This game featured the return of Anton Forsberg to Ottawa as well as Jordan Spence's first game against his old team, with Thomas Chabot out for the second consecutive game and Nick Jensen back in after missing the third period on Thursday.
Anton Forsberg stunned his former team with a 17-save shutout to lead the Los Angeles Kings to their fourth consecutive win with a hard-fought 1-0 road victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The Kings announced they’ve recalled goalie Erik Portillo from AHL Ontario under emergency conditions. As he’s an emergency call-up, the Kings don’t have to open a roster spot for him – although they wouldn’t have had to anyway with an existing opening.
A well-balanced squad of 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders, the Kings look to climb further than last year’s first round defeat at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Is it more valuable to have one dominant goaltender or two very good ones? It depends on the time of year. Come the postseason, there’s a correlation between trusting one bellcow starter and winning the Stanley Cup.
LAS VEGAS — The Los Angeles Kings are off to a strong start in the 2025 preseason, improving to 2-0 with a 3-1 road victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
Anton Forsberg's grade comes down to two things: (1) low expectations and (2) a crucial stretch of excellent games when Linus Ullmark was hurt. He averaged out to a dependable backup, and that led to a solid year – and a 2-year contract at $2.25M per year in L.A.
To replace backup netminder David Rittich, who moved on to the New York Islanders, the Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms with Anton Forsberg. He signed a two-year deal with a $2.25 million average annual value (AAV).
The Los Angeles Kings have locked up an underrated backup netminder. Goaltender Anton Forsberg, who was backup to Linus Ullmark with the Ottawa Senators in 2024-25 is heading out to the West Coast.
The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms on multi-year deals with defensemen Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin, as well as goaltender Anton Forsberg, the club announced Tuesday morning.
After qualifying for the postseason for the first time since the 2016-17 season, speculation began that the Ottawa Senators could look to make a notable addition this summer to continue their winning ways.
Strong goaltending duos make Stanley Cup championships easier to win. They don’t have to be Vezina Trophy-calibre puck-stoppers (although that helps), but the starter must be able to steal games and his backup good enough to give his squad a chance at winning on any given night.
The Ottawa Senators just made the playoffs for the first time since the 2016-17 season. Still, they would fall short, losing in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Anton Forsberg’s 24th start of the season may have been his best, as the Ottawa Senators‘ backup turned aside all 40 of the Florida Panthers‘ (44-28-4) shots for his third shutout of the season and a Senators (41-29-6) 3-0 victory at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday afternoon.
Anton Forsberg made 40 saves for his third shutout of the season and eighth of his career and the host Ottawa Senators defeated the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
After a shaky start to the 2024-25 season, Linus Ullmark is finally living up to the Ottawa Senators' expectations. The Swedish netminder was just named one of the NHL's "Three Stars of the Week" amid his recent hot streak.
Anton Forsberg made 22 saves for his NHL-leading second shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Saturday night.
The Blackhawks went back on the road for a three-game road trip, starting off visiting the Ottawa Senators on Thursday at the Canadian Tire Centre. In hopes of continuing their two-game win streak, they were once again, shutout.
The Ottawa Senators are in the midst of a nightmare campaign in 2023-24, and things don’t seem to be looking up after goaltender Anton Forsberg sustained a long-term injury against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
Anton Forsberg has left tonight’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres with a lower-body injury. Late in the first period, after a rush from Sabres’ forward Zach Benson, Forsberg made an awkward play that left him in a lot of pain.
Yesterday's article brought about more winners than losers — which is always great. Luckily for my article readers only, that's where the good times ended, as the rest of my plays did not pan out.