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
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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
1:02 PM ET The NHL said Tuesday that Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly did not direct an anti-gay slur at referee Brad Meier during Monday night’s game. The league conducted an investigation after microphones picked up a phrase during a game at Toronto against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Online videos appeared to implicate Rielly,
10:20 AM ET With the races for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs hitting the home stretch, we identify the teams we’d like to see square off in the Eastern Conference final and the Western Conference final. (Spoiler alert: Multiple writers would be into a Sharks-Jets matchup, of which we’ll get a preview on Tuesday, streaming
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW1 1 2. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C1 2 3. Patrick Kane, RW, Chi RW2 5 4. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos LW1 3 5. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg C2 4 6. Blake Wheeler, RW, Wpg RW3 6 7. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C3 7 8. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Was RW4