5:54 PM ET Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow, who famously made the transition from beat writer to data-driven NHL front office executive, has been diagnosed with ALS. In a letter posted to the Flames’ website, Kelsie Snow wrote that her husband has been enrolled in “a clinical trial for the most encouraging ALS
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7:00 AM ET Since 2009-10, there have been 2,196 skaters and 229 goaltenders who appeared in at least one National Hockey League game. As this decade comes to a close, it’s time to parse the rolls, narrow the field and select the best of the best. Presenting the top 100 NHL players of the 2010s.
11:18 PM ET ESPN News Services Despite a goal to open the scoring, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, the defending league MVP, spent most of the third period and then overtime on the bench of the Lightning’s 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. Kucherov, in the lineup after leaving Saturday’s 5-2 loss
7:00 AM ET Last week we looked at some players who were prime regression candidates, for both good and bad reasons. It’s an especially useful mental exercise to go through at this point of the season, because we’re at a crossroads point of sorts in the calendar. We now have enough of a sample to
6:58 PM ET The Florida Panthers acquired Ryan Haggerty from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday in exchange for Kevin Roy in a swap of forwards. Haggerty, 26, is expected to report to Florida’s AHL affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had three goals and six points for Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Roy, also 26,
5:58 PM ET Akim Aliu accepted an apology from Tony Deynzer, the minor league equipment manager who dressed up in blackface at a team Halloween party in 2011, and requested that Deynzer does not lose his job, the Colorado Eagles said in a statement on Tuesday. Aliu met with the owner of the Colorado Avalanche‘s
4:25 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Taylor Hall, traded from the New Jersey Devils to the Arizona Coyotes on Monday afternoon, joined his new team in San Jose on Tuesday morning and will play against the Sharks. Hall flew to California in a private plane sent by team owner Alex Meruelo and participated in
4:25 PM ET SAN JOSE — Taylor Hall quickly showed the Arizona Coyotes why a team trades for Taylor Hall. There were less than three minutes left in their game at the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, and the Pacific Division rivals were tied 2-2. Hall blazed down the right wing into the Sharks’ zone
12:43 PM ET New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero said trading star winger Taylor Hall to the Arizona Coyotes on Monday wasn’t related to whether or not the team could sign the pending free agent to a long-term extension. “No. To paint that picture where he didn’t want to play here or asked for
1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C1 1 2. David Pastrnak, LW, Bos LW1 2 3. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm C2 3 4. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos LW2 4 5. John Carlson, D, Was D1 5 6. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C3 6 7. Jack Eichel, C, Buf C4 7 8. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Was RW1