12:48 PM ET Trade deadline reactions came earlier this week without the benefit of tangible evidence regarding the deployment of new faces in new places — as well as no clear data on how the “selling” teams would build their new depth charts with what’s left. Catch more than 180 NHL games streaming live this
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10:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Saturday for high-sticking Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg. Lowry was assessed a minor penalty for high-sticking in the third period of the Jets’ 5-3 home victory Friday night. The suspension will
7:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis Gabriel for one game for an illegal hit on Philadelphia Flyers forward Nolan Patrick. The hit occurred 5:02 into the first period of New Jersey’s 6-3 loss on Friday night. Gabriel was assessed a major penalty for boarding.
8:51 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NEWARK, N.J. — The Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL record when Cam Talbot became the eighth goaltender to play this season. Talbot, who was acquired from Edmonton in mid-February for fellow goaltender Anthony Stolarz, became No. 8 on Friday night in a start
6:24 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils defenseman Mirco Mueller is going to be sidelined with a shoulder injury sustained in a head-first fall into the end boards earlier this week. Coach John Hynes said Friday that Mueller probably will not be out for an extended period. The 23-year-old Swiss player hurt his
2:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is being praised after he stopped to talk to a boy whose mother recently died of cancer. Tammy Whitehead, the 11-year-old’s aunt, published a video of the meeting on Facebook, and as of Friday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 4.9 million times.
12:36 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL begins sending out their “playoff picture” emails on the first evening after the trade deadline. It’s a large spreadsheet filled with the current standings, the schedules ahead and the “tragic numbers” for teams in playoff contention, i.e. the number of points they have to lose and the team
11:35 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In a season that was lost months ago, the Ottawa Senators, the worst team in the NHL, have fired coach Guy Boucher, the team announced Friday. Assistant coach Marc Crawford was named as the team’s interim coach. The Senators (22-37-5) dealt their three leading goal-scorers at the trade deadline, sending
9:32 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN UNIONDALE, NY — Kiernan Hanrahan was wearing a New York Islanders jersey to a New York Islanders home game, and yet it felt like he was walking into enemy territory. “We were a little concerned coming in,” he admitted, standing in the concourse at Nassau Coliseum. That’s because Hanrahan was
8:45 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN UNIONDALE, N.Y. — John Tavares stepped on the ice 18 seconds into Thursday night’s game at Nassau Coliseum. For the first nine years of his NHL career, this would have elicited cheers from New York Islanders fans. Except now, for the first time, Tavares was on Long Island wearing a