4:52 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — After a 7-2 shellacking from the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the St. Louis Blues are making lineup changes for Monday night’s Game 4, trailing the series 2-1. Defenseman Vince Dunn, who has been out of the lineup after taking a puck
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final is scheduled for Monday between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with the Bruins leading 2-1 after their 7-2 rout of the Blues on Saturday. What can we expect in this critical matchup in St.
1:54 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN ST. LOUIS — Blues coach Craig Berube doesn’t know why his team has been penalized so much in the Stanley Cup Final, but he’s not happy about it. “First of all, we were the least penalized team in the league in the first three rounds, now all of a sudden
10:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was pulled from Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final after getting lit up by the Boston Bruins for five goals Saturday night, the first time all season the rookie sensation has failed to finish a game. Binnington gave up five
10:59 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — Laila Anderson pointed the microphone at St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen. He had done plenty of interviews after winning the Western Conference championship on home ice that night, but this one was clearly the most meaningful. “So tell me, Alex, what emotions are going through your
8:49 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN ST. LOUIS — When Vladimir Tarasenko first came to St. Louis in 2012, the Blues assigned their prized Russian winger a translator to help him interact with the media. Tarasenko, who grew up in the Siberian plains, knew a little English from school, but by no means was conversational. He
© Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports Grzelcyk in concussion protocol Amalie Benjamin of NHL.com: Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said that defenseman Matt Grzelcyk isn’t traveling with the team and is in concussion protocol. Sundqvist suspended NHL Player Safety: St. Louis Blues forward has been suspended Oskar Sundqvist for one game for his boarding of
11:25 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The NHL cleared Washington Capitals star Evgeny Kuznetsov after a video surfaced Monday of him sitting next to a table on which there are two lines of white powder in what appears to be a hotel room. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement Friday that the league
9:37 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist has been suspended for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final for delivering an elbow to the head of Boston Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension Thursday after a hearing with Sundqvist, who was assessed only
5:30 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Nikita Zaitsev has asked for a trade for personal reasons, and the team is willing to oblige him. TSN first reported the trade request, and Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas confirmed it to NHL.com. “That will be our goal, to try to find a fresh start for
1:57 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON — St. Louis Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson walked up to the urinal in the team’s dressing room before Game 2’s overtime against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night, where his coach Craig Berube was already doing his business. This would become the postseason’s most unlikely setting for one of
5:34 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Sharks are bringing back former Florida Panthers coach Bob Boughner as an assistant, the team announced Wednesday. Boughner will replace Rob Zettler on coach Peter DeBoer’s staff. He oversaw the defense on the Sharks when they went to the Stanley Cup Final in 2016 and
1:32 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers named Dave Tippett as their new head coach on Tuesday. He takes over a team that has missed the playoffs in 12 of the past 13 seasons, despite picking first overall for three straight years from 2010 to 2012 and again in 2015. There is pressure to win while
4:18 PM ET Kaapo Kakko, the No. 2-ranked prospect for the 2019 NHL draft, will not be participating in the NHL scouting combine this week in Buffalo, New York, the NHL confirmed Tuesday. The league did not offer a reason for his absence, but Kakko just completed a gold medal run with Team Finland at
12:57 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN BOSTON — For 21 minutes of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the St. Louis Blues looked like the composed, confident team that won the Western Conference. They took a 2-0 lead by forcing turnovers with their punishing forechecks, while rookie goalie Jordan Binnington turned every Boston Bruins chance
12:13 PM ET St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn will not play Monday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final because of an upper-body injury. Blues coach Craig Berube also announced that rookie forward Robert Thomas, who is dealing with an undisclosed injury, will play Monday night against the Bruins. Berube said Dunn
10:29 PM ET Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies beat the Halifax Mooseheads one last time to win their first Memorial Cup. Peter Abbandonato scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Rouyn-Noranda beat Halifax 4-2 on Sunday night in the winner-take-all major junior hockey finale. Felix Bibeau, Joel Teasdale
5:17 PM ET Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Finland has won the gold medal at the hockey world championship by beating Canada 3-1 in the final Sunday. Marko Anttila’s second goal of the game broke a 1-all tie early in the third period as the Finns defeated Canada for a second time at the tournament.