9:44 PM ET The Boston Bruins had the NHL’s best record (44-14-12) when the regular season was cut short in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet when the 16-team Stanley Cup playoff tournament starts next week, the Bruins will not be the top seed in the Eastern Conference. As part of the NHL’s restarted
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9:15 AM ET And on the fourth day of bubble hockey, we got a very pretty pass, a fake punch … and a sweep. Send some congrats to the Carolina Hurricanes, the first team to qualify for the next round. The Canes also get up to a week’s rest before the next round begins. What
7:00 AM ET When it became clear that Kirby Dach, the No. 3 pick of the 2019 NHL draft, was going to make the Chicago Blackhawks‘ roster this season, the 19-year-old wanted to make the most of the opportunity. Sure, Dach was viewed as the long-term heir apparent to Jonathan Toews at center, but he
7:10 AM ET Like other players in the NHL’s “bubble,” Ryan Hartman of the Minnesota Wild watched a lot of postseason hockey during the first few days of the restarted 2019-20 season. He couldn’t help but notice an obvious trend during his viewing binge. “A lot — a lot — of penalties were being called,”
11:25 PM ET Sebastian Aho had two goals, and James Reimer won in his restart debut as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Rangers 4-1 in Game 3 of their qualifier series in Toronto to become the first team to advance out of this round. Teuvo Teravainen and Warren Foegele also scored for the
8:05 PM ET St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev, a key defensive forward in their pursuit of a second straight Stanley Cup, has left the Western Conference playoff “bubble” in Edmonton for the birth of his first child back in the U.S. Barbashev flew to St. Louis this week to be with his wife Ksenia.
7:37 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin was taken to the hospital following an on-ice collision during Tuesday’s qualifying round game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He is alert and able to move all of his limbs, the team announced, adding that further updates will be provided once available. The collision occurred late
4:02 PM ET The Seattle Kraken are the NHL’s best-selling expansion identity launch ever, with sales four times the previous record set by the Vegas Golden Knights, according to Fanatics, the league’s official retail partner. Twelve days after the Kraken officially unveiled their name, logo and colors, the team is still responsible for two of
10:35 AM ET Bryant McBride watched the messages multiply. Blake Wheeler of the Winnipeg Jets on social media, calling for people to “stand with the black community and fundamentally change how the leadership in this country has dealt with racism.” Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers tweeting “Black
7:15 AM ET The New York Rangers face elimination on Tuesday, and others could be in the same spot after today’s slate of games. Keep this in mind: Teams with a 2-0 lead are 55-1 (98.2 percent) in winning a best-of-5 NHL series in the NHL, which the league had held most recently from 1980-86.