2:33 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins forward Derick Brassard will return to the ice Saturday for the first time in nearly a month. Brassard will be in the lineup to face his former team, the Ottawa Senators, after missing the past nine games with a lower-body injury. He has five points in eight games this season
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11:49 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers traded forward Ryan Strome to the New York Rangers for forward Ryan Spooner on Friday. Strome, a fifth-overall pick of the New York Islanders in 2011, had a goal and an assist in 18 games with Edmonton this season. He has 59 goals and
7:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Arizona Coyotes forward Josh Archibald was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to Nashville forward Ryan Hartman‘s head. Archibald was given a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head Thursday night in the Coyotes’ 2-1 home
6:19 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for four to six weeks after he fractured his left foot in practice earlier this week. It’s a significant loss for the Atlantic-leading Lightning. Vasilevskiy, 24, is 9-3-1 with a 2.30 goals-against average in 13 games this season. Louis Domingue will step
5:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cullen has been fined $1,000 by the NHL for a dangerous trip of Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Miller. The infraction came during the first period of Thursday night’s game, a 4-3 victory by Tampa Bay. Cullen was assessed a minor penalty for
5:23 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott suffered a lower-body injury in Thursday’s loss to the New Jersey Devils and will be out about two weeks. The Flyers called up goalie Alex Lyon from AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley on Friday morning. Brian Elliott had a 1.47 GAA and a .949 save percentage in his
11:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. The Wild make a big move in our latest update, but the Predators and Lightning remain 1-2. Where does your team land? The Emerald City is (likely) getting an NHL team. What should the team name be, and what should the logo and uniform
11:27 AM ET When an NHL player has a season below their norm, their road to redemption becomes a storyline early in the following season. Will they bounce back? What went wrong the year before? How will their resurgence or continued struggles impact the team? There are a number of players this season who are
2:42 PM ET With a 9-3-1 record, a 2.29 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage, it’s a fair assessment that Andrei Vasilevskiy has been among the very top fantasy goaltenders this season. That’s what we expected, as he was almost universally the top goaltender drafted coming into the season. Then Vasilevskiy went and suffered
6:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey has been fined $8,468 but not suspended for unsportsmanlike conduct against Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the punishment Thursday after a disciplinary hearing with Morrissey. The fine is the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining