CALGARY, Alberta — Nazem Kadri’s 14th goal of the season was the tiebreaking midway through the third period as the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday night. Connor Zary had a goal and Jonathan Huberdeau scored into an empty net for Calgary, which has one loss in regulation in its last seven games. Takeaways Canucks: Playing their …
It’s always a strange feeling to see a favorite player — someone once part of your team’s core — come back to town in an opponent’s jersey after leaving in free agency or a trade. — Daniel Nugent-Bowman Adam Larsson Florida Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau: Seeing Matthew Tkachuk land in South Florida wasn’t much of a surprise — but seeing who …
DENVER — As an early birthday present, Colorado backup goaltender Pavel Francouz received a whole lot of defense and a shutout to go with it. “It was better when they were shouting, ‘Go, Avs, Go!’ or ‘Let’s go Avs!.’” For as good as he was, coach Jared Bednar wasn’t ready to proclaim him the starter moving forward. “We’ll evaluate the …
ST. LOUIS — Despite regaining the edge in their second-round series, the Colorado Avalanche aren’t satisfied. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and the Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in Game 3 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Logan O’Connor, Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog also scored as the …