COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Center Stephane Da Costa scored his first two goals of the season, and had the first two-goal game of his career, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday in Nationwide Arena. Da Costa, recalled from the minor leagues four games ago after a lengthy stay, helped the Senators take a 2-0 lead before fending off a Blue Jackets' rally. Center Jason...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Center Stephane Da Costa routinely struggles to produce offense during his on-again, off-again career with the Ottawa Senators. Maybe he should play the Columbus Blue Jackets more often. Da Costa, called up from the minors four games ago, scored his first two goals this season and had the first two-goal game of his career Tuesday, leading Ottawa to a 3-2 win over Columbus before 13,373...
'It was a tie game and we got a faceoff play and then a little bit of puck luck in front of the net,'' Spezza said. ''Johnny on the spot.'...
TORONTO -- The Tampa Bay Lightning felt they deserved better than their 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. But Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier was brilliant in stopping 40 shots including a big save late in the game, and left winger James van Riemsdyk scored the winning goal with 4:03 left in the game. Bernier made a key save on Lightning right winger Martin St. Louis after...
5-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres, but he didn't stop there. The Capitals' captain also contributed two assists, one of which came on Mike Green...
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s note: Power rankings are usually three things: Bad, wrong, and boring. You typically know just as well as the authors which teams won what games against who and what it all means, so our moving the Red Wings up four spots or whatever really doesn't tell you anything you didn't know. Who's hot, who's not, who cares? For this reason, we're doing a power ranking of things that are usually not teams....
While the Tampa Bay Lightning got the best of the Senators last week, a repeat performance could be hard to come by in Ottawa. The Lightning try to pick up a rare road win over the Senators as these Atlantic Division foes meet again Thursday night. Tampa Bay (31-17-5) has taken both matchups against Ottawa (23-20-10) this season, winning 3-1 on Dec. 5 and 4-3 in a shootout last Thursday. Victor Hedman...
s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-Caption: A Detroit Red Wings fans watches the action. (Photo by Leon Halip/NHLI via Getty Images) • • • • • Preview : Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. ET Preview : Detroit Red Wings at Philadelphia Flyers, 7 p.m. ET Preview : Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m. ET...
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Monday's Dose studies the big four forwards of Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steve Stamkos and Evgeni Malkin plus more on 2013-14 so far....
Michael Finewax reports that Alex Chiasson leads all rookies in power play time on ice. Read more in The Power Play Report....
t too many other professions for which this kind of thing is said. “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that crane operator has shown up to work drunk and on sleeping pills every day for the last two weeks.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that lawyer keeps taking naps when he's supposed to be cross-examining a witness.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that janitor has...
* A look at whats causing Seth Jones to struggle in his rookie season after a hot start to his first campaign with the Nashville Predators.* Larry Brooks gives the NHL a pat on the back for getting something right with the Stadium Series in Los Angeles and New York.* The Ottawa Senators are looking to deal, and theyre looking for a winger capable of scoring a few goals.* Eric Duhatschek asks if we...
Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen, Detroit Red Wings right wing Gustav Nyquist and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Andrej Sekera were named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week. Lehtonen went 3-1-0 with a 1.25 goals-against average, .944 save percentage and two shutouts. He made 19 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Jan. 20 before picking up three consecutive victories. He made 18...
s so close, you guys. "Workers walk across the roof of the Bolshoy Ice Dome where the Ice Hockey will take place at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Park in the Costal Cluster." • Why have the New York Rangers been designated as the road team for both games at Yankee Stadium? To avoid paying taxes. Seriously. [ NY Times ] • What worked and what didn't at the outdoor game in Los Angeles. [ Sunbelt Hockey...
Finally, some good financial news for Ottawa's hockey team....
ve gone 1-2-2 over their last five after falling 6-3 to Carolina on Saturday. Ottawa, which trails Atlantic Division-leading Boston by 15 points, likely will be battling for one of the conference...
longest win streak in franchise history came to a crashing end against the league's worst team. Now they face a team they've dominated in the Carolina Hurricanes, who are right on their heels in the Metropolitan Division. The visiting Blue Jackets have won seven straight matchups with the Hurricanes heading into Monday night...
The NHL is thinking big - real big - and it has more room to grow as it attempts to host six unique outdoor games this season across the U.S.A. and Canada....