10:34 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira was stretchered off the ice after he was leveled by New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba on Tuesday night. The Blackhawks said Khaira suffered an “upper-body blow” and was taken by ambulance to Northwestern Hospital for further testing. Khaira’s head was down as
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9:44 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza was suspended for six games without pay by the NHL on Tuesday for kneeing Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk. In the third period of Sunday’s game between the Jets and Maple Leafs, Pionk had a knee-on-knee hit on Toronto’s Rasmus
8:44 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars are sending goalie Ben Bishop on a conditioning assignment in the minor leagues as their former starter continues a long recovery from a knee injury. Bishop hasn’t played since the NHL’s playoff bubble in Canada in August 2020. The 35-year-old had surgery during the
5:44 PM ET The New Jersey Devils are expanding on their commitment to highlight and support Black-owned businesses. In October, the Devils announced the next phase in their “Buy Black” program would be featured helmet advertising for 13 games this season. That arrangement, undertaken with Prudential, was the first time an NHL helmet sponsor had
1:20 PM ET Associated Press China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed China’s participation Tuesday, avoiding what would have been an unprecedented removal of a
9:20 AM ET NHL goalies are some of the most powerful athletes in sports. They can be the reason a goal is or is not scored, the deciding force between victory and defeat. They can rescue a teammate from a defensive miscue, or paper over holes in the lineup. They can be the reason a
7:00 AM ET Matt Duchene heard all the warnings. Everything will change after you hit 30, they said. Even elite athletes can’t outrun Father Time. Maybe not. But Duchene, at least, is making the man wait. With his 31st birthday looming in January, the Nashville Predators‘ star is enjoying a career revival. And it’s come
10:05 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini says he may have been “too patient” in waiting for the struggling NHL team to turn its season around. His patience ran out Sunday as the team cleaned house, firing general manager Jim Benning, assistant manager Jim Weisbrod, coach Travis Green
6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk was suspended two games Monday for a knee-on-knee hit on Rasmus Sandin of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third period Sunday. After the hit on Sandin, Maple Leafs center Jason Spezza drove his left knee into the face of Pionk,
10:25 AM ET The Flyers have fired coach Alain Vigneault. Vigneault was in his third year of a five-year deal that paid him $5 million annually, per sources. The news comes after the Flyers got embarrassed by the Lightning at home 7-1 on Sunday, extending Philadelphia’s losing streak to eight games (0-6-2). The Flyers have