After dropping the final game of their road trip against the Mammoth, Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller has decided to shake up the lines in a major way. Youngsters Gavin McKenna and Easton Cowan will unite on the third line and McKenna says they will look to 'work hard and keep things simple' in their bottom six roles.
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel and defenceman Dylan Samberg look ahead to tonight's Central Division clash against the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Canucks five-game losing streak is currently the longest active winless streak in the NHL. With another loss they would tie their second longest streak over the past five seasons.
With the Maple Leafs and Sabres tied in the Atlantic division, a big two points are on the line tonight in Toronto for two offensive juggernauts. Toronto forward Auston Matthews stresses the importance of these divisional games early on in the season and wants to take advantage after their first two divisional games didn't go the Maple Leafs' way.
The Jets have updated defenceman Josh Morrissey’s status to week-to-week after he was previously labelled day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Head coach Scott Arniel said Thursday that Morrissey still will not require surgery on the injury.
With the Rasmus Dahlin sidelined, Sabres defenceman Owen Power will be leaned on heavily to fill the vacancy of his captain but has embraced the role and looks forward to big minute opportunities. Teammate Josh Doan praises Powers' play to start this season and says 'there's a reason he went first overall.'
The Oilers are coming off a successful three-game road trip and return home on the strength of five consecutive victories to host the equally impressive Mammoth. Leon Draisaitl spoke about what is working for the team at the moment while head coach Mike Babcock said they still have a lot of work to do.
Maple Leafs rookie Gavin McKenna embarked on his first road trip with the club and said 'it was a good road trip to learn from' as Toronto collected three points in three games away. Mckenna was asked about his backcheck against the Avalanche that led to Auston Matthews' goal and how he saw the play develop on both ends of the ice.
Through seven games of the new campaign, Maple Leafs forwards Auston Matthews and William Nylander have been on fire with twelve points apiece. Head coach Jim Hiller was asked about the chemistry between them and will likely start them on a line together in their clash against the Sabres.
Maple Leafs forward Kirill Marchenko has seven points through seven games with the Maple Leafs but still believes there is room for him to improve. He wants to step up in all aspects of his game and focus on the small details to match the strong play of the talented players around him.
With Chris Tanev on the shelf for a few weeks, Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller was asked how confident he feels in the rest of the defencemen to step up in his absence and how he felt they played in their first game without him.
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger joins Gino Reda to discuss Maple Leafs defenceman Chris Tanev being ruled week-to-week, speculation around Connor Hellebuyck's return, price tag for Dylan Larkin, Josh Anderson's future in Montreal and Rick Bowness calling out his team again.
Jakub Dobes' season has not gotten off to the start anyone expected with his lone win coming in the opener against the Maple Leafs. It's been all downhill for the netminder since then and TSN Hockey analyst Cameron Gaunce examines what has been going wrong for Dobes and what he can to do remedy things.
Drake Batherson discusses the tweaking to the Senators' lines as they prepare for the Islanders tonight. Travis Green explains why he's trying to find a spot for Stephen Halliday.
The Senators admit they didn't have their best against the Blues but know they need to turn the page and have a big bounce back against the Islanders tonight.
Artem Zub will return for the Senators tonight after missing six months with a knee injury. Jake Sanderson is 'close' to a return, while William Eklund will miss 10-12 weeks after undergoing surgery.
Travis Green shares a laundry list of injuries the team is currently dealing with and also provides an update on TSN's Claire Hanna.
Roope Hintz scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Stars beat Colorado on Wednesday night in a game where the Avalanche had two early goals disallowed.
Alex Tuch scored twice and added an assist as the Capitals beat the Canadiens on Wednesday night. Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist, Justin Holl and Ivan Miroshnichenko also scored and Charlie Lindgren stopped 26 shots to help Washington snap a two-game slide.
With Lane and Cole Hutson facing off against each other on Wednesday night, TSN Hockey analyst Martin Biron joins SportsCentre to explain what it was like playing against his brother Mathieu in the NHL, and discuss how he thinks the Canadiens' coaching staff should handle their goaltending situation.
Connor McDavid is the NHL's top scorer and has an incredible 17 points already this season with five multi-point games. We know how great the Oilers captain has been throughout his career but is it possible we are seeing an even better version at this moment? TSN Hockey analyst Frankie Corrado joins Domino's That's Hockey to discuss this and guess how many points McDavid will have at the 10-game mark.
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