2:39 PM ET The NHL will not play any playoff games Thursday in solidarity with other leagues protesting the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. The decision postpones games between the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, and the Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks. Sources had told ESPN that
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12:45 PM ET Back in March, as teams were offering vague plans about compensating their arena workers after the NHL paused the regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights stepped up with a minimum of $500,000 of support from their foundation. More than that, they received a $100,000 pledge of help from one of their players
6:55 AM ET The NHL always wants the sports spotlight shining on Stanley Cup Playoff games, but probably not like this. On a night when games in the NBA, Major League Baseball, MLS and the WNBA were postponed in protest over racial injustice, the NHL and the players completed their full slate of games —
9:00 PM ET The National Hockey League held a moment of reflection before the Stanley Cup playoff game between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night, while games in the NBA, WNBA and MLB were postponed as teams from those sports protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Before
12:19 AM ET Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning players said they found out about the NBA and other sports leagues’ postponing games only when they got to the rink Wednesday night. By that point, they didn’t have sufficient time to discuss following suit. “It was so close to our game that we were just
7:00 AM ET After Pat Maroon won a Stanley Cup with his hometown St. Louis Blues in 2019, his career was again at a crossroads. The 32-year-old wanted to stay in St. Louis, where, for the first time in his professional career, he was able to live in the same city as his son, Anthony.
3:15 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights star Jonathan Marchessault has apologized after making a series of Instagram comments that profanely taunted critics after the team’s Game 2 loss to Vancouver. “I just wanted to comment about the remarks that I made on my social media yesterday. I just wanted to apologize, sincerely. I think it
2:36 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes will forfeit their 2020 second-round pick and 2021 first-round pick for violating the NHL’s combine testing policy, the league announced Wednesday. The punishment was determined by commissioner Gary Bettman, who held an Aug. 6 hearing that included testimony from Coyotes and NHL representatives. The Coyotes were accused of conducting
1:32 PM ET Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien said he feels “100 percent” after undergoing a heart procedure that forced him to leave the NHL bubble, and said he will be ready to coach next season. “There’s no reason why I shouldn’t be able to go back to work,” Julien said in a conference call
12:56 PM ET The St. Louis Blues expect to start next season without star winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who needs additional surgery on his injured left shoulder. “He’s going to go back in and have more surgery next week. It’s serious in the sense that he won’t be with us, and [will] be re-evaluated after five