11:30 PM ET T.J. Oshie, playing with a heavy heart after losing his father earlier in the week, scored three goals in an emotional performance Wednesday night, as the Washington Capitals outlasted the New York Rangers, 4-2. A day that began with the New York tabloids splashing a stunning story of the home team firing
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5:45 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for boarding Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman. Gostisbehere was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking in the third period of Philadelphia’s 7-3 home loss Tuesday night. The suspension will
3:32 PM ET The New York Rangers fired general manager Jeff Gorton and president John Davidson on Wednesday, a source confirmed to ESPN. It’s a stunning move considering the Rangers are on the tail end of a rebuild, one they completed ahead of schedule. Assistant GM Chris Drury, a former Rangers player, is a name
4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed goaltender Nico Daws to a three-year, entry-level contract starting in the 2021-22 season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing of the team’s third-round pick in the 2020 draft. Daws, 20, recently finished his 2020-21 season in Germany. He had
7:10 AM ET Sach Chandan We’re into the final week-plus (for most teams) of the 2021 NHL season, and while 16 of them will be competing for the Stanley Cup this spring and summer, 15 of them will begin to devise their plan to get back in the playoff mix in 2021-22. Usually, it’s a
7:03 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The five NHL games of Tuesday night did not have the impact on the playoff races that Monday’s massive slate did, but we do have a new leader in the East, with the
6:47 PM ET The New York Rangers have called for the removal of George Parros, head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, after the league opted not to suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for a pair of incidents in a game Monday night. Wilson was fined $5,000 by the NHL for punching Rangers
1:30 PM ET With the New York Rangers eliminated from playoff contention, coach David Quinn announced Tuesday that Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba and and Ryan Lindgren are all done for the season. The Rangers have only three games remaining. Panarin’s injury is the most recent, coming after being tossed to the ice by Washington Capitals
4:01 PM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson is eventually going to do something to an opponent that will result in him missing 40 games. Maybe 60 games. Maybe an entire season. But the NHL department of player safety is not the NHL department of pre-crime. It can’t suspend players based on what their actions
10:56 AM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson was fined $5,000 for punching Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head while on the ice, according to the NHL Department of Player Safety. Wilson will not have a hearing for throwing Rangers star Artemi Panarin to the ice in the ensuing scrum, which