The Vegas Golden Knights were coming off a deflating 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers and were hoping to get back in the win column against the other New York team. However, Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin stopped 33 of 34 shots, handing the Golden Knights their fourth consecutive loss (0-2-2) in the form of a 2-1 defeat Tuesday night at UBS Arena. There wasn’t much action in … [Read more...] about Golden Knights suffer fourth straight loss, fall 2-1 to Sorokin, Islanders
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Knights center pulls out of 4 Nations Face-Off with injury
Golden Knights center William Karlsson has been replaced by Penguins forward Rickard Rakell on Team Sweden for the 4 Nations Face-Off due to a lower-body injury. … [Read more...] about Knights center pulls out of 4 Nations Face-Off with injury
New York Islanders Lose Superstar Forward Indefinitely
The hits just keep on coming for the New York Islanders. They continue to be bitten by the injury bug as yet another regular goes down. The latest injury comes in the form of the team’s best player, Mathew Barzal. He went down after he blocked a Darren Raddysh slapshot off the left knee. With 1:20 to play in the third period in their 3-2 overtime win against the Tampa Bay … [Read more...] about New York Islanders Lose Superstar Forward Indefinitely
NHL Predictions: February 3 Ottawa Senators vs Nashville Predators
Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. In today’s round of NHL Predictions, we are looking at the game between the Ottawa Senators vs Nashville Predators. Be sure to check out more NHL Predictions as the 2024-25 … [Read more...] about NHL Predictions: February 3 Ottawa Senators vs Nashville Predators
How the Carolina Hurricanes Blockbuster Trade Reshapes Their Forward Lines
We have now seen most of the dust settle on the Carolina Hurricanes big trade to bring in Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall. In are those two and out are Martin Necas and Jack Drury. As soon as the trade happened, most assumed Rantanen would line up beside fellow Finn Sebastian Aho while Hall was a bit more of a question mark as to where he’d fit. While we have the benefit of now … [Read more...] about How the Carolina Hurricanes Blockbuster Trade Reshapes Their Forward Lines