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Jarrett Stidham is the new starter in Denver Dec 28, 2023 at 9:03 am ET • 6 min read Getty Images This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. […]

Getty Images Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins probably won’t be exchanging Christmas cards with Tom Wilson this year. On Thursday night, Merzlikins trapped the Washington Capitals forward in his net and got a well-earned roughing penalty after wailing on him. The Capitals and Blue Jackets were tied 2-2 in overtime when Wilson went hunting […]

The action takes place Dec. 26 through Jan. 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden Dec 20, 2023 at 2:52 pm ET • 1 min read Getty Images The 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship is about to get underway and will run from Dec. 26, 2023 through Jan. 5, 2024. All of the tournament’s games will be played […]

Getty Images The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without their captain for the foreseeable future. Boone Jenner has been placed on injured reserve after fracturing his jaw in Friday’s victory over the St. Louis Blues, the team announced on Saturday. In the second period, a shot from Blue Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov hit Jenner in […]

Winning on the road isn’t easy in the NHL, but don’t tell that to the Los Angeles Kings. They have made it look easy in the first couple months of the 2023-24 season, and that has them looking like a serious Stanley Cup threat. Going into Tuesday night, the Kings were a perfect 9-0-0 on […]

Gettty Images In the wake of Adam Johnson’s death, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is now requiring neck protection for players at all levels. The IIHF announced its decision Tuesday and noted the policy will extend to the Olympics. Johnson, a former member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, was killed when another player’s skate cut […]

Getty Images Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was a brick wall on Monday as he recorded his first shutout of the 2023-24 season in a 4-0 win against the Dallas Stars. While producing a superhuman performance on the ice, Vasilevskiy showed he is human off of it. During the media scrum following Monday’s contest, his […]

Alex Ovechkin is the greatest goal-scorer in hockey history, but he hasn’t really looked like it this season. Now, Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky on the all-time goals list has lost steam. Can the Washington Capitals sniper get back in the race? Ovechkin, now in his 19th NHL season, has scored at least 40 goals […]

Jack, Quinn, and Luke Hughes will be facing off against one another for the first time in their NHL careers this week when the Vancouver Canucks host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening. According to NHL.com’s Mike G. Morreale, it’s just the ninth time in NHL history that three brothers will play each other […]

Welcome to the NHL Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list it may not be a good thing — it means that they are capturing a large amount of the hockey world’s attention. These players are in no particular […]