If Team Canada makes a run through the IIHF World Championship bracket, they’ll have to navigate without their second-leading scorer. Joe Veleno, a center for the Red Wings, was suspended five games for an incident in the second period of Canada’s loss Saturday against Switzerland, when he stomped on Nino […]
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Rangers’ Filip Chytil suffers suspected fractured cheekbone
Filip Chytil is resting at his home in Czechia after leaving the IIHF World Championship tournament in the aftermath of taking a stick to the side of his face in the first period of Team Czechia’s May 14 match against Kazakhstan in Riga, Latvia. The exact nature of the injury […]
Jaroslav Halak and six others
The Rangers were largely spoiled this past season by their backup goaltender, Jaroslav Halak. After an 0-5-1 start, Halak went 10-4-4 the rest of the way while playing more games than he had since 2019-20. The Rangers signed the 38-year-old Slovakian to a one-year, $1.5 million deal last offseason after […]
Matthew Tkachuk wins it in OT as Panthers take 2-0 series lead
RALEIGH, N.C.— Matthew Tkachuk finished a feed from Sam Reinhart at the 1:51 mark of overtime to help the Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1, Saturday night for a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference final. Less than two days after scoring the winner in a four-overtime thriller, […]
NHL, NHLPA to discuss salary cap, future of Arizona Coyotes
The NHLPA and NHL will meet this week to open discussions on a variety of issues that include the possibility of increasing the salary cap beyond the prescribed $1 million, Slap Shots has learned. Executive director Marty Walsh, who has been on the job for two months, and newly appointed […]