It was billed as a battle between the two youngest teams in the NHL, but it was tricenarians Jake Allen and Brendan Gallagher who were the difference-makers in a 3-1 Montreal Canadiens win over the Buffalo Sabres Monday night at KeyBank Center.
Allen made 36 saves for his second consecutive win. Gallagher had a goal and an assist, and was on the ice for all three Montreal goals.
Kaiden Guhle is day-to-day with an upper body injury, so Justin Barron got in the lineup for a second straight game. He opened scoring in the first, pouncing on a rebound that jumped into open ice.
In the third, the puck seemed to be in goalie Eric Comrie’s pads, but Gallagher knew better. He jammed the puck home from in tight as he’s done countless times to give Montreal a 2-1 advantage.
It hardly felt like a Monday night in the Liveblog comments. These Canadiens certainly aren’t boring at this early juncture, although I don’t think the commenters will tolerate too many more offensive-zone penalties.
3. “Great team win! Heart, character & desire did the job! We may not have the most talented team but we got a lion’s heart! GHG!” — Alex Polidoro
2. “And to think the Hockey Inside/Out crew were debating today if Marty was making the right decision to put our three vets together on the same line. … Uhhhh. Yah!” — Carin Latzel
1. “If I watched all of Gally’s NHL goals, I am sure that less than half end with him still upright on his skates. The man takes a beating.” — Michael Way
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings made another investment this week in a young standout, signing Moritz Seider to a seven-year contract worth nearly $60 million.
The Red Wings announced the move with the 23-year-old German defenseman on Thursday, three days after keeping 22-year-old forward Lucas Raymond with a $64.6 million, eight-year deal.
Detroit drafted Seider with the No. 6 pick overall eight years ago and he has proven to be a great pick. He has 134 career points, the most by a defenseman drafted in 2019.
He was the NHL’s only player to have at least 200 hits and block 200-plus shots last season, when he scored a career-high nine goals and had 42 points for the second straight year.
Seider won the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie in 2022 after he had a career-high 50 points.
Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman is banking on Seider, whose contract will count $8.55 million annually against the cap, and Raymond to turn a rebuilding team into a winner.
Detroit has failed to make the playoffs in eight straight seasons, the longest postseason drought in franchise history.
The Red Wings, who won four Stanley Cups from 1997 to 2008, have been reeling since their run of 25 straight postseasons ended in 2016.
Detroit was 41-32-9 last season and finished with a winning record for the first time since its last playoff appearance.
Yzerman re-signed Patrick Kane last summer and signed some free agents, including Vladimir Tarasenko to a two-year contract worth $9.5 million after he helped the Florida Panthers hoist the Cup.
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PENTICTON, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko says he’s been working his way back from a rare lower-body muscle injury since being sidelined in last season’s playoffs.
The 28-year-old all star says the rehabilitation process has been frustrating, but he has made good progress in recent weeks and is confident he’ll be able to return to playing.
He says he and his medical team have spent the last few months talking to specialists around the world, and have not found a single other hockey player who has dealt with the same injury.
Demko missed several weeks of the last season with a knee ailment and played just one game in Vancouver’s playoff run last spring before going down with the current injury.
He was not on the ice with his teammates as the Canucks started training camp in Penticton, B.C., on Thursday, but skated on his own before the sessions began.
Demko posted a 35-14-2 record with a .918 percentage, a 2.45 goals-against average and five shutouts for Vancouver last season.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2024.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No. 1 Texas will start Arch Manning at quarterback Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe while regular starter Quinn Ewers continues to recover from a strained muscle in his abdomen, coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday.
It will be the first career start for Manning, a second year freshman. He relieved Ewers in the second quarter last week against UTSA, and passed for four touchdowns and ran for another in a 56-7 Texas victory.
Manning is the son of Cooper Manning, the grandson of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning, and the nephew of Super Bowl-winning QBs Peyton and Eli Manning.
Ewers missed several games over the previous two seasons with shoulder and sternum injuries.
The Longhorns are No. 1 for the first time since 2008 and Saturday’s matchup with the Warhawks is Texas’ last game before the program starts its first SEC schedule against Mississippi State on Sept. 28.
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