11:41 AM ET Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has returned to D.C. and joined practice Wednesday. Ovechkin has been away from the team since Feb 14, going home to Russia after the death of his father, Mikhail Ovechkin. The Capitals have told Ovechkin to take all the time he needs — especially after a long
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8:15 AM ET Stacy Revere/Getty Images The NHL trade deadline is March 3, and with just nine days to go, talks are intensifying around the league. Here’s what I’m hearing about some dynamics going on behind the scenes… We should get clarity on Kane’s decision this week. None of this has been easy for the
Feb 19, 2020 Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2020, on the 40th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice. “What we have at hand is the rarest of sporting events, an event that needs no buildup, no superfluous adjectives. In a political or nationalistic sense, I’m sure this game is being viewed with
12:46 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid reached 800 career points and scored his 43rd and 44th goals this season in the third period to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. McDavid also assisted on Leon Draisaitl‘s tying goal early in the third, with
11:00 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — Newly acquired center Ryan O’Reilly scored twice on Toronto’s first two shots on net and added an empty-net goal in the Maple Leafs‘ 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Playing his third game in four nights since being traded to Toronto by the
1:09 PM ET Colorado Avalanche star defenseman Cale Makar is back in the concussion protocol, coach Jared Bednar confirmed Tuesday, and is expected to miss at least the next two games. Bednar announced the update to Makar’s status during his weekly appearance with Altitude Sports Radio in Denver. Bednar is expected to address the media
11:00 AM ET What’s your favorite thing about Rasmus Dahlin? This is the question members of the Buffalo Sabres are being asked by their social media team after practice has ended. They say Dahlin is really funny. They say Dahlin has great hair. They say Dahlin is extremely talented in a variety of ways. One
7:00 AM ET After 18 seasons, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is still one of the top 10 wingers in the NHL, according to ESPN’s 2023 positional ranking surveys — but just barely. “The record he is chasing, getting ready to pass [Wayne] Gretzky, you have to tip your cap,” a Western Conference team executive
11:03 PM ET Associated Press TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec — If you enjoy do-or-die showdowns between acrimonious rivals, circle Wednesday on your calendar. After the United States took the first three games of the seven-game national women’s Rivalry Series, Canada has bounced back with three consecutive wins, including Monday night’s 5-1 victory at the sold-out Colisee Videotron.
6:53 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Konecny left Monday’s 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames with an upper-body injury, the team announced during the third period. Konecny was shoved from behind into the boards by Calgary defenseman MacKenzie Weegar. He slid along the ice for a few seconds, on his stomach, before skating off