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
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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
7:00 AM ET The coach on the other end of the phone scanned ESPN’s 2021 NHL position-by-position ranking player pools, his stress level increasing. “We’re talking about the best of the best,” he said, sighing. “Now you’re asking me to vote for the best of ‘the best of the best.'” Well, yeah, that’s sort of
10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Rasmus Asplund, Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner scored for Buffalo, on a rare night where the Sabres showed some offensive skill, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers Monday. The defeat dropped Buffalo to a miserable 0-12-2 in their last
6:29 PM ET Associated Press Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney says the team is on schedule to return from its COVID-19 shutdown on Thursday night against the New York Islanders. The game also would be the first pro sporting event in Massachusetts with paying fans in the crowd since last March. The NHL on
6:43 PM ET Monday night’s scheduled game between the Edmonton Oilers and Canadiens in Montreal has been postponed due to COVID-19-related reasons. The NHL made the announcement less than an hour before the 7 p.m. ET start time at Bell Centre. In its statement, the league said two Canadiens players entered the NHL’s COVID protocols