1:35 AM ET DENVER — Andre Burakovsky was like a kid on Christmas morning before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. Only he ended up delivering the gift. Colorado’s big winger scored the game winner in overtime to lift the Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 for a 1-0 lead in
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1:05 AM ET DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said “the right team won” Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, but that he believes the Colorado Avalanche haven’t seen anything close to his players’ best effort yet. “Give them credit for pulling it out,” Cooper said after the Avs won 4-3 in
8:06 PM ET DENVER — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will generate record revenues of more than $5.2 billion this season. And that total may be conservative. Holding court Wednesday with deputy commissioner Bill Daly before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning, Bettman
1:13 PM ET DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point is “a go” for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday. Point suffered a lower-body injury after just 5 minutes, 51 seconds of ice time in Game 7 of the Lightning’s first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 Stanley Cup Final is set to begin Wednesday night in Denver, and it promises to be one of the best matchups in recent memory. The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to become the first team to three-peat since the New York Islanders won four in a row from
8:00 AM ET DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche are no overnight success. Joe Sakic knows that better than anyone. He was Colorado’s captain when the franchise last won a Stanley Cup, in 2001. Now, 21 years later, Sakic is the architect behind the Avalanche’s return to a Final, this one opening Wednesday against the Tampa
6:38 PM ET DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said things are leaning towards Brayden Point returning to the lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. “If it’s not tomorrow, then we really anticipate Game 2. But we’ll see how he is tomorrow,” Cooper
5:17 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have hired Bruce Cassidy as their new head coach, the team announced Tuesday. Cassidy, the longtime Bruins coach who was surprisingly let go by the team this month, replaces the fired Peter DeBoer in Las Vegas. “I am excited to join an organization that shares my commitment to
4:18 PM ET DENVER — Darcy Kuemper will spend the night before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final waiting by his phone. That’s how the Colorado Avalanche goaltender will learn — via text message from the coaching staff — whether he or backup Pavel Francouz will get the all-important first start against the Tampa
11:53 AM ET Broadcaster Bill Clement and hockey writer Al Morganti were both named 2022 Hockey Hall of Fame media award recipients on Tuesday. Clement will receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster and Morganti will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journalism. Clement, who