1:12 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — – Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen is putting behind the frightening two-week bout he had with COVID-19 by focusing his energy on getting back into game shape. “The way I think about it, it’s just a bump in the road, and it’s going to make me tougher
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8:34 AM ET With the 2021 NHL season structured as it is, and being played when it is, hockey fans were preconditioned to expect the unexpected before it started. Oh, it’s already been a ride. Well over 100 players listed on the coronavirus-related absences list. Thirty-five games being postponed and rescheduled due to positive tests.
7:00 AM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Brianna and Austyn Rowland smiled for their wedding photographer moments after tying the knot at a Lake Tahoe resort on Sunday. Snow-capped mountains filled the horizon. The sun glistened on the water. And Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ ubiquitous orange mascot, gleefully held the bride’s veil. The couple had imagined
4:40 PM ET Even if Tuesday night’s controversial goalie interference call had resulted in a victory, Claude Julien still wasn’t long for the Montreal Canadiens. They squandered a hot start and tumbled down the standings in the pressure cooker North Division. General manager Marc Bergevin had seen enough. “It’s a hard thing to watch. Our
3:48 PM ET The Kontinental Hockey League says it has “not been aware of or received a complaint in relation to any incident involving Artemi Panarin in December 2011.” In a statement to ESPN, the KHL said that if the league had received any complaint, it would have investigated, “as we take any allegations of
4:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Jose Sharks’ game against the Vegas Golden Knights scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed after a Sharks player entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols. It’s the 36th NHL game this season to be postponed for virus-related issues; it is the 40th counting the Texas snowstorm that affected
9:58 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens fired coach Claude Julien on Wednesday. Dominique Ducharme was named the interim coach, and the team added longtime NHL winger Alex Burrows to the coaching staff. The Canadiens also fired assistant coach Kirk Muller, who served as interim coach in the 2020 playoffs after Julien was hospitalized with chest
2:02 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Bruins defenseman Jeremy Lauzon had surgery to repair a broken bone in his left hand and will be out at least a month, the team said Wednesday. The Bruins said Lauzon, who left Sunday’s outdoor game against Philadelphia after one shift, will be reevaluated after four weeks. Lauzon,
7:15 AM ET Eight hundred and seventeen goalies have appeared in a National Hockey League game since the 1917-18 season, from George Abbott to Rob Zepp. Many of them have tried to accomplish one of professional sports’ most exhilarating but rare feats. But to date, only seven of them have done it: a goaltender scoring
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL season looks to have turned a corner, with games running smoothly (and as scheduled) recently, following a number of additional protocols undertaken due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. In this week’s edition of ESPN’s power rankings, we identified a stat for each team that helps tell the story of