11:49 AM ET ESPN News Services Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has been placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol, it was announced Wednesday. Bergeron, who scored the Bruins’ lone goal in Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, has 10 goals and 13 assists this season. The move comes one day after the team
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7:00 AM ET It’s certainly been a tumultuous start to the week, given a slew of additional game postponements due to COVID-19 — and many players and team staff entering the protocol — but the Power Rankings march on. And for the second straight week — and fifth time this season — the Florida Panthers
12:16 AM ET Edmonton Oilers coach Dave Tippett has been placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced after its 5-1 home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Tippett had missed the game due to what Edmonton initially called precautionary reasons. His absence was one of several for an Oilers team
6:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Team Canada would be one of the most star-laden teams — if not the most — in the upcoming Olympics, but its biggest star has major concerns about the NHL’s participation or lack thereof. NHL MVP Connor McDavid on Tuesday called the idea of potentially having to quarantine for
4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — Ben Bishop‘s 2½-year saga with an ailing right knee is ending, with the Dallas Stars goalie saying he did everything possible to get his career going again. He is still not quite at peace with the fact that he couldn’t. Bishop confirmed Tuesday what Stars general manager
2:51 PM ET The game between the Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night has been postponed after four additional Carolina players tested positive. The Hurricanes had positive tests come in for Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov, Ian Cole and Steven Lorentz after Tuesday’s morning skate in Minnesota, the team announced, which led the league to
2:40 PM ET ESPN staff The ESPN+ exclusive schedule continues on Tuesday night with a potential Stanley Cup Final matchup, as the New York Rangers visit the Colorado Avalanche, with coverage starting at 8:55 p.m. ET. To help get you ready for the game, we’ve put together a guide on all the key players to
2:16 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Bruins have placed forwards Brad Marchand and Craig Smith in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, meaning they will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights and possibly as many as six games in all. The move comes three days after the Bruins played the Flames in
1:01 PM ET Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was named the general manager of the 2022 U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team Tuesday, as concerns mount that NHL players may not participate in the Beijing Games. Guerin acknowledged the challenges that may keep NHL players from appearing in the 2022 Winter Olympics, a right they pushed
7:01 AM ET Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss