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• Alex Ovechkin scored three goals as the Capitals hammered the Devils. Didn't see that coming, did you? • Jimmy Howard stonewalled the Predators. Boy, do the Predators ever miss Alexander Radulov. (I kid, I kid.) •&...

--Seriously, what's with the fights off the opening faceoff? The Red Wings and Blue Jackets were the latest to have glove-dropping (Lightning-Islanders and Penguins-Rangers were the others), with Jordin Tootoo and Jared Boll going at it three seconds...

-- Thomas Vanek had five points as the Buffalo Sabres dumped the Philadelphia Flyers, pushing Philadelphia off to an 0-2 start. The Flyers have looked sluggish to start the season. -- Patrick Marleau had two goals as the Sharks spoiled the Flames'...

Highlights and lowlights from Saturday, Day 1 of 99 of the NHL season: --Off the top: The defending Stanley Cup champion Kings were the ones with the ordinary goaltending against the Blackhawks; despite big expectations, we saw opening-day losses ...

Noah Graham/Getty Images Former first-round pick Paul Grant now advocates concussion awareness.Paul Grant was fast asleep, drooling on himself in a Motor City movie theater. A first-round pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Grant had gone to catch a...

You could argue that in today's locked-out NHL, every contract is the worst. After all, how good is a contract if it's not being honored? That notwithstanding, there are some monumental contract failures in the league. Here's a list of what we ...

You could argue that in today's locked-out NHL, every contract is the worst. After all, how good is a contract if it's not being honored? That notwithstanding, there are some monumental contract failures in the league. Here's a list of what w...

LOS ANGELES -- No Kobe Bryant, no Dwight Howard, no Chris Paul, Grant Hill, Lamar Odom, or Jamal Crawford. Fair to say much of the starch in Wednesday's preseason battle between the Clippers and Lakers was removed long before the tip. Still, as yo...

Blackhawks captain and center Jonathan Toews talks to the media about the NHL lockout and how he feels for the fans of Chicago....

CBA Talks About 300 players and 29 of the league's governors will gather in New York for Wednesday's CBA meetings, according to the Globe and Mail. A healthy and enthusiastic Sidney Crosby is not optimistic a deal will get done anytime soon, acco...

This week, the regular guys go at it over the best team of the modern era, which, for the purposes of this argument, is defined as after the NHL absorbed four WHA teams. May no mullet go unrecognized. DAVID WALTON: How to choose the best single-se...

This week, the regular guys offer suggestions to beleaguered GM Brian Burke as to how he can turn that Maple Leafs ship around. That is, if you can turn around a ship that is sinking. TIM BOUGHTON: 1. Drop the attitude: Forget about Kevin Lowe, ...

Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has agreed to play with Magnitogorsk of the KHL if the NHL season is delayed by a lockout, according to a Russian report cited in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. J.P. Barry, Malkin's agent, confirmed that Malkin had spoken wi...

The Moscow Dynamo are apparently not chasing Capitals star Alex Ovechkin if there is a lockout, according to a report by Canada's Sportsnet. This denial of interest comes on the heels of a report in a Russian paper that the KHL champs would be pursui...

This week, our regular guys talk about the best free-agent signings of the summer. Because that's what's on everyone's mind these days. Play along, people! DAVID WALTON: Well, when you are talking about the best signings, it's easy to focus on one...

Former tough guy Georges Laraque, who last played for the Montreal Canadiens, was named Tuesday as the executive director of the new Canadian Hockey League Players Association, according to Canada's Globe and Mail. The union has yet to be certified b...