s skate blade and dribbled past Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak, but a distinct kicking motion that usually negates goals wasn...
s second goal to extend his points streak to 10 games. Victor Hedman assisted on all three Johnson goals. No. 2 Star: Jarome Iginla, Boston Bruins Iginla is enjoying his first season in Beantown and Saturday he recorded a four-point afternoon during a 6-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers. Zdeno Chara also scored twice and became the eighth Bruin this season to reach double-digit goals. Tuukka Rask made...
- - - Blues 4, Islanders 3 (shootout) Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk scored in the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. The Islanders (21-25-8) looked like they had won in overtime when Thomas Vanek tipped in a shot by John Tavares but the goal was overturned after a replay because Vanek appeared to kick the puck into the goal. Vladimir Tarasenko scored...
The first outdoor game in southern California was anything but a normal. It was an over-the-top event that drew three times the normal crowd and generated a buzz that will linger for fans and athletes for a long time....
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The St. Louis Blues activated forward Maxim Lapierre from the injured list after he missed five games because of a lower-body injury, but lost leading scorer Alexander Steen against the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Lapierre was injured late in the Jan. 10 game against the Vancouver Canucks. To make room on the roster, forward Adam Cracknell was sent down to Chicago of the AHL. Lapierre has six...
NEW YORK -- Kevin Shattenkirk grew up less than an hour from Madison Square Garden and rooted for the New York Rangers as a kid....
NEW YORK -- Kevin Shattenkirk grew up less than an hour from Madison Square Garden and rooted for the New York Rangers as a kid. On Thursday, the St. Louis Blues defenseman out of New Rochelle, N.Y., played his first game as a pro at the Garden, scoring the decisive goal in St. Louis' 2-1 win over the Rangers. Shattenkirk, 24, delivered a power-play goal at 3:09 of the third period that snapped a 1-1...
'There were a lot of emotions going through my body, but after the first couple of shifts it just felt like a hockey game again,'...
WILMINGTON, Mass. Zdeno Chara and the Bruins still arent entirely sure of his itinerary while traveling to Sochi for the Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies or exactly how many games hes going to miss prior to the Olympic break. Its a certainty that Chara will miss the Feb. 8 home date against the Ottawa Senators, but the Feb. 6 game at St. Louis is the game thats still very much in question. Thats...
Jan 23 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games. - - - Wild 2, Blackhawks 1 The Minnesota Wild got just enough offense via first period goals by right winger Jason Pominville and left winger Matt Cooke to outlast the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1. Minnesota goaltender Darcy Kuemper, making his fifth consecutive start, stopped 33 shots as the Wild improved to 8-3-0 in their...
Anze Kopitar and Ben Lovejoy pretend to be puppies for some reason. No. 1 Star: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars Benn was nigh unstoppable for the Stars versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. He opened the scoring early in the first with this quick wrester: And then he helped set up three others -- two by Valeri Nichushkin -- for a four-point night as the Stars walloped the Leafs 7-1 , ending Toronto's winning streak...
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Braving the bitter New England weather was the least of their concerns when it comes to supporting teammate Jaden Schwartz....
s uncertain if Alexander Steen will be available Saturday when the Blues conclude a four-game trip against the New York Islanders. Steen opened the scoring in the first period Thursday against the New York Rangers with his team-leading 26th goal, but a lower-body injury kept him from finishing the 2-1 victory that helped St. Louis (34-11-5) bounce back from a 7-1 loss at New Jersey two nights earlier....
Alex Ovechkin skated briefly with the Capitals on Friday but a lower body injury is expected to keep him out of tonights game against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark....
COMMENTARY With the 2014 Winter Olympics just around the corner, there are ten St. Louis Blues players who are gearing up to make the long trek to Sochi, Russia for competition. There are only two other NHL teams who have ten players representing their respective countries in the Olympics, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings. Aside from the ten players heading to Sochi from the Blues,...
s team hosts Brown. Joining Jaden will be his parents, Carol and Rick, traveling from their home in Saskatchewan. Originally the plan was for Schwartz and a few teammates to attend the event, but once Blues general manager Doug Armstrong got wind of the idea he ran it by a few of the team's veterans who, according to Fox Sports Midwest , told him “That's an automatic." Along with the fundraising game,...
Blues forward Alexander Steen sustained a lower-body injury in the second period of the Jan. 23 game against the New York Rangers. Steen was hit and awkwardly fell into the boards in the second period. He stayed on the bench and then returned f......