DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar had a goal and two assists in his return to the lineup, Nathan MacKinnon also had a goal and two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Friday night. J.T. Compher scored a goal, Valeri Nichushkin added two assists and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 17 shots for
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A Pride organization in Thunder Bay, Ont., says LGBTQ communities “deserve better,” after NHL players Eric and Marc Staal decided not to wear Pride warmup jersey’s with the rest of the Florida Panthers on Thursday. The Rainbow Collective Thunder Bay issued a statement on social media in response to the decision by the Staal brothers, who are originally from the
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Ottawa Senators have multiple bids from interested buyers, but a group making recent waves includes a Hollywood celebrity arguably bigger than Ryan Reynolds. Are the Philadelphia Flyers making multiple subtractions before they add players? Will the NHL respond to Connor McDavid’s plea for a best-on-best tournament? Finally, which coaches
The Toronto Maple Leafs played a solid game to defeat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Thursday night. After a ton of angst by Maple Leafs’ fans, the team bounced back nicely from a 7-2 loss to the New York Islanders just two days ago. The Maple Leafs scored the first goal of the night and
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With 11 games left in their 2022-23 season, the New Jersey Devils remain within striking distance of winning the Metropolitan Division (two points and one regulation win behind the Carolina Hurricanes). After finishing
📝 by Patrick Williams For one night at least, the Grand Rapids Griffins could feel the pressure lift a bit. Actually, it was about 18 minutes. At Van Andel Arena on Wednesday, the Griffins faced an early 2-0 deficit against the Chicago Wolves, who are facing their own postseason crunch. “You can tell, I think,
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is out 2-4 weeks after straining a triceps muscle in practice, yet another blow to the last-place team in the NHL that has been hampered by injuries all season. The Blue Jackets announced Laine’s absence Friday before their home game against the New York Islanders.
Pride nights, held annually for several years by National Hockey League teams to show support for the LGBTQ community, are in the spotlight following several high-profile incidents this season. A handful of players have objected to participating in pregame warmups that included Pride-themed jerseys, most recently Florida’s Eric and Marc Staal on Thursday night. On
To call the past six months eventful for New York Rangers center Vincent Trocheck wouldn’t come close to doing the adjective justice, as the old saying goes. In that time, he was tasked with adapting to a new team in a big city which plays a different style than the unique one employed by his
There are a handful of players on the Winnipeg Jets who truly are the faces of the franchise and one of those players is Blake Wheeler. The fifth overall 2004 NHL Draft pick and former Captain has worn a Jets jersey for twelve seasons now and is still making an impact on the ice. Playing
7:20 AM ET Tage Thompson is that create-a-player gamers would dream about only to discover their fantasy became a real-life NHL forward. He is that person who in a single discussion can make skills coaches go from sounding like trained professionals to full-on fans in a matter of minutes. Words such as “flawless” and “perfect”
📝 by Jesse Liebman | AHL On The Beat Most 20-year-olds are busy worrying about their college exams, or getting that first entry-level job. Vincent Iorio is getting a crash course in what it will take to become a full-time player in the National Hockey League, and every day class is in session with the
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92. J.T. Miller, Dakota
Adam Lowry scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:13 to play and the visiting Winnipeg Jets made progress in the playoff race with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. Kyle Connor scored his 28th goal and Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for the Jets, who opened a three-game California road trip with
New York Islanders general manager (GM) Lou Lamoriello acquired some depth at the trade deadline, adding forward Pierre Engvall from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2024 third-round pick. Engvall was added to provide the Islanders with some forward depth after their slew of injuries and also to add speed to the lineup. The 26-year-old
The New York Rangers played well during their five-game homestand, finishing with a 4-1 record, and had two consecutive games where they shut out their opponents. The Rangers secured leads often in several games, and they put the rest of the teams on notice that they will be a difficult adversary during the 2023 Stanley
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Regular readers of the NHL Playoff Watch know that the race atop the Western Conference remains super close as teams enter their final 10 or so games. Unlike in the East — where
In honor of Women’s History Month, this week TheAHL.com is featuring a multi-part series spotlighting women across the AHL. 📝 by Patrick Williams Katie Guay had built an extensive hockey resume long before she ever stepped on AHL ice last season. The native of Westfield, Mass., had been around the world, in multiple leagues, and