nhl 2013
The New York Rangers have not won two straight since Feb. 12. The team will look to get back on the winning track when it takes on the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
The Anaheim Ducks host the Vancouver Canucks in their home opener.
The New Jersey Devils made the Stanley Cup Finals a year ago but many pundits felt that this team was not a guaranteed playoff team this season. Two games in, the Devils are proving everyone wrong.
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins will look to regroup on Friday when they travel to Winnipeg to take on the Jets.
The Detroit Red Wings are off to a surprising start. The perennial Stanley Cup contenders have won just one of their three matches, but have looked ineffective offensively and defensively.
The Buffalo Sabres will look to get back on track in their rematch against the Carolina Hurricanes on home ice.
The New York Islanders head into Boston after an uplifting victory on Thursday night.
The Washington Capitals are looking for their first win of the year after a dismal start.
At the end of last season, the Detroit Red Wings lost their captain Niklas Lidstrom to retirement. The future Hall Of Famer was the backbone of the Red Wings defense and captained the team to one Stanley Cup. Lidstrom also won with the team in 2002 when he was crowned as the Conn Smythe winner for playoff MVP.
The NHL season starts on Saturday, but the biggest story hovering over the new season continues to be the status of goaltender Roberto Luongo. The Vancouver Canucks netminder has been in the rumor mills for a potential trade since he was left on the bench for Vancouver's final three playoff games last April.
The NHL season is less than a week away and training camps have officially opened. One of the most interesting divisions in the league is the Southeast Division. Once looked upon as lopsided, the division has filled out and every team has the potential to be a major contender.
The NHL has officially announced the schedule for the 2013 season.
The NHL season is slowly coming together as the NHLPA will be voting Saturday morning on whether to ratify the new CBA. Training camps are then slated to begin running on Sunday Jan 13 with the season set to start on Jan. 19.
The NHL season got one step closer to being a reality after the owners unanimously ratified the new 10-year CBA agreement on Wednesday.
Even though the NHL Lockout is at an end, the league continues to have some major problems with some of its players.
