NHL October 14, 2021 Sabres, minus Eichel, open season with 5-1 rout of Canadiens Victor Olofsson and Anders Bjork scored 2:01 apart in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres followed a tumultuous summer with a stunning season-opening 5-1 win over the injury-depleted Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
NHL October 14, 2021 Nylander breaks 3rd-period tie, Leafs beat Canadiens 2-1 William Nylander broke a tie at 1:06 of the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday night in the opener for both teams.
NHL October 11, 2021 NHL 2021-22 Atlantic Division preview: Lightning make strong case for three-peat The NHL 2021-22 season kicks off Tuesday with a full 82-game schedule set to run until April 29. This year, 32 teams, with the addition of the Seattle Kraken, will battle it out with the hopes of hoisting the coveted Stanley Cup in what will be the first regular season since the pandemic struck midseason in March 2020.
Montreal Canadiens October 7, 2021 Canadiens' Carey Price enters assistance program, will miss start of season Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price entered the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program on Thursday and will be away from the team at that time.
Columbus Blue Jackets September 15, 2021 Blue Jackets fire assistant coach Sylvain Lefebvre, longtime NHL defenseman, for COVID-19 vaccine refusal With the ink barely dried on Sylvain Lefebvre’s new contract as the Columbus Blue Jackets assistant coach, the team announced Monday that he was relieved of his duties for his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 13, 2021 Lightning players dent Stanley Cup at boat parade, trophy heads to Montreal for repairs Another championship in Tampa Bay, another boat parade, and another trophy fiasco.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 8, 2021 Shirtless Nikita Kucherov rips Canadiens fans after Lightning's Stanley Cup win Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov ranted and raved at the post-Stanley Cup press conference on Wednesday night after the team secured its second consecutive title.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 8, 2021 Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy named 2021 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy was awarded the 2021 Conn Smythe Trophy on Wednesday night after leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to back-to-back Stanley Cup wins, solidifying himself as one of the best goaltenders in the NHL.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 7, 2021 Lightning shut out Canadiens in Game 5 to win second straight Stanley Cup The Tampa Bay Lightning hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row, this time on home ice, after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 6, 2021 `Crazy' Canadiens familiar with staring down adversity During a season that has been anything but normal for Dominique Ducharme, the Montreal Canadiens interim coach finds it somehow apt his team is flying into a potential hurricane for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Stanley Cup Playoffs July 6, 2021 After Habs jab Lightning, defending champs look to Game 5 It was no coincidence 5-foot-9 Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher kept going after 6-foot-6 Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman after the first period in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, shoving him and moving linesmen out of the way to continue the altercation.
