Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 8, 2023, 08:29 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery Monday night, earning the right to select phenom Connor Bedard. The Blackhawks last selected first overall in 2007, when they took winger Patrick Kane. Chicago had the third-best odds to win
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May 8, 2023, 02:29 PM ET The Washington Capitals re-signed forward Michael Sgarbossa to a two-year, two-way contract on Monday. The deal pays $775,000 per season at the NHL level and $525,000 in the AHL. Sgarbossa, 30, registered 58 points (21 goals, 37 assists) in 60 games for the AHL’s Hershey Bears in 2022-23. He
May 8, 2023, 12:24 PM ET The NHL fined New Jersey Devils forward Tomas Tatar $5,000 on Monday for high-sticking Carolina’s Sebastian Aho during Sunday’s Game 3. The penalty occurred at 12:20 of the first period in the Devils’ 8-4 win over the Hurricanes. Tatar was issued a two-minute minor. The fine is maximum allowable
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Hockey’s most scrutinized teenager seeks the quiet life — for now. Connor Bedard, the most hyped NHL prospect since that Connor, was finishing up his third season in junior hockey when I visited him in March. His team, the Regina Pats, is located in the broad plains of Saskatchewan, where the average winter temperature hovers
The 2023 NHL draft class includes a number of great players, led by Regina Pats center Connor Bedard. Many believe he will quickly alter the path of whichever team drafts him No. 1 overall this summer. But the No. 1 pick doesn’t simply go to the team with the worst regular-season record. Instead, a lottery
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 8, 2023, 02:12 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. SEATTLE — The Dallas Stars‘ 7-2 loss Sunday to the Seattle Kraken was further compounded by the loss of their star defenseman Miro Heiskanen in the second period. Heiskanen was injured in the buildup to
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 7, 2023, 08:51 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Maple Leafs starting goaltender Ilya Samsonov left Game 3 of Toronto’s Eastern Conference second-round series against the Florida Panthers on Sunday after suffering an injury early in the second period. He did not return and
NEWARK, N.J. — Luke Hughes is 19 years old. His third ever game as a National Hockey League defenseman was Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes, with his club attempting to climb out of a 2-0 hole. Yet if there was pressure, he didn’t
Associated Press May 7, 2023, 05:40 PM ET DALLAS — The Dallas Stars canceled a watch party that was planned during their road playoff game Sunday night in the plaza outside their home arena, which is less than 30 miles from a Texas outlet mall where an assailant killed eight people the previous day. While