The San Diego Padres could add Texas Rangers pitcher Andrew Heaney as they look to chase down the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.

Rickey Henderson’s life will be celebrated Saturday at Oakland’s Oracle Arena, next door to where he forged one of the greatest careers in baseball history.

The Maple Leafs’ farm team is getting a taste of sun-belt NHL travel in its first California road trip. It’s been an optical and statistical success so far, a record of 2-1 after beating the Bakersfield Condors, splitting with the San Jose Barracuda and starting consecutive games against the San Diego Gulls Wednesday night.

Alexa Jesse, a 25-year-old financial investment analyst, first met Max Jones, a 26-year-old NHL player, in 2016, when he was playing for the OHL in London, where she grew up. The two began dating shortly afterward.

Yesterday morning, while doing my daily research, I found an intriguing article by LeafsNation Maple Leafs writer Michael Mazzei that caught my attention.

The Golden Knights, losers of five of their past six games (1-4-1), fell out of the top spot in the Pacific Division on Saturday when the Edmonton Oilers leapfrogged them with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Florida moved to within one point of Atlantic Division-leading Toronto after cruising to a 7-2 victory at San Jose on Saturday.

"For me, it's about how many people have helped get you where you are, where you needed to be, and how many people you've had a chance to meet in order to make it."

After a busy seven days in the National Hockey League, the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is significant in Week 17.

The New York Rangers missed a chance to get closer but didn't lose ground in the playoff race the past few days.

After splitting the first half of a four-game west coa​​st road trip with a win 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday and 2-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Kings the following night, the Florida Panthers sit three points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for first in the Atlantic Division.

The Rangers and Blue Jackets have three games remaining, the next one is in Columbus on Feb. 8 — it’s the last game for each team before the 4 Nations break. Columbus comes to the Garden again on March 9 and hosts New York six nights later.

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning... The Penguins battled the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, and in short, it was one ugly game. On top of that, Pittsburgh lost Bryan Rust to an injury.