3:12 PM ET Ottawa Senators fans will get an early look at the key player the team received in the Mark Stone trade because the team is calling up 19-year-old defenseman Erik Brannstrom for the home game against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. The Senators traded all three of their top goal scorers
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3:03 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Radim Simek needs surgery for torn ligaments in his right knee. General manager Doug Wilson said Thursday that Simek tore his ACL and MCL after a hit in Tuesday night’s win against Winnipeg. Simek has one goal and eight assists in 41
10:10 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention — either mathematically or by losing in the postseason — we’ll take a look at why its quest for the Stanley Cup fell short in 2018-19, along with three keys to its offseason, impact prospects for 2019-20 and a way-too-early prediction
1:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention — either mathematically or by losing in the postseason — we’ll take a look at why its quest for the Stanley Cup fell short in 2018-19, along with three keys to its offseason, impact prospects for 2019-20 and a way-too-early prediction
8:08 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN NHL teams part of the Jack Hughes sweepstakes will find out a lot earlier if they’ll get a chance to draft the highly-regarded American center at No. 1. The league announced it was moving its draft lottery up to April 9, on the eve of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN To paraphrase Billy Zane in “Titanic,” some teams just seem to “make their own luck,” through their given style of play or the skill of their players. But “puck luck” is very much a thing in the NHL: Sometimes teams and players benefit from it, and other times the puck
2:04 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has rejected Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek‘s appeal of his two-game suspension, citing “clear and convincing evidence” that justified the ban for interference on New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk. Last Saturday in an eventual 5-2 win for the Flyers, Boychuk quickly skated towards Voracek and
8:00 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. Goaltender is the most volatile and unpredictable position to analyze in hockey scouting,
9:00 AM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Gritty is now a household name. But the Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot might not have invaded our lives quite as quickly without his memorable — and painful — first skate. As the Flyers get ready to welcome Washington
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Arizona Coyotes began the season with Josh Archibald, Jakob Chychrun, Christian Dvorak and Alex Galchenyuk sidelined with injuries. Then the first hiccup: Starting goalie Antti Raanta‘s lower-body ailment kept acting up. Defenseman Jason Demers would go on to miss 47 games, and winger Michael Grabner would miss 41. Even