The Edmonton Oilers made a couple of trades to address their goaltending, but plenty of other issues need fixing; the Chicago Blackhawks are showing no signs of a Stanley Cup hangover; coach Patrick Roy and goalie Semyon Varlamov are the main reasons for the Colorado Avalanche's success; plus, notes on the Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Jaromir Jagr....
Blues forward is the second-youngest player on the squad....
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ST. LOUIS -- Center Trevor Lewis' first goal of the season broke a 1-1 tie early in the third period, and he added a short-handed goal to help the Los Angeles Kings earn a 4-1 victory Thursday night over the St. Louis Blues. Lewis scored just four seconds after Los Angeles was unsuccessful on its fifth power play of the game. The puck appeared to be deflected into the net off the skate of Blues left...
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number all night. ''He was good,'' St. Louis forward T.J. Oshie said. ''It seems like he's always good.'...
ST. LOUIS -- When the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-0 two weeks ago, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said it was not a fair reading of the two teams because the Kings were without goalie Jonathan Quick. Quick stopped 28 of 29 St. Louis shots, allowing only a goal by right wing T.J. Oshie on a penalty shot, as the Kings got revenge with a 4-1 victory. Quick, who has helped the Kings eliminate...
DALLAS Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara spoke after the victory over Dallas about carrying the flag for Slovakia at the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics next month in Sochi, Russia, and was understandably gracious about the Bruins cooperation with his wishes. Chara said he went to Bruins ownership and management to get permission about potentially leaving the team early, and possibly missing...
Friday's Hockey Dose resumes division analysis with deep glances at the Central Division....
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Michael Finewax looks at the Stadium series which begins on January 25 in The Week Ahead....
Incident occurred during L.A.'s 4-1 win in St. Louis on Thursday....
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Alex Steen hasn’t played for the St. Louis Blues since Dec. 21, after which he was sidelined with concussion symptoms. Since that time, he’s dropped to sixth in the NHL goal-scoring race with a still-impressive total of 24 in 35 games, but Alex Ovechkin has opened up a 10-goal lead for the Rocker Richard Trophy. So Steen’s got some catching up to do, and that catching up begins on Saturday. He said...
TORONTO - Jamie Langenbrunner has retired after a 16-year NHL career in which he won two Stanley Cups. The 38-year-old right wing from Cloquet, Minn., played for Dallas, New Jersey and St. Louis. He won NHL titles with Dallas in 1999 and New Je......
DALLAS The Boston Bruins organization was already going to be well-represented with five players participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics. But now the Black and Gold are making an even bigger sacrifice in giving Bs captain Zdeno Chara the honor of a lifetime. Bruins coach Claude Julien confirmed after Thursdays morning skate at American Airlines Arena that Chara will be the flag bearer for his native...
Those games being Feb. 6 in St. Louis and Feb. 8 versus Ottawa....
"Both guys deserve to keep playing," said Ken Hitchcock....
Jonathan Quick has been excellent since returning from injury....