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San Jose lost its first nine games, eight of them without Celebrini, and has gone 9-6-3 since that rough start. Celebrini has caught fire with four goals and three assists in his last four games. … [Read more...] about Sharks rookies Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith are finding their groove in the NHL

The Pittsburgh Penguins will listen on almost anyone The Fourth Period: The Pittsburgh Penguins will listen to calls on almost anyone, including forwards Rickard Rakell, Michael Bunting and Bryan Rust. The 32-year-old Rust has three years left on his contract at a $6.1 million cap hit but his salary reduces to $5.31 million next year and then two years at $3.66 million. He has … [Read more...] about NHL Rumors: Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Ottawa Senators

Jiricek, who turned 21 on Thursday, was the sixth overall pick in the 2022 draft. He has one goal and 10 assists in 53 career NHL games — all with Columbus. … [Read more...] about Wild acquire David Jiricek in swap of defensemen, draft picks

CHICAGO (AP) — Sean Monahan had a goal and assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their points streak to six games with a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Kent Johnson scored for the second straight game to run his points streak to nine games, and Ivan Provorov, Dante Fabbro, Kirill Marchenko and Dmitri Voronkov also connected for Columbus. Zach … [Read more...] about Monahan with goal and assist, Blue Jackets extend points streak to 6 with 6-3 win over Blackhawks

An assistant with the Blues from 2020-22, Jim Montgomery is overjoyed to be back with St. Louis. … [Read more...] about Jim Montgomery is thrilled to be back with the St. Louis Blues as their coach