11:45 AM ET Keith Yandle will be a healthy scratch for the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night, ending his NHL-record consecutive-games-played streak at 989 games. Yandle, 35, broke the “iron man” record earlier this season, passing Doug Jarvis on Jan. 25 by playing in his 965th consecutive regular-season game at the New York Islanders. The
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7:59 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Saturdays on the NHL schedule are typically jam-packed, and there’s no deviation from that trend today. But three particular matchups are worthy of special attention as the rush to the 2022 Stanley Cup
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff The ABC Saturday afternoon hockey schedule continues this week with a potential Stanley Cup Final matchup as Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche host Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins, with coverage beginning at 3 p.m. ET and simulcast on ESPN+. To help get you ready for the game, we’ve
8:38 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rick Jeanneret, the broadcaster responsible for calling the Buffalo Sabres‘ most iconic moments by the team’s biggest stars over the past 51 years, is now joining them in the rafters. With the first sold-out crowd of the season chanting “RJ! RJ! RJ!” a banner honoring Jeanneret was
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. Beyond the Colorado Avalanche and Calgary Flames leading their respective divisions, the NHL’s Western Conference playoff races remain fairly wide open. Four weeks from today we’ll have much more clarity on the first-round
11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 50th goal of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-3 on Thursday night. Matthews scored Toronto’s sixth goal of the game into an empty net with 2:06 left in regulation. He moved past Leon Draisaitl (49 goals) of idle
9:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Whoa! It’s a Double Aho! Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night. And at nearly the exact same time. According to Sportsnet Stats,
8:16 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink. “Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up
3:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Coyotes leading scorer Clayton Keller had surgery Wednesday night after fracturing his leg in a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks. Keller is “doing well,” the team announced, and is expected to be out 4-6 months. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being
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. Throughout the course of a season, players that have been traded or signed elsewhere in free agency will skate against former teammates, and this process plays out hundreds of times. Tonight’s game at