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BOSTON — Mackenzie Blackwood hardly looked like a rookie in net for New Jersey. Blackwood stopped 40 shots for his first NHL victory, Blake Coleman scored twice and the Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday night. Blackwood had plenty of help, even with leading scorer Taylor Hall out of the lineup, as the […]

It’s going to be cold in South Bend on New Year’s Day, but you might not know it by looking at Kevin Weekes. The NHL Network analyst will be rinkside at Notre Dame Stadium for the Winter Classic between the Bruins and Blackhawks on Jan. 1, bundled up and, somehow, looking fresh. “Weekesy always is […]

The reinforcements are coming, and they’re sorely needed. Before the Rangers’ brutal 4-3 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets on Thursday night at the Garden, coach David Quinn said the team is “very close” to getting back three key pieces — Kevin Shattenkirk, Jesper Fast and Cody McLeod. Quinn said all three could be ready […]

To what should be the surprise of exactly nobody, the Rangers have sent Lias Andersson back to the Wolf Pack to continue his apprenticeship with 20-minute, center-stage nights in the AHL rather than with single-digit ice time on the wing of an NHL fourth line. “He’s made some great progress and he’s done some good […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Everybody knows the Lightning are good. But do you know just how good? How historically good? Right now, this almost unbelievably deep group is on pace for 129 points, which would be five more than the previous high of the salary-cap era, the 124 points racked up by the historic 2005-06 Red […]

FRISCO, Texas — Stars CEO Jim Lites ripped captain Jamie Benn and fellow high-priced forward Tyler Seguin, telling reporters Friday their play has been “terrible” and saying owner Tom Gaglardi was frustrated as well. Lites requested the interviews, saying he believed Seguin and Benn deserved more public criticism with a team Lites says is underachieving. […]

After a sluggish start in their first game out of the Christmas break, the New York Islanders picked up their intensity in the latter part of the second period and then steamrolled the Ottawa Senators in the third. Mathew Barzal had two goals and an assist to help the Islanders rally for a 6-3 win […]

Regarding the Rangers, three points out of last overall, notwithstanding games in hand on fellow bottom-feeders, and on the road to get there. 1. The playoffs are more of a pipe dream than ever following one win in the past seven games (1-2-4) and three in the past 14 (3-6-5), so the debate can cease […]

Goaltending has been a soft spot for the New Jersey Devils as they tumbled into last place in the Eastern Conference. Rookie Mackenzie Blackwood might be the solution as they try to climb back into the playoff chase. Blackwood stopped 37 shots for his first shutout and Pavel Zacha scored short-handed as the Devils beat […]

Why all the fuss? Jim Lites, an expensive suit doing the bidding of a fellow who can afford to wear an even more expensive suit, didn’t even call Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin “fat puss-ie toads.” Now that would have turned the Stars’ CEO’s wildly entertaining premeditated rant against the franchise’s two top-paid players into […]