11:26 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Kings center Adrian Kempe is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Kempe did not play against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. He has three goals and four assists in 26 games this season. A first-round draft pick in 2014, Kempe has 21 goals and 29 assists
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9:02 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The puck came to Hershey Bears winger Riley Barber. He fired it into the Binghamton Devils’ net for a power-play goal. Immediately, teddy bears started hitting the ice, and continued to fly from fans’ hands until a new world record was set. The Teddy Bear Toss is one of the
9:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Vic Hadfield joined his former GAG Line teammates as the latest to have his number retired by the New York Rangers. A banner with his name and No. 11 was raised to the rafters on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in a ceremony before the Rangers hosted
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Buffalo Sabres have been the NHL’s hottest team and biggest surprise this season. Their success can be linked to competent goaltending and some smart moves by GM Jason Botterill to reshape the roster of a team that hadn’t made the playoffs since 2011. None of those moves was smarter
3:32 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Kings forward Ilya Kovalchuk will be sidelined for about four weeks after undergoing a procedure on his ankle. Kovalchuk underwent an ankle bursectomy Sunday, the Kings announced. The veteran Russian forward has five goals and nine assists in 25 games since returning to the NHL
5:58 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Forward William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs ended their contract stalemate with a new six-year deal that was made public minutes before a 5 p.m. ET deadline that would determine his eligibility for this season. Nylander, 22, was a restricted free agent. His new deal pays him $41.77 million
11:13 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s time to reset the Tom Wilson controversy clock. Nine games after returning from a lengthy suspension, another one of the Washington Capitals forward’s hits has caused a firestorm. Wilson was ejected from the Capitals’ 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night, given a match penalty at
1:43 PM ET Associated Press VORHEES, N.J. — Former Philadelphia general manager Ron Hextall said he was stunned the Flyers fired him this week, despite their losing record. Hextall, a former Flyers goalie, was fired Monday after four-plus seasons on the job. “I didn’t see this coming in any way,” Hextall said Friday. “I was
12:54 PM ET Judging power plays by conversion percentage is a good measure of success, but not a great one. There are situations in which a power play can have a level of success which is overblown by the use of a simple calculation of power-play goals divided by opportunities. A 5-on-3 power play or
11:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. One of the best trends in the NHL over the past decade or so are the waves of popularity created by the resurgence of the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins during their championship runs. Their championship contention felt like a national movement: