In an NHL Trade Talk weekend rumors update, the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks could both lose a player for a game or two as Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers were given hearings by the NHL Player Safety Committee after two crosschecks that occurred late in Saturday night’s game.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are known to consistently pursue big-ticket free agents. There was a time when Wayne Gretzky could have come to Toronto. The Leafs were

McDavid’s cross-check to Garland’s face is exactly the kind of play the NHL is trying to get out of the game. Violence exists in the league, but targeting the head is punishable by suspension and McDavid will have a hearing about the incident on Monday.

The Dallas Stars look to start a new winning streak when traveling for the last stop of their five-game road trip to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. The Stars are coming off their first loss in eight games when they were edged out 3-2 by the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.

The hockey club will be without captain Connor McDavid for the first half of that homestand as the NHL handed him a three-game suspension on Monday after he delivered a crosscheck on Canucks forward Conor Garland near the end of a game Vancouver won 3-2 on Saturday.

Plenty of good things to report about New York Rangers in latest Daily, plus NHL news and rumors, including a possible suspension for superstar Connor McDavid.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory ... into ninth on the NHL’s career scoring list as Pittsburgh beat Connor McDavid and Edmonton. The Penguins captain tied Hall of Famer Joe ...

Stars goaltender Casey DeSmith has a three or more goals allowed in four of his seven career starts against the Philadelphia Flyers

Edmonton Oilers star center Connor McDavid is getting some bad news. McDavid is required to attend an NHL hearing after a cross-check he committed on Vancouver’s Conor Garland, per NHL Player ...

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

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Monday night for their second straight win. Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots to earn his second shutout of the season and sixth ...