N.H.L. Roundup
Brodeur Loses in Debut With Blues
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Predators spoiled Martin Brodeur’s first N.H.L. appearance with any team other than the Devils.
The stellar play of the even-tempered Jaroslav Halak had his teammates playing with confidence in front of him.
The Predators spoiled Martin Brodeur’s first N.H.L. appearance with any team other than the Devils.
Lou Vairo, who was born in Brooklyn and helped coach the United States in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, will be inducted Thursday into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Jason Zucker and Jason Pominville scored goals to lift Minnesota a 2-1 victory over Montreal.
Brodeur, who holds the league record for victories by a goalie in his 21 seasons with the Devils, signed with St. Louis as a free agent on Tuesday.
Goaltender Jaroslav Halak earned his team-record-tying 10th straight to help the Islanders past visiting Ottawa.
The Rangers had won four of their last six games, but Tampa Bay’s Brett Connolly and Tyler Johnson each scored twice as the Lightning swept the season series.
In recent years, the San Jose Sharks have known nothing but disappointment in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the players say that any problems have been addressed.
Los Angeles defeated the Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals to lift the Cup for the second time in three years, an achievement that comes despite the current salary-capped era of parity in the N.H.L.
Twenty years later, revisit the most memorable moments from the sports summer of 1994, with archival photography and video recollections from Times reporters and editors on the Knicks, Rangers, World Cup and more.
In hockey, a goalie is always mindful of the vulnerable areas in front of the net. These days, no one is better at guarding those spots than the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist.