11:25 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Blackhawks star Patrick Kane likely will miss Sunday night’s game against Detroit because of the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The Blackhawks announced Sunday morning that forward Ryan Carpenter and defenseman Erik Gustafsson had been removed from COVID-19 protocol, but there was no word on Kane. All three players missed
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11:11 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The day started with Hockey Hall of Famer Cammi Granato on top of the iconic Space Needle raising a deep blue flag with the tentacle shaped ‘S’ flying over the city, hours before puck drop. And from there, Seattle only became more awash in everything Kraken on
1:19 AM ET At long last, the Seattle Kraken were released onto their home ice. After five road games to start the 2021-2022 NHL season, the league’s newest franchise played in the friendly confines of Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks. 1 Related Seattle’s fans have waited a long time
4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Starting goaltender Matt Murray left in the third period with a head injury, and the Ottawa Senators let a lead slip away in a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday. Ottawa coach D.J. Smith confirmed Murray’s injury was the result of a knee
3:05 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without Kris Letang against Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night after the defenseman was placed in NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Letang’s status following the morning skate. Letang is the latest Penguins player to be sidelined in the early stages of the season, a group
12:24 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Blackhawks star Patrick Kane missed practice Saturday because of the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Fellow forward Ryan Carpenter and defenseman Erik Gustafsson also missed practice for the same reason. The announcement doesn’t necessarily mean that any of the players tested positive for COVID-19. General manager Stan Bowman said during
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The gaze of the sports world will turn toward Seattle on Saturday night, as the Kraken are set to open their new barn, Climate Pledge Arena. For their first home game, they’ll host the geographic rival Vancouver Canucks, live on ESPN+ and Hulu at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET. To
3:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes trolled the Montreal Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them on Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina web page by Friday morning. After the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Montreal, the team sent out a website link to its 506,000 followers
2:10 PM ET Associated Press CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby still isn’t sure when he will be cleared to return after he had left wrist surgery last month. Crosby skated with his teammates for more than an hour Friday in the latest step in his recovery from surgery in early September.
1:00 PM ET A new season brings us new duos — or new dynamics to established duos — that are worthy of a closer look despite the minimal sample size available. As any season fantasy player knows, players rarely put up fantasy stats in a vacuum. Linemates or special teams units are a major part