10:03 AM ET Throughout the season, a great debate has raged as to whether Leon Draisaitl or Connor McDavid is a more worthy Hart Trophy candidate. Draisaitl gave his supporters more fuel during Monday’s 8-3 win over the Nashville Predators, with four goals and one assist. The victory pads the Edmonton Oilers‘ cushion in the
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7:00 AM ET It’s undeniable that NHL awards campaigns can be made or abandoned in the last month of the season. Recency bias is very much a thing, considering that the ballots aren’t sent out until near the end of the season and the votes are sent in right up until the first game of
10:57 PM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Captain Gabriel Landeskog withstood a crunching hit while making a pass that sprang Logan O’Connor for a breakaway goal in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Monday night for their seventh straight victory. Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the
9:39 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Josh Anderson underwent season-ending surgery for a posterior labral tear in his left shoulder, the team announced. Anderson was expected to be a desirable commodity at last month’s trade deadline, but his injury appeared to derail talks. He sustained the injury during a Dec. 14 game against
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
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
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
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