With the Blue Jackets on a power play, Buffalo Sabres forward David Legwand cleared the puck from his own end and watched as it bounced down the ice, and over the glove of Korpisalo from 150 feet away. The gaffe increased the Sabres' first-period lead to 2-0.
The former Anaheim Ducks star showed off his latest post-hockey shenanigans Thursday when he pulled off a ridiculous golf trick shot while fooling around at the driving range.
After Tommy Wingels left Thursday's game against the Florida Panthers with an upper-body injury after crashing into the boards, San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer gave an update on the forward's condition Friday.
"He's been seen by everybody here," DeBoer said of Wingels, per Curtis Pashelka of the San Jose Mercury News. "We don't think it's long term, but he's definitely out for the near future."
DeBoer added that the 27-year-old would remain with the team for the remaining three games of its five-game road trip which concludes Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche.
Wingels has six goals and nine assists in 56 games this season.
While forward Ryan Johansen has certainly lived up to expectations since being traded to the Nashville Predators, the team hasn't exactly set the league on fire since acquiring its new No. 1 center.
But with the team now hanging on to a wild-card position in the Western Conference, general manager David Poile isn't feeling any extra pressure to add more pieces ahead of the Feb. 29 trade deadline.
"If we don't make any trades this year, I'm comfortable," Poile said, per The Tennessean. "We've made a big trade. We've made a big trade that should have made our team better. And to this point, it hasn't, but I believe all the ingredients are there within our team to carry us into the playoffs and have success in the playoffs."
Since the Jan. 6 swap that sent defenseman Seth Jones to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Johansen has produced at near a point-per-game pace with four goals and 12 assists in 18 games.
While fellow forwards Filip Forsberg and James Neal have remained consistently productive, some secondary scoring would certainly help the team's playoff hopes as a number of Predators forwards are well below their scoring pace from a year ago.
Points per game
Name
2014-15
2015-16
Craig Smith
.54
.36
Colin Wilson
.55
.39
Mike Fisher
.66
.28
Poile admitted he is frustrated some players aren't playing at the level they are expected to, but is ultimately content with his team as it hopes to clinch a playoff berth for the second straight season.
"I am doing my job in terms of making calls, and if something is there that can improve our team, I will do that," he said. "But I'm comfortable with the makeup of our team. I'm just not totally happy with the production that we're getting on an individual basis and we just need to play a little bit better."
VANCOUVER - The Anaheim Ducks knew they were running out of time.
Last in the NHL's overall standings at the end of October with a 1-7-2 record that included shutouts in five of the team's first eight games, it was clear major changes could b...
TORONTO - For the better part of the first four months of the regular season, Maple Leafs defenceman Frankie Corrado sat and then sat some more.
Picked up off waivers from Vancouver on the eve of the season, Corrado didn't play his first game...
We've released initial 16-man rosters for Team Canada, Team USA, and the Team North America outfit that will fuse the best 23-and-under prospects from both countries. Now it's time to name the other 80 players who will be named to the tournament on March 2, when the rosters are due for submission.
Remember, this is the NHL's baby, and it likely wants as many players under the league's banner as it can get involved. That's not to say there won't be representation from the KHL, and other top flights, when rosters are cemented, but for now, expect partiality to those plying their trade on this side of the pond.
Sweden's star-studded defensive corps immediately jumps out. Expect the versatile Anton Stralman, who pairs with Hedman in Tampa Bay, to nab the seventh spot over Niklas Kronwall and Alex Edler.
The Czechs have a strong collection of talented playmakers up front - namely Voracek, Krejci, and Plekanec - but are short on snipers. Jagr has five more than any other Czech forward this season with 18.
They are also beset with difficulties on the back end, but have a Vezina Trophy candidate in Mrazek to anchor the operation.
Here's a look at the hit, which came just moments after Stralman chopped Nikolaj Ehlers down in open ice.
The principal point of contact is certainly Little's head, but the Jets center put himself in a vulnerable position when he lost his balance and staggered toward the line with his head down.
Little required X-rays on his neck after the game, but was able to travel.
"It's the best I've felt in the last three years," Parenteau said, a day after scoring his 15th goal of the season. He's healthy, and he's got head coach Mike Babcock in his corner, something he cites as making a "huge difference."
Signed to a one-year, $1.5-million contract, Parenteau's exceeded expectations with respect to production, and should be on the move to a contender come the Feb. 29 trade deadline. But that doesn't mean his career as a Maple Leaf is over.
"Absolutely," Parenteau said after he was asked if he'd consider coming back to the club in the summer as a free agent. "That's something I would definitely consider with the way they've treated me here and the way things went."
The Maple Leafs traded forward Daniel Winnik at last year's trade deadline to the Pittsburgh Penguins, only to sign him in free agency, so this is a road Toronto's been down before. And it's no secret the club is looking to deal its expiring contracts, of which Parenteau's is probably the most sought after.
With 30 points and power-play experience, Parenteau should be able to net Toronto a second-round draft pick.
"I know (being traded) is a possibility; I'm well aware of that and so is my family. I've said it - I love it (in Toronto), I'd love to stay, but I know how it works."
After not getting along with head coach Michel Therrien in Montreal, Parenteau's had the opposite experience in Toronto.
"It's a little bit of everything," he said when talking about his bounce-back season. "You know when your coach wants you out there as a player, and that's the way I'm feeling this year. Even before we had all of those injuries, I felt like I was a big part of the team. It's fun, it's fun that way."
TORONTO - Leo Komarov says he's sorry for his hit to the head of Rangers captain Ryan McDonough — an action that might land the Maple Leafs forward his first suspension.
Komarov, the Maple Leafs leading scorer and hitter, went through a phone...
