It’ll be fun sidebar to count up how many shifts defenceman Elias Pettersson gets tonight against Alexander Ovechkin in his welcome-to-the-NHL game.

After a 6-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night, the Vancouver Canucks return home tonight as they take on Alexander Ovechkin ... a short while ago. Elias Pettersson to make his NHL ...

Matthews can leave Sittler behind on the scoring list, and he’s already passed every Leaf but Mats Sundin, but he has no Sittler signature moments on his resume to date — not the Canada Cup-winning ...

Head coach Rick Tocchet says inserting the youngster against a first-place Capitals team and Alexander Ovechkin is something you "can't be scared of." Up now: the dreadful performances ...

Canucks center Elias Pettersson should be on the top of ... Add on a dominant first half from Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals are unbeatable. Pettersson would put them in a great position ...

F: Alexander Steen (765 games ... 277 assists, 426 points) F: Elias Pettersson (441 games, 180 goals, 260 assists, 426 points) D: Kevin Bieksa (597 games, 56 goals, 185 assists, 241 points) D: Mattias ...

In the short-term, they should trade around the edges and try to pick up as many extra future assets as they can by dealing veterans like Alexander ... best players—Elias Pettersson and J.T ...

NHL trade deadline looms large and we’re starting to see some movement on the trade front. The mammoth trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes sent shockwaves through the league and could ...