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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. There have been some incredibly busy nights on the NHL schedule recently, with many playoff contenders battling it out for those precious points. Tonight is not one of those nights. Six of the

7:05 AM ET Playoff races are getting tighter. So is the race for teams that are jockeying for position ahead of the NHL draft lottery. Because this is what happens when the NHL is in the midst of its final full month of the season. Don’t forget the players. There are a number of them

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. Leading up to the trade deadline on March 3, the Nashville Predators appeared to be looking ahead to 2023-24 and beyond after trading away Nino Niederreiter, Tanner Jeannot, Mattias Ekholm and Mikael Granlund

9:00 AM ET When NHL fans heard there would be a 3D animated game played inside the world of Disney’s “Big City Greens,” many asked the obvious question: What happens if there’s a fight? Would Tilly chuck knuckles with Cricket? The animators had a contingency plan for that — the digital avatars of Washington Capitals

Mar 14, 2023 You might have noticed the Washington Capitals–New York Rangers game looked a little different. Was that Cricket Green playing for the Rangers? Editor’s Picks 2 Related Tuesday’s game was a first-of-its-kind production: A live hockey game rendered into an animated series in real-time and virtually recreated the action on the ice at

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. We are officially less than one month away from the end of the regular season. The Boston Bruins have clinched a playoff spot (and are well on their way to the Presidents’ Trophy),

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff When the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers take the ice at Madison Square Garden tonight, 3D animated versions of themselves will be taking to the ice at “Times Circle” as part of the first “NHL Big City Greens Classic.” Yes, cartoon versions of Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom,

7:30 AM ET It was less than a week before the Washington Capitals‘ game at the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, and the ESPN production team still wasn’t sure how it would handle a video goal review during the game. Normally, this wouldn’t be a concern. But normally, the referee isn’t a 3D animated

10:12 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes say forward Andrei Svechnikov will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. The 22-year-old Svechnikov injured his right knee on Saturday night in a loss to Vegas. In a statement Monday night, president and general manager Don Waddell said Svechnikov had an MRI 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. Over the weekend, the Boston Bruins became the first team to clinch a playoff berth, and any reasonable observer would conclude that they will be the East’s No. 1 seed, barring a tremendous

10:14 AM ET Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere acknowledged the team needs a multiyear rebuild as he campaigns to earn the job on a permanent basis. Briere, 45, replaced GM Chuck Fletcher on Friday. Fletcher, who was fired after five seasons, was also the team’s president of hockey operations. Briere said he would

8:02 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. It was a furious Saturday of action around the NHL, as 30 of 32 teams were in action. That included the two teams sitting atop the Metropolitan Division — the Carolina Hurricanes and

9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos left in the first period Saturday night against the Chicago Blackhawks because of a left leg injury. Stamkos was tangled up with Chicago forward Joey Anderson in his own zone with less than three minutes remaining in the opening period.

7:45 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. As the Eastern Conference playoff matchups take shape, one of the potential pairings in the first round is Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh Penguins. Both clubs are coming off tough losses Thursday night, and

2:47 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers fired president of hockey operations and general manager Chuck Fletcher on Friday. Why was he fired? Who are the top candidates to take his place? And what should be the short- and long-term plans to get the team back on track? Here’s the current and future state of the

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. Tonight’s NHL schedule is not one that will have an outsized influence on the playoff races — the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Florida Panthers and the Anaheim Ducks head to Alberta to take

10:30 AM ET ESPN staff NHL fans have had this Thursday, March 9, circled on their calendars for quite some time. Tonight’s game featuring the Boston Bruins against the Edmonton Oilers (7:30 ET, exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu) is not just a rematch of the 1990 Stanley Cup Final — although perhaps it is a

9:00 AM ET When Bo Horvat was traded to the New York Islanders earlier this season, he lamented the end of his time with the Vancouver Canucks. “I thought I was going to be a Canuck for life, to be honest with you. Things just didn’t work out that way,” he said, before signing a