1:02 AM ET Braden Holtby might have played his last game with the Washington Capitals. “Certainly there’s a chance it is,” said the goaltender, whose team meekly exited the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-0 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night, as New York eliminated the Caps in five games. “But who knows? You
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11:47 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Matt Niskanen is suspended for Game 6 of their series against Montreal for breaking the jaw of Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher with a crosscheck, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Thursday. The Canadiens said Gallagher required surgery and will not return to the series. Game 6 is scheduled
1:26 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault defended Matt Niskanen for his cross-check on Montreal‘s Brendan Gallagher, saying it was “a hockey play that unfortunately cut him a little bit.” Niskanen will have a hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety Thursday over the incident, which occurred in the third period of the
3:32 PM ET The St. Louis Blues have not decided on a goaltender for Game 6 as they face elimination on Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. “I’m going to think about it still, so I have not made that decision yet,” coach Craig Berube said. Jake Allen took the crease from Jordan Binnington in Game
10:30 AM ET Kevin Bieksa, former NHL defenseman and current hockey commentary savant on Sportsnet, recently told a story about how badly Nathan MacKinnon wanted to punch people in the face. They were representing Canada at the 2014 IIHF world championships. MacKinnon, 18 at the time, came up to him after practice, dropped his gloves
7:06 AM ET “Elimination Wednesday” in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs was 75% as devastating as promised. Three teams (the Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets) are leaving the bubble. One (the Montreal Canadiens) gets to live another day. It was a wild day of hockey; five games brought 35 combined goals. With
3:55 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team have reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago. The driver’s lawyer, Charles Desmond, cited a confidentiality agreement in declining to reveal
6:59 AM ET Fare thee well, Chicago Blackhawks. We’ll always have your qualification round upset of the Edmonton Oilers. Hence, the Vegas Golden Knights are the first team to advance to the conference semifinals. Four other teams have a chance to join them on Wednesday, with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and
9:00 AM ET Tanner Pearson had a theory. He watched the St. Louis Blues tie a crucial game in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against his Vancouver Canucks with six seconds remaining in regulation. Under normal circumstances, this would have been emotionally crushing for a young road team, as the Blues would have ridden an
3:05 AM ET Moments after the Golden Knights eliminated the Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals, Vegas’ Robin Lehner was hugging the Chicago players one by one in an emotional postgame handshake line. Lehner made 23 saves in the 4-3 win on Tuesday night, which gave Vegas a 4-1 series victory. Chicago