10:06 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Ben Bishop entered his second season with the Dallas Stars assuming things would be different. In Year 1, his coach was Ken Hitchcock, who took the team’s defense from 29th in the NHL to seventh. But Hitch’s reunion with Dallas lasted only one season. Jim Montgomery left the University of
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3:08 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick was placed on injured reserve Sunday. Quick is day-to-day because of a lower-body injury, general manager Rob Blake said in a statement. The injury is not believed to be related to a lower-body injury Quick suffered in practice on Oct. 6,
11:15 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will miss Monday’s game after leaving with a left shoulder injury in Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Matthews will be re-examined Monday but won’t practice or play against the Calgary Flames, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said after the game. Matthews
2:29 PM ET ESPN New Services Former NHL President John Ziegler Jr., who oversaw the expansion of the league from 18 teams to 24 and opened the door for Russian-born players to compete in North America, has died at 84. Ziegler, the NHL’s fourth president, served in the role from 1977 to 1994. Two years
12:30 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s an NHL game, and you’re standing near the glass during warmups, as the players fling around a pile of pucks on the ice. As one of them is skating back to the dressing room, he stops, picks up a puck and tosses it into your section. Oh boy, free
9:49 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Vegas Belles are impossible to miss. They stand by the glass near the end boards as the Vegas Golden Knights‘ opponents warm up on their half of T-Mobile Arena ice. They’re scantily clad in gold costumes, and are adorned with large feathered headpieces. Their presence is new this season,
7:00 AM ET We are less than a month through the NHL schedule, and most teams are just approaching double-digit games played. But based on a number of factors, including circumstances, ice time, shot metrics and a touch of common sense, we can already spot trends of players on the rise and others whose slow
3:52 PM ET Assuming that my personal experience is somewhat representative of the fantasy hockey world as a whole, more leagues seem to be trending away from the use of penalty minutes as a default category. In most cases where I’ve dealt with such a change, the “go-to category” of choice as a replacement has
4:27 PM ET The 20-game suspension given to Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been upheld by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Wilson was disciplined for delivering an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist in a Sept. 30 preseason game. Bettman said that Wilson’s main point of contact was with
2:30 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Scott Foster is going to help the Chicago Blackhawks at some optional morning skates after his memorable appearance as an emergency goaltender last season. Foster joined regular goalies Corey Crawford and Cam Ward for practice on Thursday morning before Chicago’s game against the New York Rangers. Scott Foster