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A playoff salary cap is coming to the NHL. GMs get a calculator to help them navigate it
Stephen Whyno, Associated Press | Updated March 31 - 12:51 p.m. | Save Story
Gone are the days of NHL teams stashing players on long-term injured reserve through the end of the regular season and dressing them at the start of the playoffs.
Golden Knights fire Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella
Mark Anderson, Associated Press | Posted March 29 - 4:21 p.m. | Save Story
Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday in an abrupt late-season change and replaced him with John Tortorella.
From the NHL basement on Dec. 8 to a wild-card spot: The Predators' long climb back
Teresa M. Walker, Associated Press | Posted March 27 - 4:00 a.m. | Save Story
The Nashville Predators never doubted they could be a playoff team. Proving it took far longer than expected.
Ovechkin records hat-trick as Capitals blitz Utah 7-4
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 26 - 11:39 p.m. | Save Story
Alex Ovechkin recorded his 34th career hat trick as the Capitals exploded for four goals in the third period in a 7-4 win over the Mammoth.
Oilers' Connor McDavid has 401 career goals, but insists scoring doesn't come easy to him
Matthew Coles, Associated Press | Updated March 25 - 12:19 a.m. | Save Story
Connor McDavid reached 400 career goals but the Edmonton Oilers star says scoring still does not come easily to him. On Tuesday night, he scored twice in a 5-2 win over Utah and has 401 for his career. He says he works at shooting more and treats it as a focus point. Teammate Jack Roslovic reacted with disbelief and said the Oilers follow McDavid's example. McDavid's 39th goal of the season put Edmonton ahead in the second period. He added an empty-net goal late. Coach Kris Knoblauch praised McDavid's shot and determination.
McDavid scores twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points as Oilers top Mammoth 5-2
Matthew Coles, Associated Press | Updated March 25 - 12:15 a.m. | Save Story
Connor McDavid scored twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points, sparking the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth. McDavid became the fifth player in Oilers history to reach 400 goals. The go-ahead goal was his 39th of the season and put Edmonton in front 3-2. He scored his 401st goal on an empty-netter with 7.5 seconds remaining that also gave him his 1,200th point. Evan Bouchard had three assists to give him 82 points as he joined Cale Makar, Erik Karlsson and Roman Josi as the only NHL defensemen to record multiple 80-point seasons since 2005-06. Alexander Kerfoot and Lawson Crouse scored for Utah.
Connor McDavid reaches career milestones in Oilers' 5-2 win over Mammoth
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 24 - 11:41 p.m. | Save Story
The Mammoth fall at home to the Oilers after Edmonton scored three goals in the second period as Connor McDavid records his 400th and 401st goals of his NHL career.
Down to 4 defensemen, Senators hold the Rangers to the fewest shots by an NHL team since 2015
Stephen Whyno, Associated Press | Updated March 24 - 1:46 p.m. | Save Story
James Reimer kept expecting the New York Rangers to put shots on net.
NHL mourns the death of Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children from a house fire
Jessica Hill, Associated Press | Updated March 23 - 2:12 p.m. | Save Story
The National Hockey League is morning the death of 37-year-old Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children from a weekend house fire. Firefighters in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, responded to 911 calls from neighbors who saw flames coming through the roof. An adult, three children and a dog were found dead inside the home. Pierce covered the Wild for NHL.com and was a prominent podcaster among several other roles she held in sports media. Pierce's husband and the father of their children ages 8, 6 and 4 was out of town on a work trip at the time.
Nick Schmaltz scores overtime winner as Mammoth defeat Kings 4-3
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 22 - 11:09 p.m. | Save Story
Lawson Crouse scored two goals in the first period before Nick Schmaltz netted a pair of his own, including the overtime game-winner to lift the Mammoth over the Kings 4-3.
Anaheim's Dostal shines in Ducks' 4-1 win over Mammoth
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 21 - 12:01 a.m. | Save Story
Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal stopped 29 of the 30 shots he faced while Anaheim's offense did just enough before a pair of empty net goals sealed the win and handed the Mammoth their fourth-straight home loss.
Vejmelka records 2nd shutout of season in Mammoth's 4-0 win over Vegas
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 19 - 11:50 p.m. | Save Story
Karel Vejmelka collected his second shutout of the season while Clayton Keller scored a pair of goals in Utah's 4-0 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Wyatt Johnston scores shootout winner as Stars beat Avs 2-1 to tighten race for top spot in league
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted March 18 - 10:54 p.m. | Save Story
Jake Oettinger made 33 saves through overtime, Wyatt Johnston scored the shootout winner and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Wednesday night to tighten the race for first place in the division, conference and league standings.
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl out for the rest of the regular season because of injury
The Associated Press | Updated March 17 - 1:06 p.m. | Save Story
Leon Draisaitl is expected to miss the rest of the NHL regular season because of a lower-body injury, the Edmonton Oilers said Tuesday, leaving the back-to-back defending Western Conference champions left to try to hold on to a playoff spot without one of the best hockey players in the world.
Mammoth end Stars' 15-game point streak with 6-3 road win
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 16 - 9:52 p.m. | Save Story
The Mammoth entered Monday's game on a four-game losing streak and they received plenty of contributions to end the Stars' 15-game point streak with a 6-3 win.
Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews out for season with a torn MCL after kneeing by Radko Gudas
The Associated Press | Updated March 13 - 8:57 p.m. | Save Story
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the NHL season.
Radko Gudas suspended 5 games for his knee-on-knee hit that injured Auston Matthews
Stephen Whyno, Associated Press | Updated March 13 - 7:19 p.m. | Save Story
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas has been suspended five games for his knee-on-knee hit that injured Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews and sidelined him for the rest of the season.
NHL-leading Avalanche win 5-4 in shootout to end Stars' franchise-record 10-game winning streak
Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press | Posted March 6 - 9:23 p.m. | Save Story
Valeri Nichushkin scored with 15 seconds remaining in regulation, then made one of NHL-leading Colorado's two shots in a shootout to beat Dallas 5-4 on Friday night, ending the Stars' franchise-record winning streak at 10 games.
Armstrong explains Mammoth's trade deadline approach after Weegar move
Jaxon Wynder, KSL | Posted March 6 - 8:05 p.m. | Save Story
The Utah Mammoth made one trade ahead of Friday's trade deadline, acquiring defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames.
