12:45 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Conor McGregor fired up the Bruins with a pregame speech. Brad Marchand paid him tribute by doing a rendition of the MMA fighter’s walk after he scored his winner. Marchand scored 3:30 into overtime, lifting Boston to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. “Yeah,
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings recalled defenseman Brian Lashoff from Grand Rapids of the AHL. The Red Wings announced the move Friday night, saying Lashoff was being recalled under emergency conditions. Detroit hosts the New York Islanders on Saturday. Lashoff hasn’t played for the Red Wings yet this season.
2:27 PM ET Looking ahead to the next week of NHL games from a fantasy perspective, here are some recommendations on which players to start and which to avoid. Fantasy Forecaster: Mar. 18-24 Catch more than 180 NHL games streaming live this season on ESPN+. Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how
8:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Think of the Boston Bruins. Think of the standard-bearers for that organization in recent years. The hulking presence of Zdeno Chara springs to mind, as does the machine-like dominance of Patrice Bergeron. There’s Brad Marchand, with his antics and his goal scoring. There’s Tuukka Rask, who’s either maligned or beloved,
11:00 AM ET The 2019 NHL playoffs are under a month away, and the races are heating up. Who will be the biggest X factor for their team in the stretch run? Who will just make the postseason, and who is headed home? Which teams will be on upset watch in Round 1? Our team
9:18 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN As sports fans, there may not be a more overrated thing we do than underrating the perpetually rated. Let me explain. There’s this guy Loui Eriksson. You might remember him from his recent healthy scratch for the Vancouver Canucks. Well, before he became a contractual albatross, his claim to fame
9:49 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN As sports fans, there may not be a more overrated thing we do than underrating the perpetually rated. Let me explain. There’s this guy Loui Eriksson. You might remember him from his recent healthy scratch for the Vancouver Canucks. Well, before he became a contractual albatross, his claim to fame
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
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