Archive for October, 2011

31 Oct

Oilers slick past Blues for fifth straight victory

NHL news-Sports.com wi Ryan Smyth had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers won their fifth in a row, 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.
Shawn Horcoff and Jordan Eberle also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 6-1-1 at home and moved back into first place in the Western [...]

31 Oct

Maple Leafs to raise Sundin’s No. 13 jersey to rafters

Mats Sundin is set to take his place with other Toronto Maple Leafs greats at the top of Air Canada Centre.
The teams career scoring leader will be honored before a Feb. 11 game against Montreal when his No. 13 is raised to the rafters. Sundin will be the 18th player to have a [...]

30 Oct

Online NHL Betting Picks – Contenders Look To Get On Track Against Division Rivals

While the NHL regular season is still only weeks old, these wins are the ones that put teams in position to contend for a playoff spot when it matters later on in the year, making them just as important as the ones played in March and April. Here is a quick look [...]

30 Oct

Rangers blow big lead; Sens extend win streak to five

NHL news-Spor For a while, it seemed that Rangers coach John Tortorellas line-juggling with his two biggest stars would produce New Yorks first win at refurbished Madison Square Garden.
Then in a span of less than eight minutes, nothing worked for the Rangers. First the momentum was gone, then the lead, and then a [...]

30 Oct

Jagr scores twice to raise Flyers above Hurricanes

NHL news-Sports.c Ilya Bryzgalov was so bad in goal his last few outings, he claimed he was, “lost in the woods.”
Look who took a trail back to the win column.
“I found the way pretty quick, huh?” Bryzgalov said, laughing. “I found a compass.”
Bryzgalov rebounded strong in net from a [...]

30 Oct

Kessel keeps it up for Leafs, nets NHL-best 10th goal

NHL news-Spo Phil Kessel scored his league-leading 10th goal midway through the third period to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
Mikhail Grabovski, Tim Connolly and Clarke MacArthur also scored for the Maple Leafs (7-2-1).
Matt Cooke, Chris Kunitz and Evgeni Malkin scored for [...]

29 Oct

Hurricanes’ Ward has first shutout in win over Blackhawks

NHL news-Sports.co Heres a scene that would strike fear in just about any goalie: Jonathan Toews flying down the and everything else for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Ward made 30 saves in his first shutout of the season and Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on [...]

29 Oct

Blue Jackets recall Calvert, Mayorov and Savard to Falcons

The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled forward Matt Calvert from their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Mass., and have assigned left wing Maksim Mayorov and defenseman David Savard to the Springfield Falcons.
Calvert played five games with the Blue Jackets this season and four with the Falcons, totaling 24 goals and 21 assists [...]

28 Oct

Pittsburgh to stage NHL draft in June 2012

Arguably, no NHL franchise has been more positively impacted by the draft than the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Official word came on Thursday that for the second time, the team will host it.
Less than 10 months after the city served as the site of the annual Winter Classic outdoor game, commissioner Gary Bettman was [...]

27 Oct

Blue Jackets get first win of season against Red Wings

NHL news-Sports.com It was a night of long-awaited firsts for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
James Wisniewski made his Columbus debut after serving an eight-game suspension, and rookie Ryan Johansen scored his first career goal and added an assist to give the Blue Jackets their first win of the season, 4-1 over the Detroit Red [...]