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. Back on March 16, we considered the wild-card playoff chances of the Nashville Predators. At the time, they were four points behind the Winnipeg Jets and six points behind the Seattle Kraken. Two
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7:05 AM ET It’s the final NHL Awards Watch of the 2022-23 season. Some of these races feel like they’ve been over for months. The betting markets certainly think so, with heavy favorites having been established for MVP, rookie of the year and top goalie, to name a few. Yet as the voters get their
7:40 AM ET Saying it out loud raises a few eyebrows because of how unbelievable it all sounds. It’s been 30 years since a Division I men’s college hockey player has scored 100 points in a season. “Really?! Wait, I’m shocked! I’m actually surprised!” said New Jersey Devils forward Miles Wood, who played at Boston
5:26 PM ET Carson Briere was dismissed from the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team, the school announced Monday. The decision to remove Brier, a son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere, from the program comes a little more than three weeks after a video posted to social media showed Briere and another Mercyhurst
1:56 PM ET Minnesota Wild forward Mason Shaw is done for the remainder of the season after tearing an ACL, the fourth such injury for the 24-year-old. The team announced Monday that Shaw suffered the right knee injury Saturday against the Vegas Golden Knights. Shaw has already had three ACL surgeries, all since being selected
1:18 PM ET The NHL on Monday revealed its finalists for the 2023 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award, an annual distinction for individuals who have positively impacted their community, culture or society through the sport of hockey. This season’s six candidates include three from the United States and three from Canada: Jason McCrimmon (Detroit), Karen
12:55 PM ET Montreal Canadiens forwards Alex Belzile and Sean Monahan are both out for the season, the team said Monday. Belzile has a fractured right leg and Monahan recently underwent groin surgery. Out of the playoffs for a second straight season, the Canadiens (30-41-6, 66 points) have five games left. Belzile, 31, was injured
7:05 AM ET ESPN staff Entering the penultimate week of the NHL regular season, the playoff races — particularly for the wild cards — continue to captivate us. If it seems like every game seems to have major playoff implications, that’s not a gigantic stretch of the truth. So which games on this week’s calendar
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. Throughout much of the 2022-23 regular season, the Dallas Stars had a healthy lead in the Central Division. But thanks to a bit of a tailspin coming out of the All-Star break and
8:34 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Charlie Coyle scored the game-winning shootout goal as the Bruins recovered from blowing a 3-0 lead to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 for Boston’s 60th victory of the season. The Bruins became just the fourth team in NHL history to win at least 60 games