A pair of power-play goals powered the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. Tyson Barrie and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and an assist for Edmonton (29-26-2), and Leon Draisaitl burried an empty-net strike with nine seconds on the clock. Connor McDavid helped out on all three goals.
Bruce Cassidy was hired as an assistant coach to then-Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien in the spring of 2016 after spending five years as head coach of the Bruins’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins. When Boston was in danger of missing the playoffs in 2017, the Bruins fired Julien and named Cassidy the
In a hard-cap NHL where top-six players inhale much of the salary oxygen, a franchise’s success depends heavily upon how it nurtures and ‘coaches up’ its younger players. Enter Hamilton native, Derek King. As head coach of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs he’s entrusted with the Chicago Blackhawks’ youngest pro prospects as the Hawks continue to
6:48 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. There have been many surprises during the 2021 NHL season, a campaign that has been quite different than usual thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, one reality on April 28 that shocks
Slotting in on the fourth line is no easy task. It takes hard work and perseverance to earn your chance only to be given under 10 minutes of ice time to prove that you belong. It is a constantly rotating part of the lineup, and one bad game may prove enough to drop you right
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Brady Tkachuk had a Gordie Howe hat trick as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 Wednesday night. The abrasive Senators forward dropped the gloves with Zack MacEwen eight minutes into the game after the Canucks forward objected to Tkachuk flattening Brandon Sutter behind the goal. The 21-year-old Tkachuk added an assist on Josh
At the beginning of this last week, with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ regular season having fewer than 10 games remaining, I wrote a post looking back at this season to review who I believed were the three most surprising Maple Leafs’ players. Obviously, such a post is subjective. I expect other Maple Leafs’ fans would
Nate Costa expects a great deal of pent-up demand for professional hockey in the region. “Baby steps.” That’s what Nate Costa, president of the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds, says the team is taking as it looks to return to the ice — and its place as a huge part of Springfield’s economic engine —
7:00 AM ET With the 2021 NHL season winding down, some playoff races have yet to be determined — but each team’s identity has been clarified. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings, we identified the breakthrough player for all 31 teams. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1
The only commonality between the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Tuesday night’s match — their last meeting of the 2020-21 campaign — was that it was each club’s 49th of the year. Beyond that, these teams are on separate ends of the Discover Central Division’s spectrum. While Tampa Bay looks to see
Philadelphia Flyers (22-20-7, sixth in the East Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (15-27-7, seventh in the East Division) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Devils +108, Flyers -131 BOTTOM LINE: East Division foes New Jersey and Philadelphia face off. The Devils are 15-27-7 against East Division teams. New Jersey has given
Miroslav Frycer, who defected from Czechoslovakia to play eight seasons in the NHL, has died. He was 61. Czech league team Orli Znojmo, where Frycer had been head coach since 2018, said on its website Tuesday that Frycer died after an unspecified brief illness. Frycer had overcome health problems in the past. He chronicled his
Similar to other sports leagues, the NHL has been lucky to have some of its greatest players and biggest names play in the same era. The 1950s had Gordie Howe and Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard. Bobby Hull, Frank Mahovlich, and Stan Mikita headlined the 1960s while Guy Lafleur and Phil Esposito dominated the 1970s. Even in
7:10 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The Dallas Stars‘ 2021 season got off to a delayed start due to COVID-19 postponements, and through the season they’ve had some extra games remaining compared to their competition — a welcome sight
April 25 has provided us with some great playoff moments throughout the history of the National Hockey League. Two of the greatest players to ever lace up a pair of skates had offensive explosions on a date that saw plenty of great postseason moments. Let’s take our daily trip back in time to relive all
The NHL is preparing contingency plans if virus restrictions in Canada prevent travel between provinces or back and forth to the U.S. during the playoffs. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Tuesday called the situation “wildly unpredictable.” The NHL put off the thorny issue of cross-border travel before the season began by having all seven Canadian
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Connor McDavid is having a season for the ages The Oilers superstar all but ended the races for hockey’s two biggest individual awards last night when he scored a