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Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
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New York Islanders
Everything we've written about the Islanders — news, roster moves, and game reaction.
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Hot Sauce: Winnipeg sold the goalie, and Detroit won the breakup
Five takes from a week where a teenager played 30 minutes, Boston outshot everybody and lost, and the Leafs did Leafs things.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Matthew Schaefer found the goals, and now nothing is missing
The 19-year-old's overtime winner in St. Paul made history, and the Islanders are already playing him like a No. 1 defenseman.
Tommy Kessler · 2 min read
NHL·
Babcock has scratched $10.85 million of Oilers, and he's right
Jake Walman and Trent Frederic have both sat this month, the room is backing the coach, and McDavid hasn't missed a scoresheet.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NCAA·
DuPont tops the watch list, and Michigan gets the preview
Central Scouting gave the Michigan freshman one of 28 A ratings. Six games in, he has six assists and an 18-minute role at 17.
Tommy Kessler · 2 min read
NHL·
Schaefer passed Bobby Orr, but the 26 minutes are the story
The Islanders' 19-year-old moved into second among teenage defensemen in goals, and only three blueliners are playing more.
Tommy Kessler · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
The NHL's empty seats are a price problem, not a hockey problem
Vegas lost its first sellout and Edmonton left 2,000 seats empty for McDavid, and both teams are winning. The bill is the issue.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
The Leafs have the best penalty kill in hockey and a losing record
Toronto kills 96.4% of its penalties and still sits at 3-4-2 after three straight losses, with San Jose in town tonight.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Tampa owns the week, and the cats' power play owes one
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: a 3-0 Lightning, a Panthers power play at 1 for 28, an Everblades tune-up and a UCF team that still hasn't lost.
Pabs · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Frank Nazar gets two games, and the 1-4 Blackhawks get thinner
A head shot on Bo Horvat costs Nazar $68,041.14 and costs Chicago its 19-minute forward against Carolina and the game after.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Shesterkin helped off, Kraken pile six on Detroit
The Rangers lose their goalie and a four-game streak in Washington, Seattle scores four in the second, and Anaheim keeps rolling.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Romanov's torn ACL gives the Islanders less cap help than it looks
Alexander Romanov is out six to eight months, and the LTIR room behind his $6.25 million cap hit is closer to $3.5 million.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Varlamov's 676-day wait ends at the Garden, his best road rink
The 38-year-old starts against the Rangers after partial replacements in both knees, with Sorokin playing .968 hockey on the other end of the bench.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Rangers' best value right now is an $875,000 backup
Dylan Garand's shutout in Detroit covered a back-to-back, and New York's two goalies have stopped 94 of 99 shots.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
Minors·
Hamilton's Hammers win their first game, and the kids helped
Mitchell Chaffee's hat trick beat Belleville, Toronto handed back a lesson, and two Islanders first-rounders already have points.
Tommy Kessler · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Montreal's four-goal comeback still loses in Pittsburgh
Tommy Novak ends a wild one in overtime, Ilya Sorokin blanks the Devils, and Connor McDavid adds the league's fastest skate to his point streak.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Pittsburgh hangs seven on Philly, and MacKinnon drops the gloves
Silovs shuts out the Flyers in their home opener, MacKinnon scores twice and fights in Colorado's 8-4 win, and Hiller gets his first Leafs win.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Forsling spoils the banner, and Bouchard's five points go for nothing
Opening night: Florida wins 1-0 in overtime at Carolina, Vancouver survives Edmonton's comeback, Boston scores three in 75 seconds, and Toronto stumbles.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Metropolitan Division predictions: Carolina's floor is still everyone else's ceiling
Eight teams, a Philadelphia team nobody wants to play in March, and a Pittsburgh core running out of runway.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: 71 players on waivers, then it finally counts
No games, just a cutdown: eight Panthers among 71 waived Sunday, four goalies on the wire, and Florida opens in Raleigh Tuesday.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Preseason's over, and Carolina already looks ready for Florida
Tampa beats Florida's kids in a shootout, Carolina blanks Nashville 6-0 before Tuesday's opener, and Lindgren stops 36 in Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Stars and Wild brawl, and Kyrou needs 11 seconds
Dallas and Minnesota fit three fights into the last 1:16, T.J. Hughes scores three on three shots, and the Rangers roll the Islanders.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Carolina erases 5-1, and San Jose scores 10
The Hurricanes win in Greensboro with three seconds left, Stenberg gets a hat trick, and DeBrincat fights and scores the OT winner.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Primeau steals one, Isles erase three, Stenberg arrives
Ten preseason games: the Panthers lost a shootout to a Carolina backup, the Islanders came from 3-0 down, and the No. 2 pick played 22 minutes in his debut.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
