7:00 AM ET Goaltenders are known as “the great equalizers” in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They give every underdog a chance at an upset. They give every favorite the cold sweats, knowing one bad round from their goalie could be their ultimate undoing. As the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs arrive, which teams are in the
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Unfortunately, the Dallas Stars will not be competing in the postseason this year, just 56 games removed from their Cinderella trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The reigning Western Conference Champions may be watching the playoffs from the couch like the rest of us, but there are many former Stars draft picks and players that
A former Chicago Blackhawks player from the 2010 Stanley Cup championship squad has sued the team, alleging negligence in their handling of a sexual assault complaint against a former assistant coach. The player, identified only as “John Doe,” alleges in the lawsuit filed April 30 that former video coach Bradley Aldrich also sexually assaulted a
Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk each had a goal and an assist for the Calgary Flames in a 4-1 win Thursday over the visiting Vancouver Canucks. Rasmus Andersson and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames (24-26-3). Johnny Gaudreau had two assists. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves for the win. Matthew Highmore scored for
At the beginning of the year, many NHL experts counted the Pittsburgh Penguins out, saying this would be the first time since the 2005-06 season they would miss the playoffs. Not only did the Penguins quiet the critics and make the postseason, but they finished first in what was looked at as the toughest division
Winnipeg Jets prospect Cole Perfetti has played his final game for the Manitoba Moose this season, but his hockey season is far from done. Perfetti accepted an invitation to play for Team Canada at the upcoming World Championship in Latvia. “It’s crazy to think about,” said Perfetti. “To do that before I even have my
7:00 AM ET After the NHL staged a 24-team, bubble-based tournament to determine the Stanley Cup winner in 2020, we’re back to a more traditional 16-team event in 2021 — with a significant twist. The first two rounds of the 2021 playoffs will be intradivisional. After a winner is crowned from the four divisions, the
The fans experienced the pre-playoff excitement of Colorado Avalanche hockey on Wednesday night and hope to experience it again on Thursday night. The team put up an entertaining, dominant performance in a 6-0 shutout over the Los Angeles Kings. From experiencing the thrill of a hat trick to seeing Philipp Grubauer get his seventh shutout
CALGARY – The final three games of Canada’s Secret Cup women’s hockey tournament will be played in Calgary’s NHL arena. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) has partnered with the Calgary Flames for its Dream Gap Tour tournament May 24-30 in Calgary. Sixty players from the PWHPA’s three Canadian hubs in Toronto, Montreal and
Dominik Kahun scored the overtime winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-3 win Wednesday over the host Montreal Canadiens. Kahun went backhand to forehand on a feed from Leon Draisaitl to score the winner 27 seconds into the extra period. The Oilers posted back-to-back OT wins at the Bell Centre following Monday’s 4-3 win,
European NHL players have played a large part in the development of the National Hockey League over the last three decades – but try to imagine the NHL without all of its European talent. That’s exactly how it was during the league’s embryonic stages when six teams were made up almost entirely of Canadian talent,
6:53 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We’ve reached the final three games to determine the winner of the West Division and the Presidents’ Trophy as the team with the best regular season record for the 2021 NHL season. The
When the Chicago Blackhawks look back on the 2020-21 season, they’ll be left wondering what could have been if they had successfully leveraged that impressive start to their rebuild. Whereas, now, they only have themselves to blame for failing to push it even further along. Chicago started this year’s story strategically, by setting expectations well
DENVER (AP) — J.T. Compher had his first career hat trick to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Colorado remained in the hunt for the Presidents’ Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the postseason. The Avalanche clinched home ice for the first round and could finish
Josh Norris scored nine seconds into overtime as the Ottawa Senators concluded their pandemic-shortened season with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. Parker Kelly scored in his NHL debut for Ottawa (23-28-5), while Connor Brown, with his league-leading fifth short-handed goal of 2021, and Nikita Zaitsev provided the rest of
Welcome to Red Wings Wednesday Weekly! In this weekly column, we will take a look at the Red Wings’ most-recent week of play, identify any players and/or trends that stood out, and then look ahead and find out what the next week may have in store for the team from Hockeytown. As always, feel free to
The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-year, entry-level contract with forward Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, beginning in 2021-22. Harvey-Pinard, 22, has played the 2020-21 season on an American Hockey League contract with the Laval Rocket and has tallied eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points in 32 games to date. He leads all
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL season was — hopefully — the most unique campaign that any of us will witness. Arenas had reduced numbers of fans — or no fans — and as a result of the U.S.-Canada border being closed, the divisions had to be realigned to sequester the Canadian teams; that decision