2:37 PM ET Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon will be out three weeks after suffering a lower-body injury Saturday against Columbus, according to coach Jared Bednar. It’s been a tough year for MacKinnon so far. He missed the first two games of the season while sitting out in the COVID-19 protocol, and will miss more
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7:00 AM ET Into the second week of the second month of the 2021-22 NHL season, two Western Canadian teams have continued their climb up the power rankings, making homes in the Top 5 this week. Plus, which players are the most underrated for each team? We’ve identified one for all 32 clubs here. How
5:58 PM ET The Anaheim Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on administrative leave, pending “an ongoing investigation related to professional conduct,” the team announced Tuesday. Murray, 66, has been with the organization since 2005. The team said it “recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct” against Murray.
5:43 PM ET Carey Price is speaking out. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender posted to his Instagram on Tuesday for the first time since voluntarily entering the NHL’s player assistance program on Oct. 7. “Over the last few years, I have let myself get to a very dark place and I didn’t have the tools to
5:09 PM ET Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon missed practice on Tuesday with a lower-body injury, and his status for Thursday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks is not known. J.T. Compher jumped up to the first line at practice, taking the center position, flanked by Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen with MacKinnon out. The second
11:09 AM ET Jarrod and Erin Skalde have reached a resolution with the Pittsburgh Penguins following claims that former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach John “Clark” Donatelli sexually assaulted Erin Skalde in 2018. Details of the settlement were not disclosed. Romanucci & Blandin, the law firm representing Erin Skalde, said Tuesday that the legal matter “has come
7:00 AM ET Sergei Bobrovsky is feeling philosophical. The Florida Panthers goaltender is trying to describe what’s made him and rookie Spencer Knight so formidable together sharing Florida’s crease this season. But how to articulate the unique alliance of a goalie tandem? Teams match players and hope for the best. Spend over a decade in
7:00 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks‘ fall from grace has been one of the steepest in NHL history. The team’s calamitous mishandling of former player Kyle Beach’s claims that he was sexually assaulted by former video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010 has led to sweeping changes. General manager Stan Bowman and senior director of hockey
10:45 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 741st career goal to tie Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL’s all-time list, and the Washington Capitals outlasted the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Monday night. Ovechkin also assisted on two goals, and was around the puck all night as the hungry Capitals snapped
3:57 PM ET Jack Eichel doesn’t want another NHL player to face the stalemate he experienced with the Buffalo Sabres over his medical decisions. Eichel had his first official news conference as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, after the team acquired him from the Sabres in a Nov. 4 blockbuster. The