4:54 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville coach Peter Laviolette pulled out a bull’s head to lighten the grind of the 82-game NHL regular season and challenge the Predators to get a couple of road wins. Win both games in western Canada, and Laviolette would put on the bull’s head while talking to
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2:08 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 may be overvalued — either in the
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Pittsburgh Penguins have not played since their 3-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Since then, the Penguins have been nomads, by choice. Pittsburgh opted to turn its upcoming three-game, five-day Western Canada swing into a 10-day excursion. After the game Thursday, the Penguins did not return
11:35 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In the span of four seasons, Nathan MacKinnon went from the next big thing to “eh, maybe not.” Which, it turns out, might have been exactly what needed to happen for the Colorado Avalanche star to become the next big thing. “I think sometimes frustration and, for the most part,
10:45 AM ET Last week, NHL prospect insider Chris Peters presented his top 100 prospect list. With so many young future stars in the pipeline, we weighed in on our favorite prospects waiting to be called up, which team is acing its rebuild and whether we’d prefer to have Rasmus Dahlin or Jack Hughes. Which
10:21 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN CHICAGO — Lightning struck in Chicago on Sunday night … again … and again … and again. The Tampa Bay Lightning set a modern NHL record when they tallied 33 shots in the second period of a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. According to Elias, it’s the
12:08 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks raised Paul Kariya‘s No. 9 to the Honda Center rafters Sunday night, honoring the high-scoring forward who became a Hall of Famer. The Ducks celebrated Kariya’s career before their game against Buffalo with an emotional event ending with the hanging of Kariya’s banner alongside
11:52 AM ET Associated Press OYSTER BAY, N.Y. — A technology company founder who formerly owned the New York Islanders hockey team has died. Charles Wang was 74. His attorney John McEntee says in an emailed statement that Wang died Sunday in Oyster Bay, New York. A cause of death was not disclosed. McEntee says
4:37 PM ET The Nashville Predators have placed goalie Pekka Rinne on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury. The veteran Rinne had 15 saves on 18 shots before leaving Friday night’s 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames with just under 15 minutes left in the third period. He earlier had collided with teammate Kevin Fiala
6:42 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights signed forward Alex Tuch to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $4.75 million, the team announced Friday. The size of new chest protectors as mandated by the NHL, in conjunction with the NHLPA, is leading to more pain for goalies, according to several netminders.