Bo Horvat scored two goals and Emil Heineman tallied the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y.
The Montreal Canadiens are clearly more than satisfied with Noah Dobson’s performance since the start of the 2025-2026 campaign. The defenseman is playing excellent hockey with great consistency, which is greatly stabilizing the Habs’ defense, as well as producing offensively, as evidenced by his 16 points, including three goals, in 23 games.
Bobby Orr won the last of his eight Norris Trophies during the 1974-75 season. Can you name every defenseman who won the trophy since then?
The New York Islanders announced mid-game that forward Kyle Palmieri will not return due to a lower-body injury.
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.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan are fast approaching, and excitement is building across the NHL for its return to the Games for the first time since Sochi in 2014.
Emil Heineman is having the time of his life on Long Island. The former Canadiens forward has scored nine goals in 20 games so far this season, and is one of the NHL’s pleasant surprises of 25-26.
When the Islanders traded Noah Dobson to the Montreal Canadiens in June 2025, many believed Montreal clearly got the better end of the deal. Dobson, just 25 years old, came off a 39-point (10 goals, 29 assists) season in 71 games, with over 23 minutes of ice time on average.
Emil Heineman recorded his first career two-goal game Thursday night for the surging New York Islanders, who authored their most resounding win since the 2023-24 season by routing the visiting Detroit Red Wings 7-2 in Elmont, N.Y.
The Canadiens parted ways with Emil Heineman – and the #16 and #17 picks in the last draft – to acquire Noah Dobson. The defenseman has been playing really, really well since the start of the season, and is showing that he’s a quality #1 defenseman.But things are going really well for Heineman on Long Island, too.
Let’s talk about the Islanders: journalist Stefen Rosner has published the trios from Patrick Roy’s club’s practice today. Why do I say that? Because the club’s first unit features Jonathan Drouin and Emil Heineman, alongside Bo Horvat, the club’s best forward.That’s a big vote of confidence.
The start of training camp is fast approaching, with the Montreal Canadiens’ annual golf tournament starting on Monday, and the first pre-season game the following Monday, September 22.
Toughness and sandpaper in general are an increasingly rare commodity among forwards in the National Hockey League. Players capable of breaking and tackling on a regular basis are not to be found on every street corner, especially those who are capable of being consistently intense as well as having a certain offensive touch.
The New York Islanders recently announced that they had signed forward Emil Heineman to a two-year extension that has a $1.1 million cap hit. This extension comes just days after the Islanders and Montreal Canadiens pulled off a blockbuster deal that sent Noah Dobson to the Canadiens.
The New York Islanders have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with recently acquired RFA winger Emil Heineman, the club announced Wednesday afternoon.
The New York Islanders have announced they’ve signed Emil Heineman to a two-year, $2.2M contract.
This story originally appeared on hockeysverige.se and has been translated from Swedish to English. Emil Heineman is no stranger to change. On Friday, just prior to the 2025 NHL Draft, the 23-year-old forward was traded for the third time since being drafted into the NHL by the Florida Panthers back in 2020.
Here's how we would grade the Noah Dobson trade from both the Isles and Candiens' perspective.
For the role he played, Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman proved to be the perfect fit on the team in his rookie 2024-25 season. His next contract will probably end up one too.
As the Montreal Canadiens push to secure their spot in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the club will have a reinforced lineup for Wednesday’s regular-season finale versus the Carolina Hurricanes as left winger Emil Heineman is set to return, reports Sportsnet’s Eric Engels.
In sports, the focus is often on the stars, the players who rack up the points, make the highlight-reel plays, or carry teams on their backs. But sometimes, the most impactful players don’t show up in the box score the way you’d expect.
If you were to identify the high point for the Montreal Canadiens this season, it occurred following the holidays, as the team put together some of their best outings of the rebuild, beating a long list of recent Stanley Cup winners in the process.
This means that, just a few hours after the announcement of his accident, the young player is already breaking his silence. He took the time to thank the fans for their love and support, and he announced that he will be back at 100%.
We have fresh information again regarding the accident that occurred yesterday involving Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman. First, let's recall that head coach Martin St-Louis has just commented on the incident.
Canadiens forward Emil Heineman suffered an upper-body injury on Monday when he was struck by a car in Salt Lake City, the team said in a statement.
The Montreal Canadiens were hoping to push their win streak to three games for the first time in 2024-25, but to do so they’d have to beat one of the best Western Conference teams, the Vegas Golden Knights.
This story appeared on hockeysverige.se this week and has been translated from Swedish to English. Drafted by the Florida Panthers 2020 only to see his NHL rights traded twice, first to the Calgary Flames and then to the Montréal Canadiens, forward Emil Heineman finally finds himself in the NHL as a regular with the Habs.
The Flames add Toffoli while the Canadiens look to contribute to their rebuild.
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