NHL

AP Sports WriterKorpi or Elvis? Blue Jackets running goaltender derby againBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) When the season began, no one in the Columbus Blue Jackets organization was sure either one of the two top goaltenders could be an everyday starter in the NHL.Joonas Korpisalo and Elvis Merzlikins...

UBS reaches 20-year deal for Islanders' arena naming rightsNEW YORK (AP) The New York Islanders have reached a 20-year naming rights deal for their new arena with wealth management service UBS.The facility on the grounds of the Belmont Park racetrack will be called UBS Arena at Belmont Park,...

Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Panarin selected as NHL MVP finalistsBy The Associated PressThe NHL Hart Trophy voters agreed with NHL players in selecting Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl, Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon and Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers as MVP award finalists.The finalists were announced by the NHL on Tuesday, and determined...

AP Sports WriterNHL's training camps advantage for coaches hired midseasonBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Play a game, head for the airport. Take a day off, play another game. Squeeze in a practice when you can.The pace of a regular NHL season is challenging enough, but coaches who...

2 NHL players test positive at campsThe NHL says only two players tested positive for COVID-19 during the first five days of training camp last week.The league, in consultation with its players, is not revealing the identity of players who test positive, or their teams. The two players who...

AP Hockey WriterNHL goalies scrambling to regain groove after 4-month breakBy JOHN WAWROWWith no ice time available during the NHL's four-month pandemic-forced break, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry had little choice but to let his game go to the dogs.Diesel and Kitty, his two English mastiffs, to be specific.''That...

Carlson, Hedman and Josi named NHL Norris Trophy finalistsBy The Associated PressWashington's John Carlson, Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman and Nashville's Roman Josi have been named the finalists for the NHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's top defenseman.The finalists were announced Monday, and voted on by members...

AP Sports Writer'I always think about Cups' - Rejuvenated Malkin leads PensBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Evgeni Malkin is already thinking about the future, the one where the hockey star in the family isn't the four-time All-Star forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins but his 4-year-old son, Nikita.The younger Malkin...

NHL suspends Rangers' Lemieux for 2 preliminary round gamesNEW YORK (AP) New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended by the NHL for the first two games of the team's preliminary-round series against Carolina because of an illegal check that injured Colorado forward Joonas Donskoi in March.The...

Penguins star Crosby misses practice with undisclosed issuePITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby did not practice on Sunday, a day after leaving a team scrimmage with an undisclosed health issue.The team captain and two-time NHL MVP scored during an organized scrimmage on Saturday. Head coach Mike Sullivan...

AP Hockey Writer2016 World Cup of Hockey provides lessons for NHL restartBy STEPHEN WHYNOSidney Crosby was two months removed from lifting the Stanley Cup when he turned his attention to winning another championship.It was early September 2016, and the Pittsburgh Penguins captain stepped on the ice in Ottawa for...

Vasilevskiy, Hellebuyk, Rask chosen as NHL Vezina finalistsAndrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning has been selected as a Vezina Trophy finalist for the third consecutive season, with a shot at becoming the first back-to-back winner of the NHL’s top goalie award in 12 years.Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyk and Boston’s...