12:34 PM ET Whether you are an NHL general manager or just trying to manage your fantasy hockey roster, one of the best skills you can have is the ability to determine whether a player’s success is small-sample luck or a trend that will carry throughout an entire season. Through the first month of the
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Many players have been pleasant surprises for their teams’ fans this season. On the other hand, a number have been a drag. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings — voted on, as always, by ESPN’s panel of experts — we identify one player who must step up for all
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN It’s Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. Which goalie do you trust with your team’s life? New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has reiterated his goal of playing until he’s 45. Do any NHL superstars share that aspiration? There was an agonizing debate last year over whether Connor McDavid
4:12 PM ET Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and is out indefinitely. Quick had been on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. “Injuries do happen and not sure there’s anything in particular you can point to in this situation,” coach John Stevens said Tuesday,
10:53 AM ET The Nashville Predators have activated goalie Pekka Rinne from injured reserve. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner was injured Oct. 19 against Calgary. He collided with teammate Kevin Fiala, but the team did not disclose the nature of this injury. Juuse Saros has kept the first-place Predators on track in Rinne’s absence. He
5:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have activated center Joe Thornton from injured reserve. Thornton was placed on the injured list on Oct. 7 because of swelling in his surgically repaired right knee. Thornton missed more than three weeks but will return Tuesday night when San Jose hosts
5:03 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ESPN presents the best player in the world of the week, celebrating the player that has the best stats, impact or storyline to earn the honor. To nominate someone, please email us here by midnight on Monday each week. Photos and context are encouraged! Jermaine Loewen, Kamloops Blazers (WHL) Loewen
12:52 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In ranking the best lines in the NHL, there’s also what we’ll call the Tampa Bay Lightning problem. Last season, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos played with Vladislav Namestnikov, and things were pretty good. Then Vlad was traded, J.T. Miller joined the line, and things were not as good. This
11:56 AM ET The Boston Bruins have placed young defenseman Charlie McAvoy on injured reserve with an upper body injury. McAvoy, 20, hasn’t played since Oct. 18, missing four games. According to reports, the move to IR is retroactive to the date of his injury, meaning his return won’t be significantly affected. The Bruins had
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