St. Louis Blues (23-19-6, fourth in the West Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (31-14-4, third in the West Division) St. Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wild -143, Blues +118 BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild host St. Louis after Ryan O’Reilly scored two goals in the Blues’ 5-4 overtime win against the Wild.
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Elias Lindholm scored twice and Dillon Dube added an insurance goal in the third period as the Calgary Flames defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Thursday night at Rogers Place. The victory moved Calgary (22-24-3) four points behind the idle Montreal Canadiens in the race for the fourth and final playoff spot in the North
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Insights, I want to share news about last night’s game in which the team clinched a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. However, in addition to the team milestone of making this season’s playoffs, during the game a number of individual milestones
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols, the AHL will not be able to conduct traditional Calder Cup Playoffs in 2021. Each of the league’s five divisions has been provided the opportunity to independently determine its own postseason format. The members
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. On Wednesday in this space, we pondered whether any of the West Division teams would spoil a matchup between the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche in the second round of the playoffs
The Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft is set to take place on July 21, 2021, and the St. Louis Blues will likely lose a quality player, similar to when they lost David Perron to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017. With the amount of money that expansion franchises spend to enter the NHL these days, they
WINNIPEG – David Gustafsson scored at 3:15 of overtime as the Manitoba Moose edged the Stockton Heat 2-1 on Thursday in American Hockey League play. Mikhail Berdin made 20 saves while Bobby Lynch had a second-period goal for the Moose (15-11-3). Eetu Tuulola forced extra time with a short-handed goal midway through the third for
Jaromir Jagr was celebrating on the ice again Thursday. The 49-year-old right winger had an assist to help his hometown club Kladno Knights return to the top Czech league by beating Jihlava 5-2 to clinch their playoff series 4-3. WATCH | Believe it or not, Jaromir Jagr is still playing pro hockey At 48 years old,
The Nashville Predators have been a part of the NHL since their expansion draft in 1998. In that time, they have reached the Stanley Cup Final once, and across the more than 20 years, the team has maintained a reputation for stingy defensive play and a hard work ethic. What this has led to in
Apr 29, 2021 Goaltender Ryan Miller announced his retirement today at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season, closing the books on an illustrious 18-year professional playing career that included parts of four seasons with the Rochester Americans. Miller will retire as the all-time leader among U.S.-born goaltenders in wins (current numbers) with 390, second in
9:00 AM ET Connor McDavid is going to win the Hart Trophy this season. They literally should just list his name three times as the winner and the finalists. No one else should even be in the conversation. As an example, Matt Larkin of The Hockey News noted that through April 26, the Edmonton Oilers
After a disappointing first-round exit to the Dallas Stars in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Nashville Predators needed a boost in offensive firepower. Their forwards produced a measly nine goals in six games, with Rocco Grimaldi accounting for a third of them. Players like Filip Forsberg and Craig Smith were held off the scoresheet,
San Jose Sharks (20-24-5, sixth in the West Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (31-12-4, second in the West Division) Denver; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Avalanche -250, Sharks +202 BOTTOM LINE: San Jose travels to Colorado looking to break its four-game road slide. The Avalanche are 31-12-4 against the rest of their division. Colorado
A pair of power-play goals powered the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. Tyson Barrie and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and an assist for Edmonton (29-26-2), and Leon Draisaitl burried an empty-net strike with nine seconds on the clock. Connor McDavid helped out on all three goals.
Bruce Cassidy was hired as an assistant coach to then-Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien in the spring of 2016 after spending five years as head coach of the Bruins’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins. When Boston was in danger of missing the playoffs in 2017, the Bruins fired Julien and named Cassidy the
In a hard-cap NHL where top-six players inhale much of the salary oxygen, a franchise’s success depends heavily upon how it nurtures and ‘coaches up’ its younger players. Enter Hamilton native, Derek King. As head coach of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs he’s entrusted with the Chicago Blackhawks’ youngest pro prospects as the Hawks continue to
6:48 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. There have been many surprises during the 2021 NHL season, a campaign that has been quite different than usual thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, one reality on April 28 that shocks
Slotting in on the fourth line is no easy task. It takes hard work and perseverance to earn your chance only to be given under 10 minutes of ice time to prove that you belong. It is a constantly rotating part of the lineup, and one bad game may prove enough to drop you right