7:06 PM ET Associated Press The Boston Bruins are resuming practice for the first time since having two games postponed after five players were placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The team announced it will practice Wednesday night, a day before the Bruins are still scheduled to host the New York Islanders. The development comes
NHL
6:37 PM ET Blues legend Bob Plager died in a car accident on Wednesday. He was 78. The two-vehicle wreck occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Highway 40 (Interstate 64) in St. Louis. Plager, a defenseman, was an original member of the Blues when they joined the NHL as an expansion club in 1967. He
10:31 AM ET Referee Tim Peel will not work another game in the NHL after getting caught saying he “wanted to give” the Nashville Predators a penalty in their win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell made the announcement on Wednesday morning, saying
7:00 AM ET Francesco Pinelli had been looking forward to the 2020-21 hockey season his entire life. Pinelli, a 17-year-old from Hamilton, Ontario, is a top prospect for the 2021 NHL draft. In October, NHL Central Scouting named Pinelli to its preliminary players to watch list; the Kitchener Rangers (Ontario Hockey League) center was one
7:00 AM ET We’re past the midseason mark of this abridged 56-game 2021 NHL season, and the April 12 trade deadline is just around the corner. For this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we offer up bold predictions for all 31 teams. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1 to
1:06 AM ET The NHL is investigating an incident in which one of its referees was caught saying he “wanted to give” the Predators a penalty in their win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night in Nashville, Tennessee. With 15:04 left in the second period, Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson was called for tripping
7:29 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The NHL announced Tuesday that the Montreal Canadiens have had their games through Sunday postponed. The league made the announcement a day after the Canadiens’ game against the visiting Edmonton Oilers was postponed following the addition of Montreal forwards Joel Armia and Jesperi Kotkaniemi to the NHL’s COVID
4:59 PM ET Associated Press Sabres goalie Carter Hutton has been sent home for further testing on a lower-body injury, leaving the slumping team with no experienced presence in net during a season that’s gone from bad to worse for Buffalo. Interim coach Don Granato on Tuesday said Dustin Tokarski will make his first NHL
4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The National Hockey League has fined San Jose Sharks forward Kurtis Gabriel and coach Bob Boughner after a pregame altercation with the Los Angeles Kings. Gabriel was fined about $3,000 and Boughner $5,000 on Tuesday. The Sharks were also assessed a conditional fine of $25,000, which
12:52 PM ET The NHL board of governors has approved new rules for the NHL draft lottery that will help last-place teams but restrict perpetual losers from winning multiple lotteries, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The rules will be implemented beginning with the 2022 lottery. TSN was first to report the approval. The