7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin missed the club’s 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night because of a lower body injury. It was the sixth time the Capitals played without Ovechkin this season, including four games last month following the death of his
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4:12 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes star right wing Andrei Svechnikov will have season-ending surgery this week, dealing a potentially massive blow to their Stanley Cup aspirations. The team announced on Tuesday that Svechnikov, 22, will undergo reconstructive surgery on his right ACL on Thursday morning in Raleigh, North Carolina. “After further consultation with global experts
3:54 PM ET MANALAPAN, Fla. — The NHL GM meetings moved into their second day Tuesday, and discussions deepened around key agenda topics with potential to impact rule changes down the road. Managers spent Monday morning in breakout sessions dialoguing about fights after clean hits, the implications of expanded video review on coaches’ challenges and
11:02 AM ET Ray Bourque, a Hockey Hall of Famer and Boston Bruins legend, has joined 3ICE as a head coach when the 3-on-3 summer hockey league returns for its second season. “Three-on-three is so exciting. I love seeing it during the [NHL] regular season because I hate the shootout. It’s nonstop action that you
7:30 AM ET It was less than a week before the Washington Capitals‘ game at the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, and the ESPN production team still wasn’t sure how it would handle a video goal review during the game. Normally, this wouldn’t be a concern. But normally, the referee isn’t a 3D animated
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff When the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers take the ice at Madison Square Garden tonight, 3D animated versions of themselves will be taking to the ice at “Times Circle” as part of the first ever NHL Big City Greens Classic. Yes, cartoon versions of Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas
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. The NHL schedule Tuesday night includes a special volumetric broadcast of the Washington Capitals–New York Rangers game, where the action on the ice will be transformed into the world of “Big City Greens.”
10:12 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes say forward Andrei Svechnikov will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. The 22-year-old Svechnikov injured his right knee on Saturday night in a loss to Vegas. In a statement Monday night, president and general manager Don Waddell said Svechnikov had an MRI and
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. Over the weekend, the Boston Bruins became the first team to clinch a playoff berth, and any reasonable observer would conclude that they will be the East’s No. 1 seed, barring a tremendous
10:14 AM ET Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere acknowledged the team needs a multiyear rebuild as he campaigns to earn the job on a permanent basis. Briere, 45, replaced GM Chuck Fletcher on Friday. Fletcher, who was fired after five seasons, was also the team’s president of hockey operations. Briere said he would