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Games resume tomorrow
Sabres' road game vs. Blue Jackets postponed because of Buffalo blizzard
The Sabres game at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday was postponed by the NHL on Monday because Buffalo International Airport remains closed due to a severe winter storm that has paralyzed the region.
A makeup date has yet to be determined.
A travel ban is in place in Buffalo, and the airport won't open until at least Wednesday morning as a result of a storm that's dumped close 50 inches of snow on the area since Friday. The Sabres were scheduled to travel to Columbus on Tuesday morning following the NHL's mandatory Christmas break, which runs through Monday night.
Buffalo has won four straight but hasn't played since closing a three-game road trip with a 3-2 victory at Vegas on Dec. 19. The Sabres' home game against Tampa Bay on Dec. 23 was postponed as a result of the storm.
Buffalo is next scheduled to play on Thursday night, when it hosts the Detroit Red Wings.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
The Battle of Alberta has been decided, and the better team has won.
Go Oilers.
^they are doing well. Ranked one of the top ten teams now.
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NHL fines Maple Leafs $100,000 US for travelling to St. Louis over holidays
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hit in the pocketbook for travelling over the holidays.
The NHL said Wednesday that the Maple Leafs have been fined $100,000 US for travelling to St. Louis on Boxing Day in preparation for a game Tuesday night.
The collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NHL Players' Association forbids team activities between Dec. 24-26.
The league also fined Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe $25,000 for "demeaning conduct directed at the officials" during Tuesday's game.
early games today
'Ideal' rink, weather expected for 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic
It was shortly before 2 p.m. ET on Friday when Derek King, the NHL's senior director of facility and hockey operations, was wrapping up his sun study from the State Street Pavilion Club, high above the home dugout down the first base line at Fenway Park.
A small sun glare was still visible in one corner, but otherwise the rink King and his crew have been building since Dec. 18 was under cloud cover with a slightly overcast sky and clear blue visible beyond the Green Monster in left field. It was a shade above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Right now, cloud cover is great, temperature is great," King said. "This would be ideal for us on the 2nd."
That would be Monday, when the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins will play in the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic at the iconic home of the Boston Red Sox (2 p.m. ET; TNT, SN, TVAS). They'll be coming out for pregame warmups at roughly the same time of day King was finishing his sun study.
If the weather report is accurate, the NHL, Penguins, Bruins and the more than 37,000 fans expected to walk through the gates at Fenway Park could get a comfortable game day with similar conditions as Friday, save for it being perhaps a few degrees colder.
"There's some rain coming in tomorrow and on the 1st," King said, "but then once we get through the afternoon on the 1st, clouds start to clear and it's supposed to be a partly cloudy day on the 2nd. Temperatures are high 40s, low 50s, so that will be great for game time."
Early games today
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