The Washington Capitals have been struggling this season to say the least, and their game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night was no different. They finished with a 4-2 loss, with their playoff hopes dwindling away with every defeat. They remain fifth in the Metropolitan Division, three points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins. The
The San Jose Sharks and the Colorado Avalanche currently sit at practically opposite ends of the NHL spectrum. While the Avalanche hold a playoff spot as they defend their 2022 Stanley Cup championship, the Sharks are tumbling down the standings with the third-worst points percentage in the league and appear to be entering a full-scale
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. Tonight’s NHL schedule is not one that will have an outsized influence on the playoff races — the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Florida Panthers and the Anaheim Ducks head to Alberta to take
📝 by Jason Karnosky | AHL On The Beat Talented Russian prospect Yaroslav Askarov and the California cool Devin Cooley have provided the Milwaukee Admirals with the perfect odd couple in goal this season. The unlikely pair have quickly become fast friends — especially off the ice — but are always challenging each other to
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — All-Star left wing Kirill Kaprizov is expected to miss the next three to four weeks with a lower-body injury, the Minnesota Wild announced on Thursday. Kaprizov was hurt in the game on Wednesday at Winnipeg, when 6-foot-7 Jets defenseman Logan Stanley collided with him as he protected the puck and
Dean Evason had a lot on his mind after the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Wednesday. Some of it was good, some of it bad. The Wild coach was thankful for veteran goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s 46-save performance that extended the team’s point streak to 11 games (9-0-2), but he was left
Now that the NHL trade deadline is in the rearview, teams are making that push for the playoffs in the final quarter of the 2022-23 season. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, who currently own one of the two wild cards, it means extending the league’s current best streak of playoff appearances and attempting to win one
James van Riemsdyk and Justin Braun, pending unrestricted free agents (UFAs) who seemed the most likely to be moved at the trade deadline, are still members of the Philadelphia Flyers organization. Players with term on their deals whose names surfaced in rumors were Kevin Hayes and Ivan Provorov, and they could have provided a bigger
10:30 AM ET ESPN staff NHL fans have had this Thursday, March 9, circled on their calendars for quite some time. Tonight’s game featuring the Boston Bruins against the Edmonton Oilers (7:30 ET, exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu) is not just a rematch of the 1990 Stanley Cup Final — although perhaps it is a
📝 by Patrick Williams Keith Gretzky checked off a major item on his to-do list last month. With the Bakersfield Condors’ lease at Mechanics Bank Arena set to expire at the end of this season, the Edmonton Oilers had decisions to make. When the Oilers first relocated their AHL affiliate from Oklahoma City to Bakersfield
Chicago Blackhawks (22-36-5, eighth in the Central Division) vs. Florida Panthers (32-27-6, fourth in the Atlantic Division) Sunrise, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Florida Panthers after Taylor Raddysh scored two goals in the Blackhawks’ 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Florida has gone 18-10-3 at home and
J.T. Miller made good on his chances in an impressive 700th career NHL game. Miller capped a two-goal effort with the game winner 20 seconds into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night. “Their guy just kind of gave me a lane and at that point they were
This date in National Hockey League history has memories that extend over nearly a century. There were some great old-school moments in Detroit, the 1970s provided us with some stellar performances, and there were plenty of franchise firsts and records set. Let’s take our daily trip back in time to look at all the best
John Tortorella has never wavered from his own personality. He brings unrelenting fire, passion, and (sometimes overly) brutal honesty behind the bench. The Philadelphia Flyers hired him to force players out of their comfort zones and breathe life back into an organization that lost it somewhere along the line. Joel Farabee and Travis Sanheim recently
9:00 AM ET When Bo Horvat was traded to the New York Islanders earlier this season, he lamented the end of his time with the Vancouver Canucks. “I thought I was going to be a Canuck for life, to be honest with you. Things just didn’t work out that way,” he said, before signing a
The Nashville Predators have acquired forward Anthony Angello from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations. Angello has tallied six goals and five assists in 45 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds this season, his fifth pro campaign. He signed as a free agent with the Blues on July 14, 2022. In 216
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn was fined $25,000 for his profanity laced tirade against a referee that led to a game misconduct. The NHL announced the penalty on Wednesday for “conduct demeaning the officials” by Quinn during last Saturday’s 8-3 loss to the Washington Capitals. Quinn started yelling at
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had their way with the New Jersey Devils in recent years. Mostly, they’ve won with talent. Auston Matthews and company did it with grit on Tuesday night to finish off a tough five-game trip. Matthews scored on a power play with 2:53 remaining and the Maple Leafs tallied twice in