7:44 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Fridays are typically light days on the NHL schedule, and this particular Friday is no exception to that rule, with just five games on the calendar. The good news is that all five
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7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline was this week. “Dead” being the operative word. There were only 17 deals made on April 12, involving 26 players. Compare that with last season’s deadline day, which yielded 32 trades involving 55 players. But the 2020 NHL trade deadline happened in “the before times.” Obviously, a
11:02 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning have placed center Steven Stamkos on long-term injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the team announced Thursday. Stamkos has 34 points in 38 games this season, with 17 goals and 17 assists. Stamkos last played against the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 8, leaving in the third period
4:52 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs star center Auston Matthews will miss Thursday night’s game against the visiting Winnipeg Jets with an injury and is listed day to day. When asked if it was a recurrence of a wrist injury from earlier in the season, Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said: “It’s
4:00 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks‘ game against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday will be postponed, a source confirmed to ESPN. The news comes one day after Vancouver forward JT Miller delivered passionate remarks saying his team was being rushed back after a COVID outbreak, adding it is “dangerous to a lot of players.” “What
9:00 AM ET Sigh, the 2021 NHL trade deadline. We all sorta knew it was going to be a bust, what with the flat cap and the loss of revenue and the fact that teams didn’t want to overreact to anything happening — good or bad — in this janky, truncated season. We were all
9:10 AM ET Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Nearly six months before the opening of their new arena, the New York Islanders are reporting they have nearly sold out of season tickets for the first season in their new home. UBS Arena, being built next to the racetrack at Belmont Park with an expected
7:42 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. After a night off for all eight teams in the Central Division on Wednesday, they’ll all return to action on Thursday. Perhaps more tantalizingly, the schedule has blessed us with a showdown among
6:44 PM ET Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller thinks his team is being rushed onto the ice after a COVID-19 outbreak, saying it is “dangerous to a lot of players.” “What we’re being asked to do is not going to be too safe, if you’re asking me,” Miller told reporters on Wednesday. Miller added: “It’s
4:32 PM ET The Washington Capitals have re-signed forward Conor Sheary to a two-year, $3 million extension, general manager Brian MacLellan announced Wednesday. The 28-year-old Sheary, who signed a one-year, $735,000 deal with the Capitals on Dec. 23, has 11 goals and 8 assists this season. In 365 career regular season games with the Capitals,