12:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Bruce Boudreau has been fired as coach of the Vancouver Canucks, who are again on track to miss the playoffs with another underachieving season. The team announced the change Sunday, less than a week after president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford said “major surgery” was needed to fix the
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11:12 AM ET Cole Caufield, the leading scorer for the Montreal Canadiens, will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season because of a shoulder injury. The team announced that Caufield, 22, suffered a season-ending injury to his right shoulder and will undergo surgery in the near future. The Canadiens will update his progress after the
12:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Penguins defenseman P.O. Joseph and older brother Mathieu Joseph, a forward for the Senators, lived out a childhood dream when they played each other for the first time in the NHL on Friday night in Pittsburgh. Neither player recorded a point in Pittsburgh’s 4-1 win, but they did enter
5:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Two of the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ key players rejoined the roster Friday as starting goaltender Tristan Jarry was activated from injured reserve and defenseman Jeff Petry was activated from long-term injured reserve. In corresponding moves, the Penguins reassigned goaltender Dustin Tokarski and defenseman Taylor Fedun to AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The
5:48 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes veteran winger Max Pacioretty was placed on injured reserve with a torn Achilles tendon in his right foot, the team announced Friday. The team did not give a timetable for his return to the lineup. It is the same right Achilles tendon that Pacioretty tore last season and required offseason
3:29 PM ET Vancouver Canucks‘ coach Bruce Boudreau admitted he’d “be a fool” not to acknowledge speculation that the club is making an imminent change behind the bench. The long-time NHL coach – now in his second season with the Canucks – became emotional in his media availability following Vancouver’s morning skate on Friday when
7:00 AM ET The 2023 NHL All-Star class gained 12 new members on Thursday night. But of the original 32, four — Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau, Nazem Kadri and Kevin Fiala — were added to their current teams this past offseason via trade or free agency. However, not every deal works out that well. This
10:55 PM ET The NHL is taking its talents to South Beach for the 2023 All-Star Game and has unveiled the vibrantly audacious jerseys its players will be wearing at next month’s events. The jerseys for the Eastern and Western conferences are modeled on ones from the mid-1990s, giving a “Reverse Retro” makeover from adidas.
11:03 PM ET NEW YORK — Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron said the team has discussed resting him for regular-season games even if he’s healthy enough to play. “It’s something they’ve talked about. I told them that those are decisions they have to make, if that’s what they want. If you leave it up to
10:51 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Thursday the noncontact injury sustained by winger Max Pacioretty “doesn’t look good.” Pacioretty’s health became a concern within the last minute of the Hurricanes’ 5-2 win against the Minnesota Wild at PNC Arena. Nobody was near Pacioretty as he was looking to pass the puck while