2:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Boston’s Bruce Cassidy, Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues, Washington’s Todd Reirden and Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights will be coaches at NHL All-Star Weekend later this month. 2 Related Cassidy’s Bruins (.702, 24-7-11), Berube’s Blues (.690, 26-10-6), Reirden’s Capitals (.720, 27-9-5) and
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12:48 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres forward and NHL rookie scoring leader Victor Olofsson will miss between five and six weeks with a lower body injury. The Sabres provided the update Friday, a day after Olofsson was hurt during the third period of Buffalo’s 3-2 overtime win over Edmonton. Upon making
12:04 PM ET Ilya Kovalchuk will play for the Montreal Canadiens for the rest of the season after the 36-year-old Russian winger signed a two-way contract Friday for the league minimum, which will pay him $700,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL. Kovalchuk returned to the NHL last season after a five-year stint
11:44 AM ET New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech is out for the rest of the regular season after suffering an Achilles tendon injury, the team announced Friday. The Islanders said Pelech suffered the injury prior to Thursday’s game against the New Jersey Devils. Pelech did not play in the 2-1 loss, missing his first
10:30 AM ET The calendar has flipped to 2020, which means we have even more clarity about the NHL Awards picture. Or at least a little more than we had last month. Here’s the NHL Awards Watch for January. Again, this is a prediction of how I expect the voters would consider the current candidates,
7:33 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres traded veteran defenseman Marco Scandella to the Montreal Canadiens and acquired forward Michael Frolik from the Calgary Flames on Thursday. Buffalo acquired a fourth-round draft pick from Montreal and sent it the Flames. Trading Scandella allowed Buffalo to free up space under the salary
6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — The day after the Minnesota Wild were officially awarded the NHL’s next Winter Classic, they fittingly had practice scheduled for one of the area’s many outdoor rinks. Eager to serve as a first-time participant in the 2021 edition of the league’s signature regular season
2:58 PM ET Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Joonas Oden scored late to give Finland a 1-0 victory over the United States on Thursday and send the defending champion into the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship. In a rematch of last year’s final, Oden broke the deadlock on a power play 4:23
1:00 AM ET In ringing this fresh decade, here’s my round up of a dozen NHL fantasy predictions for 2020 – some more bold than others. Wishing you a happy new year and the best fantasy fortune through the next months and beyond. Nikita Gusev soars What a difference a few weeks and a key
2:17 PM ET New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s NHL draft, will miss Thursday’s game against the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day, interim coach Alain Nasreddine announced. 2 Related In 36 games, Hughes, 18, has six goals and 16 points as a