7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Colton Saucerman has a created-for-hockey name and a gnarly red beard that, quite frankly, would hold its own just fine alongside that of Brent Burns. It was only a matter of time before the 26-year-old defenseman became a viral sensation. But the Colorado native played four years for Northeastern University,
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2:30 AM 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! Ovechkin continued his post-Stanley Cup goal-scoring
1:26 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The last-place Chicago Blackhawks will be without one of their top defensemen for a while after they decided to loan Henri Jokiharju to Finland for the upcoming world junior championship. The 19-year-old Jokiharju has no goals and 11 assists in 32 games in his first NHL season. Blackhawks
1. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C1 1 2. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C2 2 3. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C3 3 4. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos LW1 4 5. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW1 5 6. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg C4 6 7. Mikko Rantanen, RW, Col RW2 8 8. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Was RW3
7:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang took part in a morning skate Monday and is in the lineup for Monday night’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. Letang appeared to injure his left leg after colliding with Boston forward Joakim Nordstrom during the third period of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 overtime victory Friday.
5:14 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Philadelphia Flyers fired head coach Dave Hakstol on Monday, the third-longest tenured coach in franchise history … wait, how is that even possible? He was hired in 2015. [Checks record book] Yikes. That is, like, a lot of head coaches right there. Anyway, the Flyers fired Dave Hakstol on
1:34 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Dave Hakstol on Monday. Scott Gordon, the coach of the Flyers’ AHL affiliate, will serve as interim. Gordon has NHL head coaching experience with the New York Islanders (2008-10) Hakstol, in his fourth year with the club, is the fifth NHL coach to be fired
4:01 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
12:54 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have placed goaltender Cory Schneider on injured reserve with an abdominal strain. The Devils announced the injury Monday and recalled goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood from Binghamton (AHL). Schneider, who lost his starting job to Keith Kinkaid last season, has struggled this season after offseason
12:05 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled top goaltending prospect Carter Hart for the first time. The Flyers, who at 12-15-4, have the worst record in the Eastern Conference, are also bottom in the league in goaltending. Philadelphia has already used five goaltenders this season (Brian Elliott, Calvin Pickard, Anthony Stolarz, Alex