Washington’s Tom Wilson was fined but not suspended for his actions during a post-whistle scrum in New York, an outcome the Capitals are ready to move on from and the Rangers feel isn’t sufficient punishment for one of hockey’s most polarizing players. The NHL fined Wilson $5,000 US Tuesday for roughing Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich
The Dallas Stars have been optimistic about their playoff hopes all season. They knew they had plenty of games in hand and time to catch their opponents in the race. Well, that is no longer the case, but the team is keeping their hopes high. “It’s been difficult all the way through,” Rick Bowness said.
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, he profiles Victor Hadfield, a Filipino-Canadian playing for Manitoba of the American Hockey League and
7:10 AM ET We are witnessing the final games of the 2021 NHL Awards season. As usual, they’re a time for both popular reinforcement of foregone conclusions and last-minute attempts at seeding doubt about assumed favorites. An example of the former: Connor McDavid is going to win the Hart Trophy in a landslide. We’ll discuss
The Vegas Golden Knights’ rookies have had a great season thus far, and with only a handful of games remaining, they’ll look to continue to produce into the postseason. April was tougher on the young players, though, as they scored some of the lowest marks of the season in this edition of Rookie Grades. So,
At this point, in the final week of the season, all the Rangers want to do is play out their final few games, get some quality experience for their kids, maybe experiment with a few new line combinations, just to get some ideas going into next season. But when you play against the Washington Capitals,
Connor McDavid had four points and the Edmonton Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. The Oilers captain had two goal and two assists and Jesse Puljujarvi had one of each. Tyson Barrie and Dominik Kahun also scored for Edmonton (31-17-2), and Leon Draisaitl notched a pair
The Washington Capitals clinched a playoff berth last Thursday night after their overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Reaching the postseason early is relieving, even in defeat. However, when that loss starts a mini-streak of similar results, the team needs to fix some flaws before those issues mean the end of their season. Capitals Suffer
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Syracuse Crunch forward Boris Katchouk, Manitoba Moose forward Cole Perfetti and Bakersfield Condors goaltender Stuart Skinner have been selected as the league’s award winners for April. Katchouk, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, totaled seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points in 12 games
6:52 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Sunday’s NHL slate consisted of just one game, with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1, to move into the No. 2 seed in the Central Division. With a little
The Vancouver Canucks lost four straight games last week after winning three of their first four games since returning from a three-week hiatus due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Canucks took on the Ottawa Senators twice before finishing the week off against the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Monday, the Canucks lost 2-1 against the Senators.
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Cole Caufield scored at 4:43 of overtime as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a potential North Division playoff preview Monday. The rookie sniper took a pass from Jeff Petry and wired home his second NHL goal — and second OT winner in as many games. Tyler Toffoli and Philip Danault
As much as I roll the scenarios around in my head, I see very little chance that Frederik Andersen will be back with the Toronto Maple Leafs after this season. In fact, spelling out the scenarios, there’s only one chance I can see that he stays. And, even that chance is rife with issues. Four
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Jose Barracuda forward Joel Kellman has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending May 2, 2021. Kellman totaled four goals and three assists in three games for San Jose last week, including late-game heroics in a pair of Barracuda victories.
7:00 AM ET The Dallas Stars were in the Edmonton postseason bubble last summer for 66 days, longer than any other team. Jason Robertson was there for all of it, but didn’t get a single minute of game action. “I took warm-ups for a couple games,” the 21-year-old said. “That was the closest I ever
The Bay Area sports world is filled with hype and excitement as the San Francisco 49ers elected to trade up and select a top NFL draft prospect, Trey Lance. This keen move by the front office has many fans thrilled about the present and future of the club. The same cannot be said about the
CALGARY – Josh Tarzwell scored 25 seconds into overtime to lead the Red Deer Rebels over the Calgary Hitmen 5-4 in the Western Hockey League on Sunday. Kalan Lind and Arshdeep Bains each scored twice for the Rebels (4-15-3) in regulation time. Red Deer was leading 4-2 early in the third period but Zac Funk