Connor McDavid was suspended by the NHL for three games for cross-checking Conor Garland of the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. After being held down on the ice for too long, he hit Garland in the face.

Next month, that goal already having come to fruition more than a decade ago, McDavid’s dream will reach the next level. At that time, mentor and student will be teammates at the 4 Nations Face-Off from February 12-20,

So the @BuffaloSabres scored a goal in the 3rd period without registering a shot on net. According to @nhl stats, this is the 3rd time it has happened in an NHL game since team shots in a period were kept in the stats in 1965-66. Detroit in 1986 and Montreal in 2016 against the… pic.twitter.com/eTJU8sGIGX

Shane Pinto scored two special teams goals in the first period, Leevi Merilainen stopped 30 shots and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0.

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to move into ninth on the NHL's career scoring list as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins star has ... to cap a maddening homestand in which the Penguins won just once in five tries — the lone victory against Connor McDavid and Edmonton — Malkin shook ...

Make no mistake, what transpired at the end of Saturday night’s game was ugly. Cross-checks to the head and neck, no matter the reason for it, are more than deserving of supplemental discipline.

Penguins: Two days after a rousing win over Connor McDavid and Edmonton, Pittsburgh followed it up with a clunker. Pinto’s short-handed tally with 55 seconds to go in the first sent a collective ...

On McDavid, Bettman said Thursday, "I understand the frustration, and it's something we're going to continue to monitor."

Gary Bettman's future as NHL Commissioner is a major storyline in our Daily, as is how the New York Rangers are making playoff contenders look like pretenders in recent run.

The Pittsburgh Penguins did not like their start despite taking the first seven shots of the game. They liked their pushback even though they never tied the game, let alone took the lead, in a 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center.