary Cap ceiling and floor still not announced Darren Dreger: There are several GMs who are frustrated that the NHL won’t be announcing the salary cap ceiling and floor until Saturday. It’s not easy to do trades/business when you don’t…
NHL Quick Hits: Playoff Odds and Races, Sabres, Wild, Islanders, Cooper and 50 Goal Scorers
Playoff Odds Playoff odds going into the weekendhttps://t.co/Xm8baqY1yg pic.twitter.com/6NETLRgKDq — MoneyPuck.com (@MoneyPuckdotcom) March 29, 2019 That isn’t good drafting Jerry Sullivan: “The Sabres haven’t drafted a player in the second round or later who scored 20 goals in a season…