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
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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
5:43 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenseman Nicolas Beaudin from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for center Cam Hillis on Wednesday. Beaudin had two goals and four assists in 22 games over three seasons for Chicago. The player from Quebec was the 27th overall pick in the 2018 draft. Hills,
7:00 AM ET Philipp Grubauer didn’t feel bad, exactly. He didn’t feel good, either. The goaltender was merely coasting along during his inaugural season with the Colorado Avalanche in 2018-19, preparing for games as he always had and ignoring — at first — his body’s increasing lethargy. At the time Grubauer was like most of
10:53 PM ET And now Phil Kessel stands alone. Kessel became the NHL’s new “iron man” on Tuesday — and did so in style, scoring his 400th career goal in the Vegas Golden Knights‘ 4-2 win over the Sharks in San Jose. The 35-year-old winger has now appeared in 990 consecutive games, a streak that
12:03 AM ET NEW YORK — Alexandar Georgiev skated out of his crease, pumped his fist and celebrated on the ice at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. Only this time, the fans weren’t cheering his victory. Georgiev made 44 saves and stopped three of four shootout attempts to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a
5:45 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers veteran forward James van Riemsdyk will undergo surgery on Friday to repair a broken finger suffered in Sunday’s loss to the San Jose Sharks. Van Riemsdyk, 33, will miss roughly a month after a solid start to the season under first-year coach John Tortorella. The left wing has two goals,