Goaltender Spencer Knight, 20, makes most of NHL debut, leads Florida Panthers to easy victory
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Sam Bennett tallies two goals in the Panthers 5-1 rout of the Blue Jackets. (0:37)
Spencer Knight made 33 saves in his NHL debut as the recharged Florida Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets5-1 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Florida.
Knight, a 2019 first-round pick of Florida out of Boston College, signed his entry-level deal with the Panthers after the Eagles season ended in the NCAA tournament. He served as the Panthers backup on Monday night against Columbus before getting the starting nod on Tuesday as Florida completed a back-to-back set.
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Carey Price’s return to the Canadiens’ lineup did not get off to a good start.
After missing six straight games with a lower-body injury, the goaltender was back in net at the Bell Centre for Saturday afternoon’s game against the Ottawa Senators.
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Artem Zub scored on Ottawa’s first shot on Price at 3:03 of the first period and the Senators went on to win 4-0, including an empty-net goal.
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Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman makes a glove save on a shot by Sabres right wing Tage Thompson during the shootout in an April 13 game in Boston.
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Jeremy Swayman belongs in the NHL. Even with the small sample size of five games, that is obvious.
Friday night, the former University of Maine goalie earned his first NHL shutout, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 win over the New York Islanders. Swayman made 25 saves, and the Bruins won their third consecutive game. Boston sits six points ahead of the New York Rangers for the fourth and final playoff spot in this season’s reconfigured East Division. With Tuukka Rask recently out with a back injury and Jaroslav Halak on the NHL’s COVID-19 list, Swayman was brought up from the Bruins’ AHL affiliate in Providence and thrust into the spotlight of a playoff race.
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MONTREAL This isn’t some kind of Sophie’s choice for Marc Bergevin. At least not now, after having watched his Montreal Canadiens lose 4-0 to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
They couldn’t muster more than eight quality scoring chances three of them came with the game out of reach against a competitive but defensively porous team, and they were shut out for the second Saturday in a row. The Canadiens have scored just 14 goals in their last eight games, with four of them coming in a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, and they’re in desperate need of a spark only Bergevin can facilitate.
Montreal Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme had a brief chat with Tyler Toffoli before Friday night s game.The team s leading scorer hadn t scored in six games.Toffoli responded, scoring twice to . . .