9:08 AM ET As NHL action resumes following the Christmas break, we sit about halfway through the 2018-19 season. That means we have a big enough sample of games to see things take shape, but still have plenty of hockey to go before the playoffs. We also have enough hindsight to see how last offseason’s
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3:25 PM ET You might think the universe would have granted us a bit of reprieve from the injury bug over the NHL’s three-day holiday break. You’d be wrong. Though the Nashville Predators welcomed back two impactful fantasy players in P.K. Subban and Viktor Arvidsson, the Montreal Canadiens announced that Carey Price wasn’t accompanying them
12:33 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. For hockey fans, 2018 was a truly magical year, in the sense that nothing short of the supernatural could have gotten an expansion team in the Stanley Cup Final and the Washington Capitals to actually win the thing. What does 2019 hold? Here are
5:11 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed center Jake Guentzel to a five-year contract extension with an average annual value of $6 million, the team announced Thursday. The deal begins next season and will tie Guentzel to Pittsburgh through the 2023-24 season. Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Alex Ovechkin and Nathan MacKinnon were named captains
5:01 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Montreal goalie Carey Price will miss the Canadiens’ three-game trip because of a lower-body injury. The Canadiens said Thursday that Price will not travel to Florida. The Canadiens play the Panthers on Friday night, are at NHL-leading Tampa Bay on Saturday night, and at Dallas on Monday night.
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN After a three-day sojourn, the NHL is back and so are ESPN’s Power Rankings, voted on as always by our panel of experts. Previous ranking: 1 They’re on pace for 129 points. They’ve gone a month without a regulation loss. Eighteen players have double-digit points. What else is there to
3:14 PM ET The Boston Bruins are finally getting healthy. Defensemen Zdeno Chara and Kevan Miller and forward Jake DeBrusk were all activated from injured reserve ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Devils at TD Garden. Chara, the Bruins’ captain, has missed 19 games with a left MCL injury. Miller is returning ahead of
1:43 PM ET The Nashville Predators have activated defenseman P.K. Subban and forward Viktor Arvidsson, who have been out since mid-November with injuries. Nashville hosts Dallas Thursday night. Coach Peter Laviolette said that Subban had a lower-body injury. Arvidsson had a broken thumb. Coming off back-to-back seasons with 61 points, Arvidsson was second on the
11:25 AM ET Auston Matthews was named an All-Star captain for the first time on Thursday. The Toronto Maple Leafs center will lead the Atlantic Division in the Jan. 26 event in San Jose. Four captains were chosen by fan vote. Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid was named the Pacific Division captain for the third
3:53 PM ET Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-owned assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who might be overvalued — either in the