7:45 PM ET For the first time, the National Hockey League is allowing a sportsbook to stream live regular-season games. FanDuel Sportsbook announced Monday that it will offer livestreaming of NHL games within its mobile wagering app, as part of a new partnership with streaming and data firm IMG Arena. It will feature up to
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6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s voice was calm as he urged patience and understanding, qualities that tend to be in short supply around the NHL when the calendar flips to March and the number of regular-season games dwindles. Those are traits the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ coach hasn’t had to rely on
6:09 PM ET BOCA RATON — The NHL is “starting to explore contingency plans” should the coronavirus become a more significant health threat in North America ahead of the 2019-20 NHL playoffs, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Monday. Daly did not rule out several options, such as postponing or canceling games, or even
3:10 PM ET BOCA RATON, Fla. — NHL general managers discussed the league’s emergency backup goaltending protocol at their regularly scheduled March meetings on Monday but decided not to make any changes to the procedure. “At the end of the discussion, the majority was happy with where we are at on it,” NHL director of
2:01 PM ET In an extraordinary move due to the coronavirus outbreak, the International Ice Hockey Federation has canceled six upcoming world championship tournaments scheduled for March and April. The announcement was made on the advice of the IIHF Medical Committee at an emergency meeting of the IIHF Council on Monday in Hungary. The cancellation
7:00 AM ET The rookie hype this preseason rightfully surrounded the top two picks of the most recent NHL draft. Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko were the two new stars of the biggest media market in the world, so it was only natural they were going to get most of the attention. Yet as we
9:47 AM ET Heading into the 2019-20 season, most expected the Philadelphia Flyers to be poking around the playoff mix, and the team’s hire of Alain Vigneault as coach indicated faith from management that the team was ready to make a run. With 17 games remaining, the team is not only in the playoff mix
7:00 AM ET As a season of high turnover for NHL coaches heads down the final stretch — seven head coaches have been fired thus far, and one resigned — one person who has a front seat to the hiring process is calling for reform in how NHL teams go about their searches. Neil Glasberg,
2:25 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, with coach Peter DeBoer saying Sunday that he hopes Stone returns by the end of the regular season. DeBoer told reporters that Stone will not need surgery. Stone, who has 21 goals and a team-high 42 assists this season,
9:15 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers have won five Stanley Cups in franchise history, though the last one was in 1990, when only six members of the current active roster were alive. Are they Canada’s best hope to win it all this spring? In a wide-open West — and led by the elite prowess of