1:57 AM ET ESPN News Services CALGARY, Alberta — Matthew Tkachuk scored his 40th goal, Christopher Tanev scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Thursday night to win the Pacific Division title. The Flames won their division for the eighth time in franchise history
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11:48 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and became Tampa Bay’s all-time scoring leader as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-1 on Thursday night. Stamkos, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft, fired a one-timer from the left circle off a
11:34 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are champions of the NHL’s Atlantic Division. They look like a team that’s ready to win even more. Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season, and the Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings
3:02 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes have released season-ticket details for their 2022-23 season at Arizona State University’s new 5,000-seat multipurpose arena, which they’ll share with the ASU Sun Devils NCAA hockey program. The Coyotes are moving to the ASU facility after their lease with the city of Glendale ended, forcing them to exit Gila
10:45 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A popular Zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings said he was dismissed for urinating in a drain. Al Sobotka filed a discrimination lawsuit this week against Olympia Entertainment, two months after he was fired, following 51 years with the Red Wings. His lawyer said he has a
10:12 AM ET The NHL is taking its 2022-23 season international, with regular-season games and exhibition contests scheduled for Finland, Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland. The 2022 NHL Global Series and 2022 NHL Global Series Challenge will feature the Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche. It’s the first time the
8:55 AM ET The last few weeks of the 2021-22 NHL season have had all the drama of a foregone conclusion. The Eastern Conference playoff field has been set since, oh I don’t know, Halloween 2021. The eight playoff teams aren’t jockeying for position as much as they’re letting the chips fall where they may
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. We know the identity of the NHL’s eight Eastern Conference playoff teams — and have for some time, albeit unofficially until recently. But in what order will they finish? Tonight’s games will give
1:25 AM ET ESPN News Services Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 49th and 50th goals of the season in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, hitting a milestone that he’s seemingly made look easy year after year. Vegas coach Peter DeBoer pulled starting goalie
10:45 AM ET Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one-year fellowship that fast-tracks her for an NHL management role. “My dream is to work in a hockey front office, and when the Penguins presented this opportunity to me, it wasn’t something I thought was available — because it wasn’t available,” Kessel told