11:35 AM ET After years as one of the NHL’s best bargains, defenseman Roman Josi is getting a significant raise with the Nashville Predators. On Tuesday, the team announced an eight-year contract extension for Josi, 29, that will average $9.059 million per season annually against the salary cap. The contract begins in the 2020-21 season,
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8:08 PM ET Associated Press GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — A forward on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic gold-medal hockey team has been found incompetent to stand trial on charges he beat a neighbor with a metal pole. A Minnesota judge Monday told 61-year-old Mark Pavelich of Lutsen a psychologist’s report indicates Pavelich “needs
7:12 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Brendan Perlini in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 23-year-old Perlini has been a healthy scratch for most of this season, appearing in just one game. But he has 45 goals and 27 assists in 200 career appearances with Chicago
7:00 AM ET Trying to predict the NHL Award winners after the first month of the season is like trying to prove that the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres will still be first-place teams come April. We can observe where they are currently. We can project what they might become eventually. But who in their
6:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry for two games for boarding Calgary Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington. Lowry is considered a repeat offender under the labor agreement will lose about $71,000 in salary. He will be eligible to return when Winnipeg visits the Vegas Golden
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6:19 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Over the weekend, LeBron James made his rounds on social media for … clipping his fingernails. James’ Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz for their second win of the early 2019 NBA season on Friday, and the star had some manicuring to catch up on during the game: When
2:57 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without two key players injured in Saturday’s loss to Philadelphia for several weeks. The team put rookie forward Alexandre Texier and defenseman Ryan Murray on injured reserve on Monday. The 20-year-old Texier is expected to miss two to four weeks with
12:25 PM ET St. Louis Blues star forward Vladimir Tarasenko will undergo shoulder surgery on Tuesday, the team announced. Tarasenko will be placed on long term injury reserve and will be re-evaluated in five months, meaning he will miss the majority of the 2019-20 season. Tarasenko sustained the injury in a game against the Los
11:41 AM ET Devante Smith-Pelly, who scored seven goals during the Washington Capitals‘ Stanley Cup-winning run in 2018, has signed a contract to play in the KHL. The Kunlun Red Star, which play in China, announced they had signed the 27-year-old winger to a one-year contract. Smith-Pelly was waived by the Capitals in February, ahead