6:58 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Player and puck tracking in the National Hockey League, which is scheduled to arrive for the 2019-20 season, has a few objectives. It will create new and more accurate statistics. It will provide unprecedented ways for teams and players to evaluate performances. It will add hundreds of new wagering options
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3:38 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Washington Capitals will be without defenseman Michal Kempny as they begin their Stanley Cup defense this spring. Kempny underwent successful, season-ending surgery to repair a torn left hamstring, the team announced on Tuesday. He is expected to miss four to six months. The Capitals acquired Kempny from the Chicago
Apr 3, 2019 Emily KaplanESPN CHICAGO — There are two things Scott Foster would like to clear up. One: Despite ribbing from the Chicago Blackhawks equipment staff, he did not use a wooden stick in his 14 minutes of heroism last spring (his sticks are quite old, but they are foam core). Two: Yes, Foster
1:30 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The NWHL expects to have teams in Montreal and Toronto next season, commissioner Dani Rylan told ESPN on Tuesday. The news comes on the heels of the NWHL’s competitor, the CWHL, folding on Sunday morning, news that sent shockwaves across the hockey community. Rylan says the plan will be for
2:07 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson is returning to the lineup for the first time since he was suspended by the NHL more than two months ago for alcohol abuse. Coach Peter Laviolette announced that Watson will play in Nashville’s game Tuesday night in Buffalo. The decision comes
10:44 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings announced a two-year contract extension with coach Jeff Blashill on Tuesday, giving their young leader a vote of confidence in a rebuild that will now include a third straight year without a playoff berth after a 25-year postseason run. The 45-year-old Blashill is in
12:27 AM ET Tampa Bay Lightning star defenseman Victor Hedman sat out Monday night and is not expected to play the final three games of the regular season. Hedman tried to deliver a hit to Washington’s Carl Hagelin on Saturday but took the worse of the confrontation when his chin bounced off Hagelin’s helmet. Hedman,
1:00 AM ET Greg Wyshynski Chris Peters Close ESPN NHL Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention —
7:15 AM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. The World Cup of Hockey might be no more — for now —
11:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL awards voters will fill out their ballots over the next two weeks, scouring every stats site for vital input into their decision-making process before inevitably just voting for someone on their beat or whoever already won the award. Some awards leaders seem as though they’re cemented. Others can