2:49 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes lost their home opener at Mullett Arena on Friday night, the NHL team’s first game in its temporary home at Arizona State University. Blake Wheeler’s goal at 32 seconds of overtime gave the Winnipeg Jets a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes in front of a small
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5:58 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes will call Arizona State University home for at least the next three seasons as they wait for approval and construction of a permanent home in Tempe, Arizona. The brand new facility in which they’ll play NHL games is called Mullett Arena, named for a prominent benefactor of the Sun
6:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for high-sticking Boston Bruins forward David Krejci a night earlier. Rasmussen was assessed a minor penalty for high sticking midway through the second period in the Red Wings’ 5-1
6:26 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The struggling Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Ethan Bear and forward Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday for a fifth-round draft pick. The 25-year-old Bear had five goals and nine assists in 58 games for the Hurricanes last season but has yet to appear in
6:50 AM ET Four wins in their first six games while also holding the distinction of being the NHL’s youngest team. That is what it means to be the Buffalo Sabres at the moment. A number of items have brought the Sabres to this point in the opening weeks of the season. One of them
7:00 AM ET The first two weeks of the 2022-23 NHL season are in the books, and while some things haven’t surprised us — the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights leading their divisions, and the Arizona Coyotes near the bottom — there has been no shortage of shocks for every club thus far. This
8:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Nick Bjugstad took the ice for the first time at Mullett Arena on Thursday, the college hockey rink that will house the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes for at least the next three seasons. He noticed its roughly 5,000 seats. The ones fans will pay not less than $100 to occupy,
1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Brad Marchand will make his season debut when the Boston Bruins host the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. The winger is coming off double hip surgery and is returning approximately one month ahead of schedule. “As soon as it came up that I was going to have the
11:46 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson has been placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. Johnson has been off to a great start with two goals and four assists in six games for a Chicago team that has surprisingly won four straight games. Tyler Johnson falls awkwardly into the boards against the
7:00 AM ET If I ran a struggling NHL team and there was a generational talent available in the next draft class, I wouldn’t tank the season. No, “tanking” is too tame a description for what I’d do. I would populate my team with semi-pros. I would replace their sticks with swimming pool noodles. My