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Calgary Flames forward Garnet Hathaway might have gotten away with this one if he was a wrestler in WWE, but on Saturday night he was an NHLer in a hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, where slamming a guys head into the boards is frowned upon. Hathaway did just that to Wild forward Luke Kunin early in the second period. Kunin looked to hit Hathaway near the Wild bench but Hathaway had his head up and was able to evade the check before putting his arm over Kunin's head and bringing it down onto the top of the dasher board. Continue to Article

March 02, 2019 11:52:pm EST

The Swedish forward didn't have much, if any, lead time to integrate with his new team before his first game, and DeBoer wanted to "get ahead of that curve." "That just saves you time in a situation where we don't have a lot of [it]," DeBoer said Thursday of his chat with Blashill. "That's the tough part about bringing in guys at the deadline." Continue to Article

March 02, 2019 3:22:am EST

While the Calgary Flames' high-octane offense has sped up their ascent in the Western Conference, a stingy defense has made the team's recent opponents run out of gas. The red-hot Flames have yielded just one goal in four straight outings and 12 overall during their season-high seven-game winning streak. Calgary looks to continue its strong play on Saturday when it opens a two-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild, who have won four in a row in their own right. Continue to Article

March 01, 2019 7:12:pm EST

New Jersey defenseman Mirco Mueller is going to be sidelined with a shoulder injury sustained in a head-first fall into the end boards earlier this week. Devils coach John Hynes said Friday Mueller probably would not be out for an extended period. The 23-year-old Swiss player hurt his left shoulder in the third period of Wednesday night's game against the Calgary Flames. Continue to Article

March 01, 2019 5:59:pm EST

John Tavares will play the 733rd game of his NHL career in the same place he played his first game. The reaction will probably be a little different on Thursday than it was on Oct. 3, 2009, though. One of the most anticipated games of the NHL regular season will finally take place Thursday, when Tavares makes his long-awaited return to Long Island as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs when his new team faces the New York Islanders in a key Eastern Conference matchup in Uniondale, N.Y. The Maple Leafs will be completing a back-to-back set after beating the visiting Edmonton Oilers 6-2 on Wednesday night. Continue to Article

February 28, 2019 11:39:am EST