Playing with his friends in the backyard or at a rink in Ornskoldsvik, a young Victor Hedman was Peter Forsberg streaking down the ice while wearing the three crowns.

BOSTON -- Washington's third-string goalie is playing as well as his Vezina Trophy ... series against Boston with a 2-1 victory in double overtime on Saturday. Nicklas Backstrom scored 2:56 into the ...

His overall record 289-232-71 and posted a career goals against average of 2.65 and a .916 save percentage. His 289 victories are the fourth-most achieved by a Russian-born goalie in the NHL.

TAMPA, Fla. — He’s a rookie as defined by statistics, but goalie Jakub Skarek is 25 and in his sixth season in the Islanders’ organization. And this coming week marks his best chance yet to ...

Like Nicklas Lidstrom, who routinely blew up rushes ... There’s now a long line of goalies playing that style tracing back to goalie coach Benoit Allaire’s time in Phoenix with Nikolai ...

Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is playing in his final NHL season and grew up cheering for the Canadiens and idolizing Hall of Fame netminder Patrick Roy. It’ll be Fleury’s final game in his ...

Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky presented a Tiffany crystal on behalf of the League. Owner Tom Dundon and goalie coach Paul Schonfelder gave Andersen the commemorative silver stick. A celebration fit ...

Team Sweden has announced Philadelphia Flyers goalie Sam Ersson as a late addition to their lineup for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. With Jacob Markstrom of the New Jersey Devils injured and ...

The team most recently announced that they were placing Grubauer on waivers. If the Kraken goalie clears waivers, he will be assigned to the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella ...

The New York Rangers are one of the NHL's hottest teams right now – and one reason why is the stellar play of goalie Cam Talbot, who stole from Capitals star center Nicklas Backstrom what looked ...

“I’ll grab two pucks and just do a figure eight around them. Or I’ll have my goalie coach rip pucks on the ice hard at me, and I work on catching passes on my forehand and backhand.

But what Toronto's Nazem Kadri did by running into Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom, without being pushed by a Wild defender, is a blatant infraction. And the fact Kadri caught Backstrom in the ...