9:37 PM ET The St. Louis Blues are being criticized for not holding a “Hockey Is For Everyone” night during any of their 41 home games, instead opting to hold the NHL’s celebration of diversity and inclusion while the team is playing at Washington. The team announced that it will hold “the first-ever Hockey Is
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9:23 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — James van Riemsdyk broke his right hand blocking a shot Wednesday night in the Philadelphia Flyers‘ seventh straight victory, and he’s expected to miss some time. The winger took a shot to the hand from Washington Capitals defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler during the first period of a game between
5:58 PM ET The New York Rangers will have to make their playoff push without forward Chris Kreider, who is out four to six weeks with a fractured ankle. Kreider was hurt Friday when he blocked a shot against the Philadelphia Flyers. “We’re obviously hopeful sooner than later,” Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton told the
7:00 AM ET Seattle’s NHL expansion franchise doesn’t start playing in the league until 2021-22, but we might only need to wait a little bit longer before we can stop referring to it as “Seattle’s NHL expansion franchise.” Remember when the Vegas Golden Knights were going to be the Desert Knights? Or the Red Hawks?
7:00 AM ET It’s hard to believe, but we’re staring down the final month of the 2019-20 NHL regular season. For this week’s ESPN power rankings, we identified the X factor for each team down the stretch. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated
1:48 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — The NHL is not allowing its employees to make work-related trips outside of North America in response to the global fears over the coronavirus, and if any of those employees go on their own to a country where the virus has been found they will be
12:49 PM ET New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk required 90 stitches to repair a cut around his eyelid after being hit in the face by the skate of the Montreal Canadiens‘ Artturi Lehkonen on Tuesday night, team president/general manager Lou Lamoriello told reporters Wednesday. Lamoriello said Boychuk suffered no damage to his eye. “He
11:53 AM ET BOCA RATON, Fla — The NHL’s salary cap is projected to be between $84 million and $88.2 million for the 2020-21 season, an uptick from the current cap of $81.5 million, the league told its general managers at their annual March meetings this week. The exact figure for next season will be
10:32 AM ET The Ottawa Senators have fired CEO Jim Little less than two months after hiring him to the position. The team announced the surprising move in a short statement Wednesday, saying, “The decision was made as a result of conduct inconsistent with the core values of the Ottawa Senators and the National Hockey
8:58 AM ET In recent seasons, every game between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning has seemed bigger than most others, as the two have been perennial powerhouses in the Eastern Conference. Tuesday night’s matchup was no exception, and the Bruins’ 2-1 win opened up their lead in the Atlantic Division to nine points