7:00 AM ET With each team having passed the 41-game mark, we’ve reached the midseason point of the 2019-20 NHL season. While most clubs typically treat the trade deadline as the key point on the schedule for self-reflection and tough personnel decisions, some teams can’t afford to wait until then. Given how tightly packed the
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10:55 AM ET The Nashville Predators have hired former Devils coach John Hynes to replace Peter Laviolette. Laviolette was fired Monday with the Predators four points out of the second wild-card. The Devils fired Hynes Dec. 3 after a disappointing start to the season. “John Hynes is bright young coach and great leader who has
8:31 PM ET The Nashville Predators fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday, with the team outside the playoff picture after 41 games. No interim coach or new head coach was immediately named. The Predators face the Boston Bruins at home Tuesday night. With Laviolette out, who’s in? How much
6:39 PM ET The Nashville Predators fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday, with the team outside the playoff picture after 41 games. No interim coach or new head coach was immediately named. The Predators face the Boston Bruins at home on Tuesday night. The news comes after general manager
2:51 PM ET Ilya Kovalchuk will make his Montreal debut Monday night when the Canadiens host the Winnipeg Jets, coach Claude Julien announced. Montreal signed Kovalchuk, 36, Friday to a two-way contract for the league minimum, which will pay him $700,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL. “I’m very excited. To see the
2:51 PM ET Fresh after morning skate, Claude Julien wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Ilya Kovalchuk in his Canadiens ‘ debut Monday. Montreal’s coach was honest and sincere about expectations for his newly signed veteran forward as his team fights to get back into playoff position in the Eastern Conference. But he also
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7:37 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Because of a confusingly timed TV repeat of the 2011 final, Some Russian fans were celebrating victory despite losing at the world junior hockey championships. Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011. While
7:00 AM ET Talk to any general manager, coach or player and they’ll tell you this about today’s NHL: There has never been more parity. Any team can win on any given night (and gone are the nights where you can circle a date on the calendar and schedule yourself for an easy win). Halfway
5:04 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lars Eller scored with 2:59 remaining in overtime after the Washington Capitals rallied from two goals down in the final minute of regulation, completing a stunning 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. T.J. Oshie tied the game with 14.2 seconds left. Eller also assisted Jakub