3:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk will miss Thursday’s game against the Nashville Predators due to an upper-body injury he suffered Tuesday night, the team announced Wednesday. Dubnyk is considered day-to-day, the club said. Dubnyk left Tuesday night’s 3-0 win against Edmonton after being injured early in the second period.
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2:44 PM ET Colorado Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen is “week to week” after suffering a lower body injury during an awkward moment against the St. Louis Blues on Monday. The injury wasn’t caused by an opponent, but rather by an opponent’s ice. Early in the second period, Rantanen awkwardly toe-picked the ice with his left
11:00 AM ET We’re reaching an interesting point in the NHL season. Now that we’re three weeks into the schedule, most teams have either already played double-digit games or will be doing so shortly. While the start of a new season theoretically represents a clean slate for all players and teams alike, as analysts and
10:08 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk left Tuesday night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers after being injured early in the second period. Dubnyk was upended after Minnesota’s Ryan Donato fell to the ice while battling the Oilers’ Brandon Manning. Dubnyk tried to leap over both sliding players,
7:00 AM ET Since entering the NHL in 2008, Kyle Okposo has played for six head coaches. Ralph Krueger is his third one in four seasons with the Buffalo Sabres. What’s different about him? “Uh … a lot?” Okposo said. “Where do I start?” Krueger, a 60-year-old Canadian who played professional hockey in Germany, became
4:10 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A person familiar with the decision says the Detroit Red Wings have put defenseman Jonathan Ericsson on waivers. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Red Wings have not announced the move. The team did announce that Ericsson had been removed from injured reserve. Detroit
12:13 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have placed forward David Krejci on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. Krejci has missed two games since he was injured in the first period of a 4-2 win over Anaheim on Oct. 14. He has one assist this season. Bruins general manager Don Sweeney
7:30 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — A Russian hockey team has been fined after its coach threatened to set fire to a referee’s car. The Kontinental Hockey League fined Amur Khabarovsk 300,000 rubles ($4,700) after coach Alexander Gulyavtsev shouted “I’m going to set fire to your car in Perm,” a reference to the Russian
9:59 PM ET Mikko Rantanen will not return to the Avalanche’s game Monday night against the Blues in St. Louis due to a lower-body injury suffered early in the second period. The All-Star right winger was skating up ice near the boards when his skate appeared to get caught in the ice, causing his left
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