Anze Kopitar is one of the biggest surprises in NHL this season.
The New Jersey Devils (14–5–0) had their nine-game winning streak on the road snapped Monday night.
The NHL is without a large number of its brightest stars due to injury entering the 2009-2010 season.
A truly stellar lineup was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Monday night.
Winning the Cup is an arduous task and even if a team goes all the way.
The New York Islanders came up short against the Montreal Canadiens, losing 3–2 in overtime on Monday night at the Bell Centre. It was the Islanders’ second visit to Montreal in five days.
The New York Rangers failed to hang on to two two-goal leads in losing to the Montreal Canadiens 5–4.
The New York Islanders were pounded 5–1 in Montreal at the hands of the Canadiens.
NHL.com’s top headline on Monday said it all. Rather than being a story about the impending 2009–10 regular season, the first link on the site read “Email DirecTV about missing NHL games on VS.”
"This was a difficult decision that I've thought long and hard about," said Gretzky.