7:07 PM ET Hours after they announced that both players would be held out for trade reasons, the Washington Capitals sent Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway to the Boston Bruins on Thursday. In return, the Capitals received Craig Smith, a 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 third-round pick and a 2025 second-round selection. The Minnesota Wild
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10:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Jakob Silfverberg scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, John Gibson made 41 saves and the Anaheim Ducks handed the reeling Capitals a sixth consecutive defeat, 4-2 Thursday night, in Alex Ovechkin‘s return for Washington. The Capitals are mired in their longest losing streak since losing
10:39 AM ET ESPN News Services Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen will miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery on his right leg Wednesday, the team announced. Johansen was helped to the locker room late in the second period of Tuesday’s win over the Canucks after the skate of Vancouver defenseman Quinn
12:13 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE — Anthony Duclair said it hit him right in the heart. It was May 2021. Duclair was in his first season with the Florida Panthers, the sixth team of his NHL career. He was scrolling through social media on his couch when he saw a tweet from Imran Siddiqui, who
7:00 AM ET At this point in the NHL, ranking the top centers is like predicting the winner of an Olympic 100 meter final when Usain Bolt was in his prime: Everyone else is just scrambling for second place, at best. Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid ranked first overall in ESPN’s 2023 NHL positional ranking
7:57 PM ET The Boston Bruins are on pace to challenge NHL records for most wins and points by a team in a regular season. But star winger Brad Marchand said that’s the last thing on their minds. “People have talked a lot about some of these records, that we could potentially hit or we
7:31 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks obtained more draft capital via a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. The Blackhawks acquired veteran Nikita Zaitsev, a 2023 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-rounder from Ottawa in exchange for future considerations. Zaitsev, 31, has a $4.5 million cap hit through the 2023-24 season. He had
4:35 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights offloaded defenseman Shea Weber‘s contract to the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday, 10 days before the NHL trade deadline. Vegas traded Weber and a 2023 fifth-round draft pick to Arizona for defenseman Dysin Mayo, 26, an AHL defenseman who was assigned to the Golden Knights’ minor league affiliate in
2:30 PM ET Anyone who has either attended a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena or watched the local broadcast is aware of the relationship the team has with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. They’ve seen the pregame videos about land acknowledgments. They have watched the Muckleshoot Canoe Family perform during the team’s first Indigenous
1:40 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs‘ defenseman Jake Muzzin will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 regular season and playoffs recovering from a cervical spine injury, the club announced on Wednesday. That decision was made after Muzzin spent months meeting with specialists and medical professionals about his condition. Toronto will update Muzzin’s status again at