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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. Both the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets appear to be on their way to the postseason. FiveThirtyEight projects the Wild’s playoff chances at 93%, with the Jets’ at 65%. Amid quite a bit

7:35 AM ET Monique Lamoureux-Morando knows there will be a day when she and her son will walk around the Ralph Engelstad Arena concourse at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Her son will see the display honoring his mom and aunt, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, as the school’s two greatest women’s hockey players, not

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 are some who say that the Western Conference playoff race is merely about the order in which the eight teams currently in playoff position will finish. The numbers from FiveThirtyEight back that

7:05 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL trade deadline has passed, and with it the chance for Stanley Cup contenders to put

9:00 AM ET The NHL trade deadline has passed, which means the stretch run to the Stanley Cup playoffs is here. Is there enough time left to change the NHL awards race dynamics? Many of last month’s front-runners are still in the lead for these awards. Welcome to the NHL Awards Watch for March. We’ve

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. Now that the trade deadline has passed, the rush to the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs begins in earnest. Each day until the final day of the regular season, we’ll bring you updated playoff

Mar 3, 2023 James van Riemsdyk was headed to the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL trade deadline — until he wasn’t. During a fairly quiet deadline day on Friday, one of the biggest attention-getting moves was one that didn’t happen. There were reports that the Philadelphia Flyers were trading van Riemsdyk, a veteran winger,

4:49 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Linus Ullmark made 24 saves, helping the NHL-leading Boston Bruins past Patrick Kane and the new-look New York Rangers 4-2 on Saturday. Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle and Tomas Nosek scored, and new addition Tyler Bertuzzi had an assist in his debut as the Bruins cruised

5:14 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning benched three star players during the third period of their 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Forwards Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point didn’t appear in the third period for Lightning, who trailed the Sabres 4-1 entering the period. The loss in Buffalo left

3:32 PM ET Sean Allen Close Sean Allen Special to ESPN.com Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Victoria Matiash Close Victoria Matiash Fantasy Hockey ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010

6:35 PM ET ESPN staff The 2023 NHL trade season had it all: Contenders such as the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils loaded up. Star players were on the move, such as Patrick Kane, Ryan O’Reilly, Timo Meier and Jakob Chychrun. There was lots of angst on social

11:08 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists just a few hours after signing a new contract, and the surging Boston Bruins became the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points by beating the Buffalo Sabres 7-1 on Thursday night. Jakub Lauko scored twice, Dmitry Orlov

10:00 AM ET I recently asked a Western Conference veteran for his take on the 2023 NHL trade deadline. “The East is insane. That’s my take.” It was as accurate and succinct a recap as one could apply to the days leading up to Friday, March 3, during which the West essentially became a feeder

6:45 AM ET Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports There have been 25 trades in the NHL over the past five days — and the trade deadline is not until 3pm ET on Friday. The hockey world is operating at warp speed right now, so it’s been hard to process all of the changes, such as David

7:00 AM ET For the record, the 2023 NHL trade deadline is still scheduled for Friday, March 3, even if most of the league has decided to get their holiday shopping done early. According to CapFriendly, the average number of trades made in the 14 days leading to the trade deadline was 17.6 over the

2:58 PM ET At long last, the Chicago Blackhawks officially sent star winger Patrick Kane to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. In return, the Rangers are sending two draft picks to Chicago — a conditional 2023 second-round pick and a 2025 fourth-rounder. The 2023 second-round pick will become a first-rounder if the Rangers

7:00 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL trade deadline is Friday at 3 p.m. ET. It’s already been an active trade season,

8:20 AM ET Deals are going to get done ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Or at least that’s the plan. Although, there is a shared sentiment by a number of NHL executives that many of them are in “wait and see” mode. But how? How is it that teams are either approaching or have