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
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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
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The ESPN+ exclusive schedule continues on Tuesday night with a double shot of potential Stanley Cup Final matchups, as the four teams involved are all in the NHL’s top eight by points percentage. Coverage starts at 7:55 p.m. ET for the Carolina Hurricanes at the Minnesota Wild, while things get
6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Monday that star center Sebastian Aho, rookie center Seth Jarvis and a member of the training staff have entered the COVID-19 protocol. The team said all three would remain in Vancouver. The Hurricanes lost there 2-1 on Sunday, with Aho missing
2:56 PM ET Goalie Anton Khudobin was waived by the Dallas Stars on Monday. Khudobin, 35, has struggled this season. He has a 3-3-1 record with a .873 save percentage, second-lowest in the NHL for goalies with at least seven appearances. He also has a 3.73 goals-against average. Thanks to the stellar play of offseason
11:09 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has postponed the Calgary Flames‘ next three games after six players and a staff member entered the league’s COVID-19 protocol over a 24-hour period. The Flames announced Monday that forwards Elias Lindholm, Andrew Mangiapane, Brad Richardson and Adam Ruzicka and defensemen Chris Tanev and Nikita
10:21 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche said defenseman Jacob MacDonald is “alert, responsive and has full movement” after taking a big hit Sunday night against the Florida Panthers. MacDonald was hit near the boards by the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg in the second period. He was stretchered off the ice. The Avalanche said MacDonald is currently
8:01 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks placed forward Reese Johnson on injured reserve on Sunday with a broken right clavicle. The Blackhawks also recalled forwards Brett Connolly and MacKenzie Entwistle from Rockford and assigned forward Mike Hardman to their American Hockey League affiliate. Johnson, 23, got hurt during Chicago’s 5-4 loss
4:52 PM ET Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that marks “the end of his career,” general manager Jim Nill told The Dallas Morning News on Saturday. Bishop, 35, underwent surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and had been