7:30 AM ET Coming into the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins had an edge on the St. Louis Blues in just about every statistical category. You name it, it leaned toward the Bruins: power play, goaltending, scoring and more. But the Blues did have one point of advantage, and that was in their defense
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7:30 AM ET The 2019 NHL draft class is marked with exceptional talent but not a lot of consensus on the board beyond Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko. There are a handful of polarizing prospects who appear all over team, scout and analyst rankings heading into the June 21 draft. We picked five especially interesting
6:35 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Marc Crawford as an assistant coach on Jeremy Colliton‘s staff. The 58-year-old Crawford was the interim head coach for Ottawa at the end of last season. He also has served as the head coach for Colorado, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Dallas, leading the
12:21 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said that injured defenseman Zdeno Chara will be evaluated in Boston, but he is formulating plans in case he can’t go in Game 5. Chara took a puck to the face in the second period of the Bruins’ Game 4 loss to the
6:48 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Was there any doubt this series was going to be a long one? After laying an egg in Game 3, the St. Louis Blues bounced back with a 4-2 win in Game 4 that left the home crowd singing along to “Gloria,” and the Stanley Cup Final against the Boston
1:09 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — St. Louis forward Zach Sanford believes that a 7-2 loss last Saturday in the first Stanley Cup Final game the city had seen in 49 years could have torn a different team apart. But not these Blues. Not this postseason. “A tough loss like that, I think
12:21 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN ST. LOUIS — The Bruins could be without captain Zdeno Chara for Game 5 after the defenseman took a puck to the face during Boston’s 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night. The incident occurred in the second period.
Blues beat Bruins 4-2 to knot Stanley Cup Final at 2-2 Ryan O’Reilly scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period for his second of the night, and the St. Louis Blues thrived in a chaotic Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night to beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 and tie
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — Jack Hughes picked up the stick and examined it outside the St. Louis Blues locker room. The 18-year-old phenom, expected to be the first overall pick in this month’s NHL draft, had seen all manner and sort of hockey stick, including many during the recent IIHF world
9:09 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Philadelphia Flyers acquired center and pending unrestricted free agent Kevin Hayes from the Winnipeg Jets for a 2019 fifth-round draft pick on Monday. “By gaining the rights to Kevin at this time, it provides us with an opportunity to negotiate with him prior to July 1 when he is