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. There have been some incredibly busy nights on the NHL schedule recently, with many playoff contenders battling it out for those precious points. Tonight is not one of those nights. Six of the
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11:09 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers became the sixth team in NHL history to score seven first-period goals Thursday night in a wild 9-5 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The teams tied an NHL record by combining for 10 goals in the opening period. It also was the fastest
9:48 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Josh Doan is following his father’s footsteps into professional hockey. The Arizona Coyotes signed the 21-year-old forward to a three-year entry-level contract Thursday, beginning with the 2023-24 NHL season. He will report to the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL and play his first game Friday night against
9:09 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks forward Cole Guttman had surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday. The team said the operation was performed in Los Angeles. Team physician Michael Terry said the 23-year-old Guttman is expected “to be out of hockey activities for approximately four months.” Guttman had been a pleasant surprise
5:04 PM ET St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington was suspended for two games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Thursday for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Binnington will forfeit $64,864.86. The
9:00 AM ET When NHL fans heard there would be a 3D animated game played inside the world of Disney’s “Big City Greens,” many asked the obvious question: What happens if there’s a fight? Would Tilly chuck knuckles with Cricket? The animators had a contingency plan for that — the digital avatars of Washington Capitals
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. Leading up to the trade deadline on March 3, the Nashville Predators appeared to be looking ahead to 2023-24 and beyond after trading away Nino Niederreiter, Tanner Jeannot, Mattias Ekholm and Mikael Granlund
2:34 AM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Ryan Hartman had two goals and an assist, and the surging Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis 8-5 on Wednesday night in a game in which Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was ejected for throwing a punch. Binnington was whistled for a match penalty with 7:35 left in the
4:22 PM ET College hockey player Carson Briere, son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere, said in a statement Wednesday he is “deeply sorry” for pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar Saturday. Briere, 23, is a junior center for the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team based in
1:12 PM ET MANALAPAN, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is confident as ever that the league is in a good place, with no plans to see it expand further in the immediate future. “We’re not in an expansion mode right now,” said Bettman on Wednesday, after wrapping up the league’s annual GM meetings. “There