WASHINGTON -- The Ottawa Senators needed to start their four-game road trip on the right foot. The Washington Capitals needed to stop the bleeding of their longest losing streak in three seasons. In a game dominated by a pair of goalies who were not invited to play for their countries in the Olympics, the Senators received goals from centers Kyle Turris and Jason Spezza and a 34-save effort from goaltender...
How it happened: The Senators broke a scoreless tie 12:59 into the second period when Kyle Turris took a quick outlet pass from Clarke MacArthur and sprinted down the ice for a one-timer that appeared to go off the stick of Connor Carrick and between the pads of Braden Holtby. Karl Alzner made an aggressive pinch on the play and got caught chasing Turris from behind. They finished off the scoring with...
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Tuesday's Hockey Dose reviews the rest of the season for the Metropolitan Division, and how the Philadelphia Flyers could continue to rise....
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s Bruce Garrioch : Sources confirmed to the Ottawa Sun that Melnyk was accompanied by Ottawa GM Bryan Murray, who took a break from the club's scouting meetings in Florida to attend the presentation with Melnyk. Cooke has since left the Penguins and signed with the Minnesota Wild as a free agent. Melnyk was spotted by media outside the office who were waiting for Vancouver coach John Tortorella to...
Capitals captain and NHL goals leader Alex Ovechkin has a lower body injury and will be a game-time decision tonight when the Capitals face the Ottawa Senators at Verizon Center....
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* You know what helped spark the Nashville Predators in their game last night? A hockey fight, you say? But I thought the anti-fighting agenda followers scoffed at the notion that a hockey fight could swing momentum? I guess theyre wrong again.* Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is still seeking justice from the NHL for Matt Cookes hit on Erik Karlsson last season. O.J. Simpson is also still searching...
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Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is sitting out tonights game against the Ottawa Senators and Troy Brouwer is expected to take his place on a top line with center Nicklas Backstrom and left wing Marcus Johansson. Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 35 goals in 47 games, has not missed a game since Nov. 1 and 2. The Capitals won both of those games by a combined score of 10-2. In fact, in the 23 games Ovechkin...
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s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-caption: "Gary Bettman watches the action at Bryant Park in New York City." • • • • • Preview: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m. ET Preview: St. Louis Blues at New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m. ET Preview: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, 7 p.m. ET Preview: Ottawa Senators at Washington...
But if his owner still wants to go after Matt Cooke, "that's totally up to him."...
Severe weather in the Northeast led to the postponement of the Carolina Panthers' game at the Flyers on Tuesday after Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency for the city beginning at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. Nutter ordered all cars to be removed from approximately 100 miles of snow emergency routes around the area. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell also issued...
s Sidney Crosby with 124 points in just 84 games from Jan. 19, 2013 to Jan. 19, 2014. Chicago's Patrick Kane is second on the list with 111 points in 98 games, a few spots ahead of Washington's Alex Ovechkin. Crosby had an NHL-high 68 points - the most he's had in a season since his career was effected by concussions three years ago - entering the Penguins...
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today that the club has recalled forward Stéphane Da Costa from its American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. Da Costa, 24, began the 2013-14 season with Ottawa and appeared in......
Now that the Philipp Grubauer experiment has been put on hold at least for the time being what does it mean for Braden Holtby and Michal Neuvirth? Three goalies is not a good situation, Capitals coach Adam Oates acknowledged on Monday. Holtby would appear to have the upper hand heading into Tuesday nights home game against the Ottawa Senators. In 30 appearances for the Capitals, Holtby is 13-11-2 with...
BOSTON -- Adam McQuaid is out for Monday afternoons matinee against the Los Angeles Kings with a leg injury, per Claude Julien, but it isnt expected to be a serious problem. Thats good news for a Black and Gold defenseman corps that endured a scourge of injuries this season. Rookie Zach Trotman is making his second career NHL appearance with Boston. McQuaid was knocked out of Sundays 3-2 shootout loss...