The heavily recruited attack-minded defender, whom the club is treating as a project, of sorts, after four disappointing seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, was acquired prior to last week's trade deadline for a third-round draft pick.
Pittsburgh sits five points up on the Devils, and three clear of the Philadelphia Flyers for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
With the NHL’s 2016 trade deadline history, here’s a look ahead at what we could see in this summer’s trade market. More salary-dumping trades. The current cap ceiling is $71.4 million. In December, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman projected the salary cap for 2016-17 could rise by $3 million. Thanks to the reduced value of the […]
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers will play a regular-season game outdoors at Investors Group Field next October.
The 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic will be played Oct. 23.
The Heritage Classic returns to the regular-...
The Winnipeg Jets announced Sunday they'll host the Edmonton Oilers in the 2016 Heritage Classic at Investors Group Field on Oct. 23.
It'll be the fourth edition of the Heritage Classic, and the first since the Ottawa Senators defeated the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place in 2014.
The Jets will play in an outdoor game for the first time in franchise history, while the Oilers will participate in their second after hosting the first-ever Heritage Classic at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in 2003.
The festivities will also include an alumni game between former Jets and Oilers on Oct. 22. Wayne Gretzky will captain the Edmonton legends and Dale Hawerchuk will lead Winnipeg's former stars.
"We're thrilled that the Jets, their fans, and the city of Winnipeg will launch the 2016-17 NHL outdoor season with the 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Investors Group Field," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.
"Alumni games also create a unique brand of excitement, and so it is with great anticipation that we look forward to seeing the returning Jets and Edmonton Oilers getting together to rekindle special memories."
The Oilers and the original Jets entered the league together as part of the four-team WHA-NHL merger in 1979.
The 34-year-old goaltender skated Sunday but won't dress for the club's inter-borough matinee tilt with the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden.
"He's on the right track," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said. "It should be just a day or two more."
Kapanen, 19, was held without a point in his first four NHL games, recording six shots on goal since being called up Feb. 29. Leipsic has appeared in six games with the Maple Leafs this season, recording a goal and two assists.
Michalek is yet to make his Maple Leafs debut as he is continues to recover from a broken finger suffered in a Jan. 22 game, while still a member of the Ottawa Senators. Boyes has missed the team's last two games with an upper-body injury.
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs loaned forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Brendan Leipsic to the AHL's Toronto Marlies on Sunday.
Kapanen, 19, appeared in four games with the Leafs after being recalled from the Marlies on Feb. 29. Kapanen has ei...
After scoring four unanswered goals during the third period of Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche, the Nashville Predators continued a pair of franchise-best point streaks as they picked up a 5-2 victory in Denver.
Recording 20 out of a possible 24 points in their last 12 outings, the team now holds a comfortable cushion atop the Western Conference wild-card standings, leaving the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche to battle for the final playoff spot.
Wild-card standings
Rank
Team
GP
W
L
O
Pts
1
NSH
66
33
21
12
78
2
MIN
66
31
25
10
72
3
COL
67
33
30
4
70
Aside from the team's offensive outburst in the final frame, forward Filip Forsberg set a franchise record of his own during the second period, becoming the first Predator to score 14 goals over a 14-game stretch, according to Elias Sports. The Swede scored just 14 goals over his first 52 outings to begin the season.
The only other player to average a goal-per-game over a 14-game period is league-leading goal scorer Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.