1:41 AM ET ESPN News Services TEMPE, Ariz. — Connor McDavid picked up an assist for his 140th point of the season Monday night in the Edmonton Oilers‘ 5-4 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. McDavid, the All-Star center who is running away in the race for the Hart Trophy as league MVP, became the first
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11:33 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ilya Lyubushkin is citing an anti-gay Kremlin law and fears of retribution at home in Russia for electing not to participate in the Buffalo Sabres‘ pregame warmup on the team’s Pride night, when players are expected to wear rainbow-colored jerseys in support of the LGBTQIA+ community. The
9:45 AM ET When we compiled a list two years ago of up-and-coming NHL coach and general manager candidates, we noted how familial the hiring practices could be. Since the 2005-06 season, nearly 60% of the coaches hired were what the industry calls “retreads,” and it was rare to see an outside-the-box candidate take over
11:07 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Dave Scott will retire as chairman of the Philadelphia Flyers‘ parent company Comcast Spectacor and be replaced by Dan Hilferty. Hilferty, who was recently named CEO of Comcast Spectacor, will succeed Scott as chairman of the company on April 17 and as the team’s governor on July 1.
7:05 AM ET ESPN staff With about three weeks left of the 2022-23 NHL regular season, there are three teams that have clinched a playoff spot and four that have been mathematically eliminated. Those numbers will both increase in the days ahead, as it’s another jam-packed week on the schedule. But which games will have
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 Minnesota Wild are a first-place hockey team heading into Monday night’s game against the Seattle Kraken (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+/Hulu). But might they have their sights set even higher? There is quite
2:20 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Viktor Arvidsson had two goals for the second straight game, Adrian Kempe also scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings extended their point streak to a franchise-record 12 games in a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. Alex Iafallo and Trevor Moore also
1:38 AM ET Florida Panthers prospect Mackie Samoskevich scored less than a minute into overtime, and the Michigan Wolverines earned their 27th trip to the Frozen Four with a 2-1 victory over Penn State on Sunday night in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Wolverines, a team filled with NHL draft picks and prospects, will join Quinnipiac, Boston
8:51 PM ET ESPN News Services RALEIGH, N.C. — David Pastrnak eclipsed the 50-goal mark, scoring twice, and the Boston Bruins won their seventh game in a row, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout Sunday. A day after Boston secured the Atlantic Division crown with a home win over the Tampa Bay Lightning,
3:59 PM ET Los Angeles Kings forward Blake Lizotte received a one-game suspension from the NHL on Sunday for cross-checking Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey. Lizotte had a hearing with the league’s Department of Player Safety earlier Sunday. The suspension means he is ineligible to play in Sunday night’s home game against the St. Louis