7:38 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres’ injury-depleted goalie ranks were thinned further on Wednesday after the NHL issued Aaron Dell a three-game suspension for body-checking Ottawa forward Drake Batherson into the end boards. In determining the length of the suspension, the NHL took into account that Batherson broke his left
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6:32 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jim Rutherford says there are some big decisions looming for the Vancouver Canucks, but the team’s president of hockey operations has crossed one large task off his to-do list — he hired Patrik Allvin as general manager. Allvin became the 12th GM in franchise history on
5:32 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to a two-year extension with forward Jeff Carter that carries an average annual value of $3.125 million, the team announced Wednesday. The deal begins with the 2022-23 season and runs through the 2023-24 season. Carter, 37, is third on the team this season with 12 goals and
12:46 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers‘ captain Claude Giroux won’t be going anywhere — unless he wants to. The club’s general manager, Chuck Fletcher, made clear in his midseason media availability Wednesday that Giroux, a pending unrestricted free agent, will be moved ahead of the NHL’s March trade deadline only if Giroux himself chooses to be.
6:50 AM ET As of Wednesday, 20 of the NHL’s 32 teams have hit the 41-game mark, so it’s the perfect time to check in on their progress against preseason expectations. To help tell the tale, we compared every team’s current standings point pace against their preseason over-under at Caesars Sportsbook. Who’s ahead of pace,
12:12 AM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Drake Batherson, Ottawa’s leading scorer, suffered an ankle injury in the Senators’ 5-0 win over the Sabres Tuesday night, the result of which appears like a deliberate shoulder check from Buffalo goaltender Aaron Dell. Late in the first period, Batherson chased a puck behind the Buffalo
7:49 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle became the NHL’s new “Iron Man” on Tuesday night, skating in his 965th consecutive regular-season game to break Doug Jarvis’s all-time record. Yandle set the record when the puck was dropped for the opening faceoff against the New York Islanders. According to the NHL,
1:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is expected to miss at least two months with an injury to his left forearm. The Sharks said that Karlsson underwent surgery Monday to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm. The team said Tuesday that Karlsson is
12:02 PM ET Associated Press Longtime NHL forward Eric Staal and 2021 top draft pick Owen Power were among the players named Tuesday to Canada’s roster for the Beijing Olympics. Staal played almost 1,400 games in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes. He returns to the Olympics after
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff With the All-Star Game approaching, and many teams having hit the 41-game mark of the 2021-22 NHL season, it’s a great time to check in on the playoff races, potential trade candidates and award and scoring title candidates. We asked our NHL analysts for their top predictions for the remainder