11:23 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. – Lightning forward Alex Killorn will not play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, coach Jon Cooper said on Wednesday. Killorn is classified as “day-to-day” for the rest of the series with a lower body injury. Cooper did not say who will replace Killorn in the lineup. The
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8:20 PM ET Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid won the Hart Trophy as NHL most valuable player, becoming only the second player in the 97-year history of the award to win it unanimously. McDavid placed first on all 100 ballots from the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Previously, only Wayne Gretzky won the Hart unanimously back
1:22 PM ET Don Granato has been named as the new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced Tuesday. Granato’s deal with the Sabres is for three years, a source told ESPN. Granato, 53, served as interim coach of the Sabres for the final 30 games of last season after Ralph Krueger was
11:32 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers and forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have agreed to an eight-year, $41 million contract before he reached unrestricted free agency this offseason, a source to confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. His $5.125 million cap hit is lower than that of his previous contract, which was $6 million annually on a seven-year
12:08 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Veteran forward Wayne Simmonds signed a two-year contract extension with the Maple Leafs on Tuesday. The team said his contract has an average annual value of $900,000. Simmonds played in 38 regular-season games with the Maple Leafs this season, posting seven goals and two assists. He had an
7:00 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The first $17 can of beer hit the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ice roughly 20 seconds after New York Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier‘s overtime goal. Then another. Then another. Then what seemed like an entire brewery’s inventory landed on the ice as the Islanders mobbed the overtime hero at
12:55 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Only three players in NHL history have scored 30-plus points in consecutive postseasons: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and now Nikita Kucherov. The Tampa Bay Lightning star continued his spectacular postseason, recording two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the
1:29 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans played for the first time in nearly a month after being concussed from a hit by Winnipeg Jets star Mark Scheifele, but he wasn’t ready to talk about the hit just yet. Scheifele was suspended four games for the incident, which left Evans exiting
11:34 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, 5-1, over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night, in a game that featured odd bounces, some star turns from the Lightning scorers and a shocking number of pucks that got by Carey Price. Miss any of the game? We’re here
Concerned Gary Bettman, NHL weighing ‘whether or not its sensible to have our players participating’ in 2022 Olympics With a full season expected in 2021-22 and issues related to COVID-19, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is still weighing the potential of stopping the season for the Olympics, saying Monday that there are “real concerns” with the