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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 12, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone has been cleared to practice while he continues to recover from a lacerated spleen, the team said Friday. Stone, who has 16 goals and 53 points

Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 12:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida‘s Bill Zito, the New York Rangers‘ Chris Drury and New Jersey‘s Tom Fitzgerald were announced Friday as assistant general managers for USA Hockey’s teams that will compete in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off next year and then the 2026 Olympics

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Stanley Cup Final is the grand finale of the NHL season. It’s just that some finales are a bit grander than others. Here are the 10 best possible Stanley Cup Final matchups in 2024, based

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterApr 12, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Less than a week remains in the 2023-24 NHL season, so we have a great sense of which teams overperformed, which teams underperformed and which teams were who we thought they were.

Open Extended Reactions The Western Conference does not officially have its eight playoff teams identified yet (though that could change after Friday night’s action). But even when that octet is confirmed, the seeding remains to be clarified. Heading into Friday’s five-game slate, the current matchups are as follows: C1 Dallas Stars vs. WC2 Vegas Golden

ESPN News Services Apr 11, 2024, 11:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby is too consumed with the moment to think about the history he’s making. Too focused on trying to will the Pittsburgh Penguins into a playoff berth that seemed unlikely a month ago to consider the weight of all that

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 11, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Noah Hanifin and the Vegas Golden Knights have agreed to an eight-year contract extension worth $7.35 million annually, the team announced Thursday. Re-signing Hanifin, who was set to become a pending unrestricted

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterApr 11, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg will retire at the end of the 2023-24 season, the club announced Thursday. Silverberg will skate in his final home game with the Ducks on Friday against

Open Extended Reactions Although six teams have clinched a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference half of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs bracket, there is a fierce battle being contested for those final two spots among five teams. Two of them play against each other Thursday. The Detroit Red Wings visit the Pittsburgh Penguins (7

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 10, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The best hockey save of the year might’ve just happened in Sweden thanks to a goaltender who initially didn’t recognize he needed to make one. Gustaf Lindvall is a goalie for Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish