Cousins was called a ‘rat’ by a Hockey Night in Canada analyst and the overwhelming favorite for ‘the player in the league whose face you most want to punch’ in an anonymous player poll published by a national outlet.
Not every night has to be a referendum on the Hurricanes’ season. Not every frustration is a harbinger of eventual doom. Nevertheless, Sunday’s loss felt like visit from the Ghost of Playoffs Past.
Kevin Hayes joined the St. Louis Blues last summer in an offseason trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. He says a situation that surfaced Monday in Philadelphia led to threats, and he denies any involvement to what transpired, according to several St. Louis media reports.
Nathan MacKinnon scored his second goal at 3:40 of overtime as the Colorado Avalanche rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits to beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Thursday night. All five Colorado goals came from its top line. Jonathan Drouin had two goals for his seventh career multigoal game and Mikko Rantanen also scored.