Helsinki 3, Moscow 2 (shootout) – Eliezer Sherbatov was the only one of 12 players to score in the shootout and his goal decided an extremely close, penalty-filled game between two Kharlamov Division rivals. Shots were 32-31 in favor of Helsinki. Moscow had 11 powerplay opportunities, scoring once, and Helsinki was 2 of 7 in…
Bratislava 4, Prague 1 – Marian Hossa is showing no signs of aging, helping the Eagles to a win in front of the home fans in his native Slovakia Saturday. Hossa scored the game’s first goal and later, while penalty killing with Jonathan Toews, set up his centerman for his first shorthanded goal of the season…
Geneva 3, Paris 2 – The Generals made the most of a few opportunities and got great goaltending from Frederik Andersen to turn away Paris Thursday. The Swiss team took only one penalty and got scored three straight goals in the first and second periods. Sergei Kostitsyn’s 15th of the year was the game winner.…
Dublin 4, London 3 (OT) – One of the hottest teams in the league – the London Dons – were playing a spotless game but were only up 1 when their Ahearne Division rivals Dublin pulled their goalie and got a clutch goal from Ryan Kesler to send the game into overtime. Halfway into the…
Munich 3, Bern 1 – The Munich Dire Wolf have been on a mini run lately, winning 3 of their last 4 games and 4 of their last 7 games. If they defeat Milan on Thursday, Munich will leapfrog the Guerrerio in the standings. Until recently, they were in the same place the Buffalo Sabres were…
(This is a continuation of a story published earlier today on the league’s best all-around players through the first half of the season. The previous story focused on forwards, while this lists defensemen.) Last year’s league MVP, Alex Pietrangelo, is the best all-around defenseman in the league according to AAR rating. That means the best…
I was thinking about some of the good players who didn’t make the all-star game, remembering that Guybrush Threepwood called Logan Couture the “best all-around LW in the league,” and wondered which players did indeed have the best all-around first half of the season. If you hate math and statistics, stop reading this because you…
HELSINKI – After losing the first four all-star games, the Southern Conference finally beat their northern neighbors and they did so emphatically, victimizing the hometown hero in the process. Trailing 5-3 heading into the third period, Henrik Lundqvist took his turn in the Northern goal crease, but in the relatively warm weather in the first outdoor all-star…
Patrick Kane, Claude Giroux and Dustin Byfuglien were crowned as Skills champions Saturday in three very close competitions. Kane of Minsk edged out a group of four other skaters to win the Fastest Skater title. The next four spots were divided by hundredths of a second, with Jeff Skinner of London placing second ahead of…
Of the three events in this weekend’s EURO All-Star Game Skills Competition in Helsinki, the one that odds makers aren’t even touching is the Fastest Skater competition. It’s anyone’s guess who will come away with that race with the title on Saturday. In the Hardest Shot competition, Dustin Byfuglien, three-time winner Shea Weber, Tyler Myers…
