3:57 PM ET Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez will return from wrist surgery Saturday night when the Kings host the Nashville Predators, coach Todd McLellan announced. 2 Related Doctors in November repaired Martinez’s radial artery and two superficial radial nerves. He was hurt in the third period of the Kings’ 4-3 overtime loss to San
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12:55 PM ET ESPN News Services OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice, and Canada routed defending champion Finland 5-0 Saturday to set up a final against Russia at the world junior hockey championship. The 18-year-old center, who is projected to be the No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft, recovered from a
5:59 PM ET The NHL has suspended the Stars‘ Corey Perry for five games due to an elbow he delivered to the Predators‘ Ryan Ellis during the teams’ Winter Classic game Wednesday in Dallas. Perry met with the NHL Player Safety board Friday. In the first period of Wednesday’s game, Ellis kept the puck in
5:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to the head during the second period of Los Angeles’ win over Philadelphia. The league’s player safety department ruled that MacDermid delivered a forceful check to the
3:25 PM ET Former Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery is entering rehab for alcohol abuse, he said in a statement on Friday. Montgomery, who was abruptly fired on Dec. 10 due to “unprofessional conduct,” called his dismissal a “wake-up call.” “It was also the appropriate call,” Montgomery said. “I let the team’s front office, staff
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
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,