4:23 PM ET Zdeno Chara is leaving the Boston Bruins after 14 seasons and signing a one-year free-agent contract with the Washington Capitals. Chara, 43, will make $795,000 against the salary cap with Washington. He said the Bruins decided to go in a different direction, and the unrestricted free agent was not in their plans.
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3:04 PM ET NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn’t believe the NHL will back out of its plan to allow players to return to the Olympics in 2022. “Assuming the Olympics go forward in the ordinary course, you can always envision scenarios in which something would happen that would change the equation,” Fehr told ESPN
6:16 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Trevor Zegras had two goals and three assists as the United States beat the Czech Republic 7-0 on Tuesday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship. Bobby Brink had two goals for the U.S., and Spencer Knight made 22 saves. The
6:22 PM ET Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban have decided to separate. The sporting world’s power couple took to social media Tuesday to announce the news, which came almost a year to the day after Vonn said she had asked Subban to marry her. “Over the past 3 years PK and I have had some
11:55 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is out indefinitely as he deals with an undisclosed illness. “This offseason, I’ve been experiencing symptoms that have left me feeling drained and lethargic,” Toews said in a statement from the team. “I am working with doctors so I can better understand my condition. “Until I can
7:00 AM ET The 2020-21 NHL season will be something we’ve never seen before. The league never has had a 56-game season. It’s had 48 and 50 and 60 games, but never 56. The NHL’s four divisions have been temporarily realigned because of travel. There’s a geographic reduction because of cost and COVID-19 concerns, and
2:33 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Mario Zimmerman scored a power-play goal four minutes into overtime, lifting Germany to a 4-3 win over Slovakia on Monday night in the world junior hockey championships. Tim Stutzle scored twice and the Ottawa Senators‘ prospect helped set up Zimmerman’s goal that gave Germany its first win
6:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Blackhawks forward Kirby Dach will miss four to five months after having surgery Monday on a fractured right wrist, the team said. Dach, playing for Team Canada, was hurt during an exhibition win last week against Russia ahead of the world junior championships. The 19-year-old was injured on
11:13 AM ET ESPN News Services The Montreal Canadiens have signed Corey Perry to a one-year, $750,000 deal, the team announced Monday. The 35-year-old forward spent last season with the Dallas Stars and tallied five goals and 16 assists in 57 regular-season games. He added five goals and four assists in the playoffs as the
10:26 AM ET Washington Capitals goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will undergo open-heart surgery to address the issue that will prevent him from playing this season. Lundqvist announced Monday on Twitter that he will undergo an “aortic valve replacement, aortic root and ascending aortic replacement.” The 38-year-old Lundqvist said: “Last 3 weeks my focus has shifted from