5:19 PM ET Sidney Crosby was a full participant in practice on Saturday in Arizona, as the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ captain took a large step toward a return from core muscle surgery. Crosby, who has largely practiced with a noncontact jersey in his recovery, took part in line rushes Saturday and also worked with the first
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Jan 11, 2020 Despite returning to full-contact practice with his teammates, Sidney Crosby did not play Sunday night, in the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan addressed Crosby’s situation after the team’s morning skate, prior to Pittsburgh’s captain missing his 28th consecutive game while he recovers from core
3:29 PM ET SAN JOSE — Joe Pavelski admits it’s going to be awkward. There’s no other way for him to feel as he returns to San Jose as a member of the Dallas Stars, months after his hopes of remaining with the Sharks were dashed. “I always had a feeling that something would probably
1:47 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Jim Little was hired Friday as chief executive officer of the Ottawa Senators, a team looking for a boost on the ice and at the gate. Owner Eugene Melnyk, whose team is tied for the second fewest points in the league, had been the CEO since the
1:00 PM ET Plenty of NHL teams don’t have a skater in the top 50 on the ESPN Player Rater, which shows us the fantasy value of every player so far this season. But there’s only one team that sits fourth overall in the NHL standings and doesn’t have a fantasy star in the top
11:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Pekka Rinne became just the 12th goalie to score a goal in NHL history Thursday night, scoring an empty netter to cap the Nashville Predators‘ 5-2 win over the host Blackhawks in Chicago. Rinne’s goal came with 22 seconds remaining, and the 37-year-old was subsequently mobbed by his teammates
7:00 AM ET The St. Louis Blues ruined a lot of things last season. Playoff brackets. “Gloria.” The continuing presence of undetected hand passes on winning overtime goals. But mostly they ruined the concept of “bold predictions.” Seriously, how can any prognostication made at the midpoint of the NHL regular season compare to “a team
7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders All 31 teams have passed the midpoint of the 2019-20 NHL season, but nothing is settled. After you check out our midseason grades on each team, fixes for a handful of teams in the playoff hunt, our rundown of the biggest shocks of the first half and a look at
3:36 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Jan. 14 and be sidelined approximately three weeks. The 26-year-old was injured in Tuesday’s overtime loss to the Hurricanes. He underwent an MRI Wednesday. The Flyers were already without defenseman Justin Braun until after the All-Star break due to a groin injury.
7:00 AM ET DALLAS — There are 31 head-coaching jobs in the National Hockey League. Rick Bowness has one of them — but he truly wishes he didn’t. “I’ve been coaching in this league since the early 1980s. I didn’t want to be put in this position,” Bowness, 64, said. “No one saw it coming.