10:55 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Defenseman Owen Power, the No. 1 overall selection in last year’s NHL draft, made his Buffalo Sabres debut Tuesday night, in a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Power, from nearby Mississauga, Ontario, skated almost 20 minutes in front of friends and family. He was swarmed
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10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Rangers forward Chris Kreider scored his 50th goal of the season Tuesday night, becoming only the fourth player in team history to do so. Kreider, in his 10th season in the NHL, scored with goaltender Igor Shesterkin pulled during a 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes
7:04 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks are keeping coach Dallas Eakins in charge next season for his fourth season with the struggling club. The Ducks are picking up Eakins’ contract option for the 2022-23 season, new general manager Pat Verbeek announced Tuesday. The Ducks are finishing their third consecutive losing
3:30 PM ET Associated Press The NHL has pushed back a scheduled matchup between the Seattle Kraken and Winnipeg Jets as a winter storm sweeps through southern Manitoba. Environment Canada is warning people in Winnipeg to prepare for hazardous winter conditions beginning overnight Tuesday, including nearly 20 inches of snow and winds gusting up to
7:05 AM ET Meredith Lang was a hockey enthusiast. She liked the game well enough to play in high school but left it behind to pursue a track and field career that carried her to the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials. Life rolled on. Hockey morphed into distant memory. Then, Lang had two daughters. And as
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. After a one-game slate last night, there are considerably more games on tap for hockey fans tonight — 14 of them, in fact, including a double-header on ESPN: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals
9:51 PM ET Associated Press Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games without pay for cross-checking Nashville‘s Mark Borowiecki in the face, a significant blow to the Pittsburgh Penguins as they hope to hold on to their playoff position. Malkin will miss upcoming games against the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins after the NHL’s
8:14 PM ET ESPN News Services EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While the surprising Los Angeles Kings battle for a playoff position in the Western Conference, veteran defenseman Drew Doughty will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his wrist. The former Norris Trophy winner had surgery Monday, the team said. He is
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. Tonight is one of the lightest slates on the NHL regular-season calendar, with just one game on tap. The Winnipeg Jets — who maintain a nonzero but insubstantial playoff chance — are visiting
6:00 AM ET NHL Insiders With less than three weeks left in the regular season, teams are jockeying for playoff spots, players are chasing milestones and the pressure is ratcheted up. We’ve gathered our panel of experts to break down all the big topics ahead of the upcoming week, including their take on the Dallas