NHL News

7:00 AM ET The 2019-20 NHL season will be remembered for quite some time, thanks to a pause because of the coronavirus pandemic that kept players off the ice for months and ended seven teams’ seasons. As we bear witness to the first 24-team postseason tournament, we continue to look ahead to what’s next. As

2:36 PM ET Montreal Canadiens center Max Domi, after “extensive conversations with doctors,” has decided to play in the NHL’s restart, despite the risks associated with his Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease. Domi, 25, joined his teammates on the ice Monday and Tuesday after taking the first week of training camp off to evaluate

7:00 AM ET By the time Jake Adkins and Andrew Walker call on Thursday afternoon, they’re sitting alongside a river in Pennsylvania after having just woken up from a nap. To be honest, they don’t know exactly where they are, but they know it’s their second of four days in the state. Walker’s legs are

5:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended by the NHL for the first two games of the team’s preliminary-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes because of an illegal check that injured Colorado Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi in March. The league’s department of player safety announced the suspension

7:00 AM ET It has been 130 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the sports world continues to reckon with adjusted schedules around the world, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the resumption of the NHL season, the draft,

2:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby did not practice Sunday, a day after leaving a team scrimmage with an undisclosed health issue. The team captain and two-time NHL MVP scored during an organized scrimmage Saturday. Coach Mike Sullivan declined to offer specifics on what happened to Crosby in the immediate

1:42 PM ET The NHL announced finalists for its rookie of the year and coach of the year awards Wednesday. Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes, Chicago Blackhawks left wing Dominik Kubalik and Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most

11:43 AM ET Associated Press Edmonton Oilers defenseman Caleb Jones says he tested positive for the coronavirus before training camp. Jones said Friday he tested positive when he returned to Edmonton from his home in Dallas. He says he was asymptomatic. The NHL is not releasing the names of players who test positive for the

9:20 PM ET Rogers Place in Edmonton — one of the two arenas the NHL is using as a hub to restart its season this summer — suffered water damage Thursday evening as a significant storm came through the city. In a statement, Oilers Entertainment Group said it was assessing the damage and “at this

1:14 PM ET Goaltenders Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Vezina Trophy, it was announced Friday. The NHL’s general managers cast ballots to determine the league’s “goaltender judged to be the best at his

7:00 AM ET John Hynes began the 2019-20 NHL season as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, a position he had held since 2015. But after 26 games, having amassed only 22 points in a highly hyped season, Hynes was fired on Dec. 3. He wasn’t out of a gig for long: On Jan.

1:53 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ian Mitchell will have to wait until next season to join the Chicago Blackhawks. The 21-year-old Mitchell, one of the organization’s top prospects, agreed to a three-year contract in April. But there was some question about when the defenseman’s entry-level deal might begin. Mitchell is ineligible for the

9:00 AM ET Remember salad bars? Nobody likes everything at the salad bar. Grape tomatoes, for example. Little marbles of acidic goo that I wouldn’t even consider for aesthetic adornment. Unless you’re in Vegas, there’s a finite number of bins and tubs at the salad bar. That those grape tomatoes take up valuable real estate

3:45 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Considering they are about to resume the season amid a pandemic, the Blue Jackets are healthier than they have been in a long while. When the NHL halted play in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, injuries to top players had piled up and coach John Tortorella

7:00 AM ET NHL players are headed back to the Olympics! As part of the recently sealed collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHLPA, the league will be allowing players to participate in the 2022 and 2026 Olympic Games (the two events that are within the range of this CBA). The league must reach

7:00 AM ET Brandon Hagel believed his dream of playing in the NHL had hit a dead end, so he was close to studying to become a teacher. In 2016, the winger was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round, but after two years, they didn’t sign him to an entry-level contract. He

9:15 AM ET It has been 123 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the sports world continues to reckon with adjusted schedules around the world, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the resumption of the NHL season, the draft,

7:00 AM ET The NHL is set to return from the monthslong pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. The postseason will be played out with a 24-team format, with 12 teams from the Eastern Conference skating in Toronto and their Western Conference counterparts heading to Edmonton, Alberta. Some have said this format could be the