5:40 PM ET In many varieties of both season-long leagues and DFS competition, those players who contribute with the extra skater are treasured as extra-precious. Here’s a quick roundup of power-play performers who are less popular (at least in terms of being rostered in ESPN leagues) and those who have a lot of looming potential,
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10:50 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN All 31 NHL teams have reached the official midway point of their season, so in addition to this week’s updated rankings, we are offering our take on which teams will finish under or over their current projected points pace. How we rank: We use a panel of voters, and these
7:17 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The NHL is giving Seattle’s future franchise a reward for its investment in bringing the league’s 32nd franchise to the city. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the league has promised Seattle it will host the All-Star Game within its first seven seasons, with the team slated to
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN As the Calgary Flames have surged into first place in the Western Conference, their top-line left winger Johnny Gaudreau has been at the epicenter. Gaudreau recently capped off a week in which he recorded five goals and 11 points in only four games. That includes an overtime win over his
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Earlier this week, we presented a look at hockey in Alabama through the filter of three teams: The Southern Professional Hockey League’s Huntsville Havoc, founded in 2004, and the Birmingham Bulls, who returned for a third time in 2017; and the NHL’s Nashville Predators, who draw a good portion of
7:59 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen will miss at least two weeks with a shoulder injury. The team placed Steen on injured reserve Tuesday before hosting the Dallas Stars. Steen injured his left shoulder on an open-ice hit from Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas in the first period
8:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Philadelphia Flyers have tied an NHL record with Mike McKenna becoming their seventh goaltender to play this season. McKenna started Tuesday night against the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals. Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth, Calvin Pickard, Alex Lyon, Anthony Stolarz and Carter Hart have also tended goal
4:47 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Nashville Predators star P.K. Subban has reached out to a teenage hockey player facing racial abuse. The defenseman recorded a video and texted it to Ty Cornett, a 13-year-old Detroit-area hockey player last week. His father, Matthew Cornett, shared the video, which was recorded in Detroit during the
2:52 PM ET Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has been rewarded for helping lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to the best record in the league by being named to the All-Star Game in place of Carey Price. Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, like Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, will not be participating in the NHL’s All Star game, opting
2:41 PM ET Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Schmaltz will be out for the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury, the team announced Tuesday. When the Coyotes put him on injured reserve on Jan. 4, the team said Schmaltz was considered week-to-week. The 22-year-old has five goals and nine assists since being traded to