3:13 PM ET Hockey Hall of Famer and Winnipeg Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk died after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 57. Hawerchuk’s son, Eric, tweeted the news on Tuesday, saying: “My family is so proud of him and the way he fought.” Condolences came in from across the hockey community, including from fellow
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1:16 PM ET St. Louis Blues star Vladimir Tarasenko is leaving the Western Conference postseason bubble in Edmonton to seek further medical evaluation on his injured shoulder, the team announced Tuesday. Tarasenko will return to St. Louis to meet with team doctors for further evaluation of his left shoulder, which was surgically repaired in October
9:30 AM ET The relaxed dress code in the NHL’s bubble-based postseason has produced some memorable fashion choices. Like, for example, when Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg wore a T-shirt featuring teammate Joe Pavelski‘s smiling face digitally edited onto the body of infamous former zookeeper Joe Exotic as he hugged a Bengal tiger. The origin
7:00 AM ET This is it. It’s win or go home for the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the defending champions can’t be counted out just yet, as the St. Louis Blues have tied their series at 2. And how about those Boston Bruins? A four-goal onslaught in the third period gave
9:27 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes‘ 7-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 of their quarterfinal series was the most lopsided defeat of the Western Conference postseason tournament. Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet had another phrase for it. “It was just a total debacle,” he said moments after the Avalanche took a 3-1 series
1:49 PM ET Two weeks into the Stanley Cup playoffs, the NHL is still finalizing plans that would allow family members to join players in the bubble for the conference finals. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said final plans are “still up in the air” but that the league and the NHL Players’ Association have worked
12:29 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes will be without forward Andrei Svechnikov for Monday’s Game 4 against the Boston Bruins, coach Rod Brind’Amour told reporters. The 20-year-old Russian standout was injured late in Saturday’s Game 3 loss when his right leg, near his ankle, buckled after getting tied up with Boston’s Zdeno Chara in front
11:26 AM ET Evgeni Malkin underwent surgery on his left elbow on Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced. The team said the expected recovery time for Malkin is three to four weeks. Malkin completed his 14th NHL season in 2019-20 for the Penguins, who were eliminated in the qualifying round of the playoffs by the Montreal
7:00 AM ET Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ian Cole is a 10-year NHL veteran, two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and he already has one of the best beards in the 2020 NHL playoffs. He also was kind enough to spend some time on his off day in the bubble answering questions from fans,
2:56 AM ET It took six games, but the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues finally tasted victory in the NHL’s restarted postseason. Brayden Schenn‘s breakaway goal at 15:06 of overtime gave the Blues a 3-2 victory and cut the Vancouver Canucks‘ series lead to 2-1 in their Western Conference quarterfinal series. It was