10:55 AM ET Something very rare happened in the NHL on Thursday night. Not only did the Tampa Bay Lightning lose, they were shut out by the Minnesota Wild on home ice. The 3-0 defeat marked the Lightning’s 13th regulation loss this season, and just the second time all season they had been held scoreless.
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The climactic scene in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” sees a past-his-prime grappler ascend to the top turnbuckle of the ring and fly, headfirst, down onto the mat below. He does this despite dire health warnings that another match could cause irreversible damage to his body, perhaps even resulting in a
8:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Player X is in the NHL. After home games, he has a routine. Typically, he’ll meet a few teammates at a local restaurant for a late dinner. He likes to order steak after games — medium rare, with a side salad and mashed potatoes. Then he’ll go home. Player X
11:28 AM ET Detroit Red Wings defenseman Mike Green will miss the rest of the season because of a lingering virus that has sapped his energy, the team said Thursday. Green, 33, missed the beginning of the season because of the virus, which was attacking his liver. After the latest flare-up, he saw a specialist
1:12 PM ET Welcome to a weekly feature where we have some fun with underlying numbers. We highlight a couple of trends, then dig beneath the surface to get a better sense of what these trends ultimately mean, what’s causing them and how likely it is that they’ll continue. Think of these as bite-sized deep
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN At this point of the 2018-19 regular season, some teams are eyeing the playoffs. Others, not so much. But there’s hope for the future for all of them. For this week’s edition of the Power Rankings, we identify that reason for optimism. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff
8:11 PM ET Head-to-head leagues are headed to the postseason, but in fantasy hockey’s roto competition, there’s still some time before the final trophies are handed out. Just a handful of special-teams points, hits or blocked shots might mean the difference between a podium finish, or wrapping up the season as a fantasy afterthought. For
11:50 PM ET The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs beat UMass 3-0 in the NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship game to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since 2004 and 2005. Frozen Four: April 11-13 (ESPN2)• Results, highlights, news »• The new powers of college hockey »• Cale Makar and UMass’ turnaround » UMD’s
8:00 PM ET Boston right wing Marcus Johansson was diagnosed with a lung contusion following a collision with Micheal Ferland in Tuesday night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Bruins announced. Johansson spent the night at Massachusetts General Hospital for tests and evaluation and was released on Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated in about a
6:00 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Eleven months after their fatal bus crash, the Humboldt Broncos are returning to the playoffs. The Broncos (35-19-3) finished in sixth place in the 12-team Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League to qualify for the postseason; they will play the Estevan Bruins in the first round, which begins on March 15. The