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The Devils meet the Sabres in the Czech capital to open the NHL regular season
PRAGUE (AP) — Ondrej Palat has won the Stanley Cup twice. He's won a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the world championships. This week, the forward will check another item on his bucket list when his New Jersey Devils and the Buffalo Sabres open the NHL regular season with...
From the Stanley Cup champion Panthers and beyond, the NHL is shooting for another best season ever
Aleksander Barkov lifted the Stanley Cup over his head, passed it around to his Panthers teammates and hockey's holy grail got a new home in South Florida. The next morning, Matthew Tkachuk gave it a saltwater bath in the Atlantic Ocean. Commissioner Gary Bettman woke up after what...
NHL season has international flavor with the 4 Nations Face-off as a Winter Olympics appetizer
Nico Hischier grew up in Switzerland dreaming of playing in the Winter Olympics. “I’ve never gotten to experience that,” he said. The countdown is underway for Hischier, who hopes to join the NHL's best at the Olympics in Milan in February 2026. This season...
'Powerhouse' Central Division has 7 playoff contenders, from Dallas to Nashville
Nino Niederreiter has taken a bit of a tour around the NHL's Central Division, from Minnesota to Nashville to Winnipeg, so few know better just how deep it is. Dallas is coming off a trip to the Western Conference Final, Colorado could get captain Gabriel Landeskog back after a...
Tampa Bay Lightning have new look but will rely on a lot of familiar faces to get back to playoffs
Tampa Bay Lightning Last season: 45-29-8, lost to Florida Panthers 4-1 in first round of playoffs. COACH: John Cooper (525-279-75 over 11-plus seasons, 2 Stanley Cup titles). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 11 vs. Carolina. DEPARTURES: C Steven...
What to stream: Coldplay, an unhinged Charlie Puth, 'Salem’s Lot,' Sarah Paulson and NHL 25
Coldplay's 10th studio album and the American Music Awards celebrating their 50th anniversary are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment...
The trade for goaltender Jacob Markstrom should help get the Devils back into the playoffs
New Jersey Devils Last season: 38-39-5, missed playoffs for the 10th time in 12 seasons. COACH: Sheldon Keefe (212-97-40 over 5 seasons with Toronto), hired May 23. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 4 vs. Buffalo in Prague, Czech Republic. DEPARTURES: D...
NHL coaching carousel takes Berube to Toronto, Keefe to New Jersey and Ruff back to Buffalo
So many changes have happened behind the bench around the NHL in recent years that only four of the league's 32 teams have the same coach they did coming out of the pandemic. “I don’t know what the average lifespan of a coach in a specific organization is, but I know it’s got...
Alex Ovechkin has scored on a lot of goalies. They are in awe of him as he chases Gretzky's record
Alex Ovechkin's teammates have gotten used to him passing hockey greats and reaching new milestones on a regular basis. The greatest of the great is yet to come. All eyes are on Ovechkin as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. He is just 42 away from...
Sharks' Celebrini and Smith and Canadiens' Slafkovsky headline the NHL's next generation of stars
Juraj Slafkovsky was an NHL draft pick, just like Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard. The spotlight, however, has not been quite as bright or the hype train as strong for him in Montreal. “I like it that way,”...
