11:14 AM ET The Dallas Stars have signed Esa Lindell to a six-year, $34.8 million extension after the defenseman set career highs in goals and points this season. Lindell, 24, posted 11 goals and 21 assists during the regular season while playing in all 82 games. In the playoffs, he had one goal and three
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May 17, 2019 Whenever we get this deep into the NHL playoffs, we tend to do the dance of sizing up the teams that are left standing. While there’s certainly a good chunk of randomness and luck that goes into any extended postseason run, there’s also just as many reasons why these particular teams have
8:00 AM ET The Pacific Division was wild in 2018-19, and it’s looking like that’s not going to change next season. Calgary, Vegas and San Jose should each continue as contenders, with the Canucks in a sort of limbo right behind them. There are a lot of unique prospects in this division, and with the
6:55 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs continue to be defined by some of the most egregious officiating mistakes in recent memory. The St. Louis Blues were the latest to be on the wrong side of one of these mistakes, losing Game 3 to the San Jose Sharks as a direct result.
2:38 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS — The four officials huddled by the penalty box. Most of the San Jose Sharks had retreated to the dressing room, believing that Erik Karlsson‘s goal at 5:23 of overtime had given them the win in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final. None of the St. Louis
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It turns out that Antti Niemi never changed the world. In 2010, the 26-year-old Finnish import played 39 games in the regular season and then 22 in the postseason, where he went 16-6 with a .910 save percentage and a 2.63 goals-against average as the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley
5:08 PM ET Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday that right wing Chris Wagner has returned to Boston for tests on his injured right arm and will not be available for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Miss a game from the 2019 Stanley
1:42 PM ET Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia — Patrick Kane scored a goal and had two assists to become the United States’ all-time leading scorer at the world hockey championship in 6-3 win over Britain on Wednesday. The NHL star and two-time Olympian finished the game with 36 points, surpassing the 33 points U.S. Hockey
12:30 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — With free agent Sergei Bobrovsky expected to depart, the Blue Jackets have locked in goaltender Elvis Merzlikins for next season. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen said Wednesday that the Blue Jackets signed the 25-year-old Latvian to a one-year contract for 2019-20. Merzlikins is expected to compete for the
9:02 AM ET Every year at the NHL trade deadline, teams are forced to make decisions based on whether they believe a deep postseason run is possible. The Columbus Blue Jackets, for example, went all-in by trading for scorers Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel despite being on the bubble when the February 25 deadline rolled