Canadiens bounce back from embarrassing loss with comeback win: ‘I liked the response’
Two days after an epic collapse against the Winnipeg Jets left them as the NHL’s laughingstock, the Montreal Canadiens answered in style.
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Two days after an epic collapse against the Winnipeg Jets left them as the NHL’s laughingstock, the Montreal Canadiens answered in style.
The Winnipeg Jets scored two goals in the first four minutes of the game and never looked back in a 6-2 victory over the Canucks before 13,312 at Canada Life Centre.
The Anaheim Ducks are filling the net at a pace unseen before in franchise history.
Steven Stamkos scored a power-play goal 2:18 into overtime, Justus Annunen made 30 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday night.
Edmonton Oilers star forward Connor McDavid said he was unhappy with being driven into the net in the opening period of Thursday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks and called the play dangerous.
Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each had two goals and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
Valeri Nichushkin and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 Thursday night for their third straight home win.
Cole Caufield scored the winner 30 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens overcame Logan Cooley’s hat trick to beat the Utah Mammoth 5-4 in an action-packed affair Thursday night.
Dawson Mercer scored his first goal in a Jets uniform and added an assist to lead Winnipeg to a 6-2 victory over the lowly Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
William Carrier scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Thursday night.
Ilya Mikheyev scored twice to back Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Thursday night to remain perfect at home this season.
Trevor Connelly broke a tie with 1:42 left and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Thursday night.
Ty Kartye scored the go-ahead goal, Dylan Garand made 23 saves and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Thursday night.
Pavel Zacha scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night.
Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber returned to practice with the team on Thursday, moving closer to making his regular season debut that was delayed by a fractured skull.
TSN’s Hockey Insiders on whether the Hockey Canada/IIHF jersey dispute will spill into the World Juniors, the struggling Sharks, the latest on Dylan Larkin and Simon Edvinsson, and if the Wild could be on Evgeni Malkin’s three-team trade list in January.
The New York Islanders signed defenceman Ben Hutton to a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday.
The New York Rangers placed veteran goaltender James Reimer on waivers Thursday.
Montreal captain Nick Suzuki will return to the lineup Thursday night against the Utah Mammoth as the Canadiens look to rebound from Tuesday’s historic loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
Chris Johnston discusses the pressure Shawn Horcoff is under in Detroit, where Kucherov’s situation stands in Tampa, and the plans for the struggling San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks.
The left knee injury Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand suffered during a game in early October had him initially concerned that his season or even his career could be in jeopardy, he revealed on Thursday.
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