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
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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
11:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has been given until Nov. 16 to respond to an allegation of doping dating back to 2013, the Russian Hockey Federation said Monday. RHF executive director Dmitry Kurbatov told Russian news agencies that the World Anti-Doping Agency had raised questions about a sample
10:18 PM ET NHL games can be incredibly entertaining, but let’s be honest: They do require an investment of time. If your wager requires you to wait around until the final score, you can push three hours of investment if the thing goes to a shootout. That’s why wagers made on the first period of
11:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Alex DeBrincat scored 37 seconds into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Sunday night in Derek King’s NHL coaching debut. DeBrincat finished a 2-on-1 break and give-and-go with Patrick Kane to lift the Blackhawks to just their second win. DeBrincat
3:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Jeremy Colliton on Saturday. With the team mired in a 1-9-2 start, interim general manager Kyle Davidson made the decision, naming Derek King interim coach. Chicago has lost two straight since posting their first victory, and allowed a league-high 47 goals. “Our on-ice goal