4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — The St. Louis Blues will be without leading scorer David Perron for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against top-seeded Colorado on Monday due to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols. The Blues will, however, again have forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who was sidelined the last six games of
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2:46 PM ET Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett has been suspended one game for boarding following a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Monday. The incident occurred in the third period of the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s 5-4 win over the Panthers in Game 1 of the first-round series on Sunday. Bennett delivered
2:25 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel four years ago. The suit, filed last week in Kelowna, British Columbia, alleges Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and
11:51 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs promoted Hayley Wickenheiser — who already held the highest hockey operations role ever for a woman in the NHL. Wickenheiser, a Hockey Hall of Famer, is now Toronto’s senior director of player development. The Leafs also hired another Hockey Hall of Famer, Danielle Goyette, as director of player
6:43 AM ET Two overtime games, and one absolute barn-burner in front of a crazed crowd in Florida. The road teams went 3-0. No one held more than a one-goal lead. The second day of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs brought the heat. And to think, half of the series haven’t even started yet. Two
7:00 AM ET Anthony Mantha was accustomed to hating this time of year. The 26-year-old, a 2013 first-round pick of the Red Wings, became a regular for Detroit in 2016-17 — right after the franchise’s NHL record streak of 25 consecutive playoff appearances ended. The Red Wings entered a rebuild, with no end in sight.
12:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Making his first appearance after missing the entire regular season with a hip injury, Tampa Bay right winger Nikita Kucherov scored two power-play goals Sunday night to help the defending champion Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 in Game 1 of their playoff series. Kucherov had surgery on Dec.
9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens reassigned goalie Carey Price and forward Brendan Gallagher to the Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League on Sunday for conditioning as they return from injuries. Price and Gallagher will take part in the Rocket’s morning skate Monday before facing the Toronto Marlies in
4:17 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — The New York Islanders gave up quite a bit to acquire the services of Kyle Palmieri at the trade deadline. And though it took him awhile, he did choose the right time to pay major dividends. Palmieri’s second goal of the game 16:30 into overtime lifted the
7:38 AM ET The first night of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs set the bar high for the postseason. We had drama, with the Washington Capitals losing their starting goalie in the first period. We had intensity, as the Capitals and Boston Bruins had a spirited affair. Finally, we had a surprise, as the Caps