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Twitter Screen Capture / @TBLightning The Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators are participating in the NHL’s Stadium Series, where they will play a game on an NFL field. The backdrop for this matchup will be Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Tennessee Titans. A unique game deserves unique jerseys, so both teams

Special to Yahoo Sports Just because your team’s in a slump, it’s no reason to give up on the season. Of course, if you’re rebuilding in a dynasty league and/or if the injuries are overflowing, then looking ahead may be your best course of action. But for those with a couple of underperforming players or

8:30 AM ET The NHL’s 2021-22 season hit the quarter mark last weekend. While that means we have a long way to go, it also means we have some insight into which teams are thriving, which teams are spiraling and which teams have just left us baffled. Here are the Stanley Cup contender tiers —

MLB owners locked out the players on Wednesday night, creating MLB’s first work stoppage since the famous 1994-95 strike. It’s been almost 27 years since there’s been this much labor disharmony in baseball, but the other three major sports leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL) have seen their fair share in that time.  As we all buckle

Evander Kane’s lawyer says the video was taken out of context from a photoshoot the couple participated in last year. (Photo by Rocky W. Widner/NHL/Getty Images) Evander Kane’s representatives say a recent video appearing to show the player pointing a gun at his estranged wife, Anna, has been released without context. In a statement released

Getty Images Los Angeles Kings forward Brendan Lemieux will serve an unpaid five-game suspension for biting the bare left hand of Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk during Saturday’s 4-2 win, the NHL announced Tuesday. The suspension will force Lemieux to forfeit $38,750 of his salary to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.  The third-period incident started

7:00 AM ET December is upon us in the 2021-22 NHL season — and with it the annual tradition of predicting which teams will make the playoffs based on their spot in the standings after American Thanksgiving. There were some eye-opening performances over the past week that produced some notable changes in our Power Rankings.

Jack Hughes has committed to the Devils for the next eight years. (Getty) The New Jersey Devils took no risks with Jack Hughes. The team announced on Tuesday that Hughes inked an eight-year, $64-million deal ahead of the 20-year-old centre’s RFA eligibility. The first-overall pick of the 2019 draft, Hughes was set to become a

Alexander Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL’s MVP, in 2008. He won the award again in 2009. He won it for the third time in 2013. Despite being an all-time great, Ovechkin has not won the award since. He’s still put up gaudy offensive numbers, but there are newer and sexier names

Getty Images Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has received a three-game suspension for slew-footing Vancouver Canucks defenseman Oilver Ekman-Larsson. The incident occurred in the first period of Sunday’s game, which resulted in a 3-2 Bruins win. Marchand didn’t receive a penalty and Ekman-Larsson wasn’t injured on the play. The Bruins winger will be eligible to

7:00 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens‘ encore to their Stanley Cup Final appearance last season has been an abject disaster, as they have a 6-15-2 record. With general manager Marc Bergevin in the last year of his contract having not signed an extension, it felt like a regime change was coming. Did it ever arrive

It will be a new regime indeed for the Montreal Canadiens. The organization has officially announced that general manager Marc Bergevin, along with assistant general manager Trevor Timmins, have been relieved of their duties. Replacing them is former New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton, who will be named executive vice-president of hockey operations. “Saying

Getty Images While most parts of the human body are considered to be fair game during a hockey fight, there are certain tactics and methods which are frowned upon as a way of forcing the point across. Saturday night, Los Angeles Kings left winger Brendan Lemieux stepped over that line by bloodying his pearly whites

Getty Images The NHL season is nearly a quarter of the way complete and it’s been an intriguing campaign so far. One of the biggest takeaways has to be how wide open the race for the Stanley Cup is. Despite parting ways with head coach Joel Quenneville, the Florida Panthers currently have the most points

Special to Yahoo Sports You ate too much. And you’re likely regretting it. But this is the time of year to focus on all the things for which you are grateful. Health and stability? Maybe. Family and friends? Definitely. Jacob Markstrom more than living up to his $28 salary cap draft value? You better believe

Evander Kane’s suspension is nearing its end as the San Jose Sharks forward can officially make his return to the lineup this Monday. Just because his ban is almost up, however, doesn’t mean we can expect to see him anytime soon. Bringing Kane back to the squad isn’t as easy as it appears. Embroiled in

8:10 AM ET With the 2022 Winter Olympics fast approaching and NHL players still on track to participate, excitement is growing for American fans. (Not over Team USA’s new sweaters, unless Patrick Kane will be playing rugby in Beijing. But USA Hockey has answered the nagging question of what the men’s national team would look

American and Canadian hockey fans stand united today, and all it took was a couple of poorly designed Olympic hockey uniforms to get it done. (Twitter/@USAHockey) The Winter Olympics are a time to start rooting for your nation loud and proud but, for the United States hockey team, it might be more like a whisper