10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby allowed four goals on just 21 shots and the Washington Capitals, who entered the night leading the NHL in points, authored an uncharacteristic 5-1 loss to the last-place New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Washington allowed New Jersey to race out to a 3-0 lead in
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Jim Little was hired Friday as chief executive officer of the Ottawa Senators, a team looking for a boost on the ice and at the gate. Owner Eugene Melnyk, whose team is tied for the second fewest points in the league, had been the CEO since the
3:29 PM ET SAN JOSE — Joe Pavelski admits it’s going to be awkward. There’s no other way for him to feel as he returns to San Jose as a member of the Dallas Stars, months after his hopes of remaining with the Sharks were dashed. “I always had a feeling that something would probably
11:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Pekka Rinne became just the 12th goalie to score a goal in NHL history Thursday night, scoring an empty netter to cap the Nashville Predators‘ 5-2 win over the host Blackhawks in Chicago. Rinne’s goal came with 22 seconds remaining, and the 37-year-old was subsequently mobbed by his teammates
3:36 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Jan. 14 and be sidelined approximately three weeks. The 26-year-old was injured in Tuesday’s overtime loss to the Hurricanes. He underwent an MRI Wednesday. The Flyers were already without defenseman Justin Braun until after the All-Star break due to a groin injury.
7:00 AM ET DALLAS — There are 31 head-coaching jobs in the National Hockey League. Rick Bowness has one of them — but he truly wishes he didn’t. “I’ve been coaching in this league since the early 1980s. I didn’t want to be put in this position,” Bowness, 64, said. “No one saw it coming.
11:13 PM ET If the San Jose Sharks are going to turn their season around, it won’t involve captain Logan Couture for several weeks. Couture is expected to miss up to six weeks with a fractured ankle suffered in the Sharks’ 3-2 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, TSN reported. Couture was
2:06 AM ET ESPN News Services San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture was helped off the ice in the second period of Tuesday’s 3-2 loss at St. Louis and did not return. Couture and St. Louis’ Vince Dunn collided and went into the boards with 12:27 remaining in the period. Couture, in his 11th season,
10:36 PM ET Justin Williams‘ return to the Carolina Hurricanes is official, the team announced Tuesday night. Williams, 38, had said in September he was taking a break from the game, but will now be suiting up for his 19th season. The Hurricanes said Williams will earn a base salary of $700,000 for the rest
10:55 AM ET The Nashville Predators have hired former Devils coach John Hynes to replace Peter Laviolette. Laviolette was fired Monday with the Predators four points out of the second wild-card. The Devils fired Hynes Dec. 3 after a disappointing start to the season. “John Hynes is bright young coach and great leader who has
8:31 PM ET The Nashville Predators fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday, with the team outside the playoff picture after 41 games. No interim coach or new head coach was immediately named. The Predators face the Boston Bruins at home Tuesday night. With Laviolette out, who’s in? How much
7:37 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Because of a confusingly timed TV repeat of the 2011 final, Some Russian fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships. Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011. While
5:04 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lars Eller scored with 2:59 remaining in overtime after the Washington Capitals rallied from two goals down in the final minute of regulation, completing a stunning 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. T.J. Oshie tied the game with 14.2 seconds left. Eller also assisted Jakub
3:57 PM ET Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez will return from wrist surgery Saturday night when the Kings host the Nashville Predators, coach Todd McLellan announced. 2 Related Doctors in November repaired Martinez’s radial artery and two superficial radial nerves. He was hurt in the third period of the Kings’ 4-3 overtime loss to San
10:10 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Pittsburgh Penguins minor league goalie Casey DeSmith missed a chance to join the NHL team in Montreal on Saturday because he lost his passport. The Penguins wanted to promote DeSmith from the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for Saturday’s game against the Canadiens while they let Tristan Jarry rest at home
5:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to the head during the second period of Los Angeles’ win over Philadelphia. The league’s player safety department ruled that MacDermid delivered a forceful check to the
5:59 PM ET The NHL has suspended the Stars‘ Corey Perry for five games due to an elbow he delivered to the Predators‘ Ryan Ellis during the teams’ Winter Classic game Wednesday in Dallas. Perry met with the NHL Player Safety board Friday. In the first period of Wednesday’s game, Ellis kept the puck in
6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — The day after the Minnesota Wild were officially awarded the NHL’s next Winter Classic, they fittingly had practice scheduled for one of the area’s many outdoor rinks. Eager to serve as a first-time participant in the 2021 edition of the league’s signature regular season