7:00 AM ET For the first time since the 2014 Sochi Games, the NHL is allowing its players to participate in the Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament in Beijing next February. National pride and gold-medal glory are on the line for the best players in the world — provided they actually make it to China.
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5:51 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes have been able to transport their COVID-19 positive players out of Canada and get them en route home, the team has confirmed. Hurricanes forwards Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis, along with massage therapist Mike Maresca, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday while Carolina was in Vancouver, British Columbia. In
9:00 AM ET Hearing someone say that the NHL’s 3-on-3 overtime has gotten boring is like hearing someone say, “Hey, remember when pizza was good?” It’s pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s good. I’ve chanted the same mantra about the 3-on-3 overtime format, which the NHL implemented in 2015 to end games before they reached
7:00 AM ET It’s certainly been a tumultuous start to the week, given a slew of additional game postponements due to COVID-19 — and many players and team staff entering the protocol — but the Power Rankings march on. And for the second straight week — and fifth time this season — the Florida Panthers
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The rise in COVID-19 cases is becoming an increasing concern throughout the NHL. In just over 36 hours (from early Monday to Tuesday evening), nearly 30 players and staff members were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Tuesday’s game between the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes was postponed because of
7:01 AM ET Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss
2:40 PM ET ESPN staff The ESPN+ exclusive schedule continues on Tuesday night with a potential Stanley Cup Final matchup, as the New York Rangers visit the Colorado Avalanche, with coverage starting at 8:55 p.m. ET. To help get you ready for the game, we’ve put together a guide on all the key players to
6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Monday that star center Sebastian Aho, rookie center Seth Jarvis and a member of the training staff have entered the COVID-19 protocol. The team said all three would remain in Vancouver. The Hurricanes lost there 2-1 on Sunday, with Aho missing
2:56 PM ET Goalie Anton Khudobin was waived by the Dallas Stars on Monday. Khudobin, 35, has struggled this season. He has a 3-3-1 record with a .873 save percentage, second-lowest in the NHL for goalies with at least seven appearances. He also has a 3.73 goals-against average. Thanks to the stellar play of offseason
10:21 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche said defenseman Jacob MacDonald is “alert, responsive and has full movement” after taking a big hit Sunday night against the Florida Panthers. MacDonald was hit near the boards by the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg in the second period. He was stretchered off the ice. The Avalanche said MacDonald is currently
2:16 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL announced that it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Sabres‘ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the Rangers on Friday. In a statement released by the league Saturday, senior executive vice president Colin Campbell said
5:43 PM ET NHL Players’ Association executive director Don Fehr said a lack of “concrete answers” from the Beijing Organizing Committee about COVID-19 protocols, including quarantine logistics, has led to uncertainty from the players about participation in the Winter Olympics. The NHL and the NHLPA collectively bargained to allow players to participate in the 2022
4:52 PM ET Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that marks “the end of his career,” general manager Jim Nill told The Dallas Morning News on Saturday. Bishop, 35, underwent surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and had been
6:59 AM ET ESPN staff No rivalry has electrified NHL fans during the past 15 seasons quite like Sidney Crosby‘s Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Alex Ovechkin‘s Washington Capitals. But the two superstars are still playing as well as ever, with Ovechkin chasing down Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record and Sid inspiring the league’s next wave of talent.
7:01 AM ET Sidney Crosby hears a lot on the ice during an NHL game. Cheers and jeers. The cacophony of trash talk, interrupted by a few goal horns. But as the years have passed, Crosby’s started to hear something else: Opponents openly confessing that they had the Pittsburgh Penguins star hanging on their bedroom
11:16 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves and earned his 500th win of his hockey career as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 Thursday night. As the clock reached zero, Blackhawks teammates rushed over to Fleury in celebration. “It was really special,” Fleury said. “I really thought people
9:00 AM ET When the Vancouver Canucks fired Travis Green, few of us were surprised. His grasp on the gig was tenuous to begin with, and the Canucks had three wins in 13 games. When they replaced him with Bruce Boudreau … again, few of us were surprised. Boudreau is the NHL’s answer to The
7:00 AM ET With another week of the 2021-22 NHL season in the background, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers are among the teams who have made a jump in the rankings this week. And while every team has had its fair share of surprises during the campaign, we set out to identify