Islanders capitalize on O'Byrne own-goal, beat Canadiens in shootout

Ryan O'Byrne put the puck in his own net on a delayed penalty to send the game into overtime, and Bill Guerin scored the shootout clincher for the Islanders in a 4-3 victory over the Canadiens.

Open Ice: Finding replacement goalies

Sean Allen highlights some lightly owned goaltenders with high ceilings and whom might be worth picking up as injury replacements.

Wheeler gets best of Price in SO as B's spoil Habs' Patrick Roy night

Blake Wheeler scored in the shootout and Tim Thomas stopped all three Montreal attempts to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 win over the Canadiens, who retired Patrick Roy's No. 33 jersey in a pre-game ceremony, on Saturday night.

Kris Versteeg proving he's for real

Eleven days ago, the lead item in this fantasy blog concerned the Blackhawks and their reliance on a balanced scoring attack coming from both of the t...

Open Ice: Are you for real?

Sean Allen evaluates more than 20 players whose hot or cold starts to the season have us wondering: Are they for real?

Kovalev's shootout goal earns Habs just second win in last six games

Alexei Kovalev scored the lone shootout goal to give the Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Blues on Sunday night.

Questions still surround Montreal Canadiens' play

On a night when we looked for the Canadiens to make a statement regarding their place among the East elite, they instead left the Air Canada Centre chagrined by the mounting question marks surrounding their play.

Rookie Mason gets second straight win as Jackets beat Halak twice in shootout

Kristian Huselius and Derick Brassard scored in the shootout, rookie goalie Steve Mason stayed perfect by stopping both shots he faced in the tiebreaker and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Friday night.

Brodeur goes down, unsure for how long

The unspeakable has occurred. Martin Brodeur left Saturday night's game against Atlanta with a bruised right elbow. After making a sprawling stop at 6...

Underrated Thomas, Smith keep rolling

Two of the surprisingly strongest and most underrated goaltenders in this young season continued their hot starts Tuesday night with stellar performan...

Koivu's shootout winner backs Price's stellar effort as Canadiens edge Canes

Saku Koivu scored a shootout goal and Carey Price stopped all three shots in the tiebreaker to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

Turco's slow start an aberration

...Chips Sergei Kostitsyn was held pointless in his brother's place alongside Alexei Kovalev and Tomas Plekanec while the Canadiens beat Florida 3-1. Montreal doesn't play again until Saturday, and Andrei Kostitsyn is...

Boston Bruins v Montreal Canadiens MONTREAL- OCTOBER 15: Andrei Kostitsyn #46 of the Montreal Canadiens shoots the puck during the game against the Boston Bruins at...

GM Burke makes trip to Toronto; why Sauer shouldn't be suspended

...t suspend Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Kurt Sauer for his hit Saturday night on Montreal Canadiens winger Andrei Kostitsyn. And I think it's the right decision. Yes, the league is supposed to be on...

Crosby And Malkin Together Again

If they keep working together like this, there will never be any concern in Pittsburgh about Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin holding the other back fro...