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
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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, missed Thursday’s 2-1 win over the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day, interim coach Alain Nasreddine announced. 2 Related Nico Hischier, the Devils’ other former No. 1 overall pick, scored his ninth
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
7:30 AM ET NHL Insiders It’s a new year, and the holiday break is well behind us. So we pulled together a panel of NHL experts to weigh in on some of the hot topics around the league as the 2019-20 season turns to its fourth month. In this edition, we’re buying or selling: 1.
11:36 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens lost their third straight game Tuesday but more importantly lost second-leading scorer Brendan Gallagher to injury. Coach Claude Julien said Thursday that Gallagher has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. In the 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday, Gallagher left at 16:55 of the second period
12:00 PM ET DALLAS — Jason Dickinson knew his coach would be no match for Alex OINK-vechkin. As the Dallas Stars forward stood at his team’s bench during a timeout, he caught a glimpse of the pig races being held near the Winter Classic rink inside the Cotton Bowl, part of the game’s celebration of
7:00 AM ET New year, new decade, new you. The same can apply to NHL teams, as you’ll see in this week’s ESPN Power Rankings. As the calendar flips to 2020, we assigned some classic New Year’s resolutions to every team — because no matter where you are in life, you always have a chance