7:00 AM ET By this point of the 2021-22 NHL season, we have a good sense of where all 32 teams stand — and what they’re likely to do ahead of the trade deadline on March 21. For this week’s edition of the NHL Power Rankings, we identified one stat that helps explain how each
NHL
7:00 AM ET The 2022 NHL trade deadline is scheduled for Monday, March 21, at 3 p.m. ET. It’s an annual event shrouded in uncertainty, whose preceding hype rarely matches its actual action. But there are a few teams and individuals that could really start the party this season. Are the Dallas Stars playoff contenders,
12:50 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull is no longer serving as a team ambassador for the Blackhawks. Hull played for Chicago for 15 years, collecting 604 goals and 549 assists. He was named a Blackhawks ambassador in a ceremony with fellow Hall of Famer Stan Mikita in 2008.
11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three games into his Vegas Golden Knights career, Jack Eichel on Sunday began to show glimpses of the many reasons the Stanley Cup-hopeful team acquired him. Eichel, held out of the goal column in two losses for Vegas to open his season last week, scored
6:47 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Andrew Hammond, playing in an NHL game for the first time in 1,425 days, made 30 saves and stopped two of three shootout attempts, leading the Montreal Canadiens past the New York Islanders, 3-2, on Sunday. In a season full of surprises for Montreal, most of
1:37 AM ET Finland won its first ever Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal with a 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee on Sunday in Beijing. Finland forward Hannes Bjorninen scored the game-winning goal just 31 seconds into the third period. He added an assist on Ville Pokka’s goal in the second period that
11:45 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Emile “The Cat” Francis, the diminutive goalie who became a Hall of Fame coach and general manager with the New York Rangers, has died. He was 95. The Rangers announced the death Saturday night. “Emile’s passion and dedication to the Rangers organization and growing the game of
11:25 PM ET In a late-night trade on Saturday, the Toronto Maple Leafs sent forward Nick Ritchie and a conditional draft choice to Arizona in exchange for defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin and forward Ryan Dzingel. The Coyotes will have their pick of the Leafs’ third-round choice in 2023, or second-round pick in 2025. “We are excited
10:51 PM ET Tyler Tumminia has resigned as commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation, ESPN confirmed on Saturday. She will remain with the women’s professional league through the end of its postseason in late March. A source told ESPN that it was “her decision, her terms,” and clarified that Tumminia is not leaving for another
5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Chad Ruhwedel to a two-year contract extension on Saturday. The deal carries an average annual value of $800,000 and runs through the 2023-24 season. The extension also gives the 31-year-old some stability. He spent the majority of his first five seasons in