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Whenever your name is in the same sentence as Dit Clapper — the legendary Boston Bruin, of course — you know you've done something special. With his second-period tally to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 advantage over the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night, Auston Matthews became just the fourth player in NHL history to find the back of the net in each of the first four season openers of their career. Clapper, Dave Andreychuk and Sergei Federov are the other three to do so, according to Leafs PR. Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 9:14:pm EST

That quest for redemption begins Thursday night as the Bruins open the 2019-20 season on the road against the Dallas Stars. Boston begins the year among the favorites to return to the Stanley Cup Final, though Dallas is not far behind according to most sportsbooks. The Bruins (49-24-9, 107 points last season) return mostly the same roster, including their high-scoring, top-line trio of Brad Marchand (36 goals, 64 assists), Patrice Bergeron (32 goals, 47 assists) and David Pastrnak (38 goals, 43 assists). Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 8:38:pm EST

But pressure will be a shared experience for the Maple Leafs as they navigate their regular season schedule and position themselves for another postseason run after a summer of change and reconfigured responsibilities. General manager Kyle Dubas had to work tirelessly, pursuing every possible loophole hidden with the NHL's salary parameters, to absorb those changes. By and large, anyone that was not progressing in line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner was sacrificed so that the organization could host the salaries that the two superstars commanded while exiting entry level. Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 1:23:pm EST

To recap: St. Louis fired head coach Mike Yeo on Nov. 19 and replaced him with Craig Berube, then installed Jordan Binnington as the starting goaltender and it truly became a tale of two seasons. St. Louis was dead last in the NHL on Jan. 3 and defeated the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup on June 12. Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 12:18:pm EST

San Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane received an automatic three-game suspension for physical abuse of an official during Sunday night's preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Sharks can appeal the suspension, which would push the decision to commissioner Gary Bettman. Kane, 28, was involved in a third-period scuffle with Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland when linesman Kiel Murchison entered the picture. Continue to Article

October 01, 2019 9:49:pm EST

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