• The Canadian Press

    Allen on trade to Devils from Habs: 'Sometimes you've got to be a little bit selfish'

    Jake Allen loved being a member of the Montreal Canadiens. The hockey-mad market, the crackling Bell Centre on a Saturday night, the Original Six franchise's iconic logo. The 33-year-old goaltender is also realistic. With the Canadiens still in full rebuild mode — and two young netminders in Sam Montembeault and Cayden Primeau ready for more playing time — Allen could see the writing on the wall. Desperate for help in their own crease, the New Jersey Devils asked Montreal about the veteran's ava

  • The Canadian Press

    Blackhawks visit the Senators after Dickinson's 2-goal game

    Chicago Blackhawks (21-46-5, eighth in the Central Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (31-36-4, seventh in the Atlantic Division)Ottawa, Ontario; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Senators -196, Blackhawks +162; over/under is 6.5BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Ottawa Senators after Jason Dickinson's two-goal game against the Calgary Flames in the Blackhawks' 3-1 win.Ottawa has a 19-16-2 record at home and a 31-36-4 record overall. The Senators have gone 7-8-4 in games dec

  • The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 6 Buffalo 2 Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3 --- AHL Laval 1 Utica 3 Toronto 2 Manitoba 1 (OT) Coachella Valley 0 Calgary 2 Charlotte 3 Hartford 0 Cleveland 2 Grand Rapids 5 Rochester 2 Syracuse 0 Rockford 5 Chicago 4 (SO) Bakersfield 3 San Diego 2 Ontario 3 San Jose 2 --- NBA New York 145, Toronto 101 Charlotte 118, Cleveland 111 Golden State 101, Orlando 93 Brooklyn 122, Washington 119, OT Atlanta 120, Portland 106 L.A. Clippers 108, Philadelphia 107 Minnesota 106, Detroi

  • The Canadian Press

    Brayden Point scores, Andrei Vasilevskiy stops 23, surging Lightning beat the Bruins 3-1

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored his 42nd goal of the season to break a second-period tie, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves, and the surging Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins 3-1 on Wednesday night. Tampa Bay also got goals from Mitchell Chaffee and Nikita Kucherov as the Lightning improved to 7-0-1 over their last eight games. The Lightning moved within two points of third-place Toronto in the Atlantic Division. Lightning defenceman Victor He