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The New York Rangers have waived defenseman Brendan Smith, less than eight months after re-signing him to a four-year, $17 million contract. The move Thursday came on Smith's 29th birthday. Smith, a left-handed shooter, has 17 goals and 62 assists over 353 career games spanning parts of seven seasons. Continue to Article

February 08, 2018 5:04:pm EST

Jonathan Huberdeau wasn't quite sure he had scored the winning goal until the referees reviewed the play. With the score tied at 2, and a lot of traffic in front of the crease, Huberdeau slid a rebound under Petr Mrazek's pad from the edge of the crease with 7.7 seconds left as the Detroit goalie fell down. The goal was challenged for goalie interference by the Red Wings but the call stood and the Florida Panthers secured a 3-2 victory Saturday night. Continue to Article

February 03, 2018 11:41:pm EST

Goalie interference reviews have been a hot topic in the NHL this week, so it seems worthwhile to bring up two interesting examples from Saturday’s slew of games. As you can see in exhaustive detail in the video above this post’s headline, Sidney Crosby seemed to score his 400th regular-season goal, but that would-be tally was waved off because of interference on New Jersey Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid. One cannot help but wonder if this review should have also bubbled up another debatable topic/headache for the NHL: should Kinkaid have undergone the concussion protocol? Continue to Article

February 03, 2018 11:01:pm EST

Players of the Night: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins: Malkin scored two more goals on Friday, bringing his total over the past three games to seven. That’s a lot. Malkin is now four back of Alex Ovechkin, who also scored twice on Friday. Petr Mrazek Continue to Article

February 02, 2018 11:13:pm EST

Petr Mrazek capped an impressive January with another sharp performance. Mrazek made 30 saves, and then stopped Tomas Hertl in the seventh round of a shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. Mrazek went 3-1-1 in January with two shutouts and a .940 save percentage, easily his best month of the season. Continue to Article

February 01, 2018 12:23:am EST