Tending twine Thursday

Juuse Saros made 27 saves to post his fourth shutout of the season as the visiting Nashville Predators defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Friday. Steven Stamkos broke the scoreless deadlock, and Gustav Nyquist and Colton Sisson's both produced one goal and one assist for the Predators,

After Steven Stamkos scored the opening goal with 3:07 left in the second period, the Predators (12-20-7, 31 points) held up the defensive front to support Juuse Saros' 27 saves. The Canucks (18-12-8, 44 points) managed eight shots on Saros in the third ...

Steven Stamkos scored late in the second period, Juuse Saros stopped 27 shots for his fourth shutout ... left in the second for his 12th goal of the season and the 567th of his NHL career. It moved him past Patrick Marleau and into sole possession of ...

Juuse Saros stopped all 27 shots he faced, and the Nashville Predators shut out the Vancouver Canucks by a 3-0 final on Friday night at Rogers Arena. The result gives the Preds a victory in their first game of 2025 and snaps a three-game skid to end the previous year.

By now, you’ve probably seen at least one video of a goalie sitting on the bench, in the middle of an empty arena hours before puck drop, darting his eyes back and forth across the freshly cut ice. If you haven’t,

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

Forsberg scored on a slap shot from the right circle on the rush that beat Arvid Soderblom on the blocker side to make it 2-2. The goal was Forsberg's 300th in the NHL and extended his goal streak to four games. Steven Stamkos also scored for the Predators (15-22-7), who have won consecutive games. Juuse Saros made 24 saves.

but his shot on the breakaway was denied by Juuse Saros. At the end of 20 minutes, the Predators and Canucks were tied in shots with nine each. Tommy Novak out with injury for Predators; Ozzy Wiesblatt to make NHL debut vs. Canucks On Friday, the Predators ...

Now that we've reached the midway point of the NHL season, let's try to make sense of some of the unusual things that have happened so far.