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2:05 PM ET Brad Marchand did not hold back when addressing his six-game suspension for roughing/high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. The Boston Bruins winger was banned after an incident late in Tuesday’s game between the Bruins and Penguins, where Marchand punched Jarry in the head and then, while being escorted off the ice by

6:07 PM ET Associated Press BROSSARD, Quebec — Forget about that interim tag. Martin St. Louis is planning to stick around as the coach of the Montreal Canadiens. In his introductory news conference on Thursday, only hours before his first home game in the Bell Centre, St. Louis said becoming a head coach in the

11:00 AM ET NHL Insiders USA Today Sports The Edmonton Oilers have changed coaches. Again. Dave Tippett is out. Jay Woodcroft is in. But is it all too little, too late to salvage a season gone drastically off the rails? Since Dec. 3, Edmonton is 7-13-3, has been outscored 85-60, and the team once expected

12:15 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Flyers center Sean Couturier underwent back surgery on Friday and will miss the rest of the season. Couturier was the Flyers’ top line center but had missed the past 17 games with the injury. He ended the season with 17 points in 29 games. The Flyers are 3-11-3

9:25 AM ET If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then consider Trevor Zegras quite flattered. Ever since the Anaheim Ducks rookie sent a pass over the Buffalo Sabres’ net to teammate Sonny Milano for a goal on Dec. 7 — on a move heretofore known as “The Zegras” — he’s been inundated with

6:24 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Sheldon Kennedy wants to make something clear. He isn’t here to save hockey. That’s not what he does with the Respect Group. He just wants to help. Kennedy’s Respect Group has partnered with the NHL for a training program designed to help prevent bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination.

4:35 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno was given a two-game suspension by the NHL on Thursday for kneeing Winnipeg‘s Adam Lowry at the end of a fight. Foligno pulled Lowry down to the ice in the third period of Tuesday’s game after he had gained the

10:16 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is March 21. That’s a lot of runway for teams to fall out of playoff races, for general managers to lay the groundwork for deals and for rampant media conjecture about who stays and who goes. Here’s a look at the 10 most fascinating people at the trade

7:43 AM ET JEREMY SMITH REMEMBERS laughing. It was the 2018-19 season, and Smith was a goalie for the AHL Bridgeport Tigers, an affiliate of the New York Islanders. It was the ninth minor league team of his career. He was getting older. Outside of 10 games with the Colorado Avalanche, his NHL dream hadn’t

4:50 PM ET For the second straight Winter Olympics, the National Hockey League dashed hopes for a “best on best” men’s ice hockey tournament. The NHL opted out of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games because of a funding dispute with the IOC. That upset the players, who negotiated participation in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics

9:30 AM ET The 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend has come and gone. Now the real work begins. Every team’s schedule is jam-packed to the finish of this regular season, and there’s no room for those who are just coming along for the ride. You already know who the superstars will be across the league. This

8:22 PM ET Comfortably in first place in the Western Conference, but chasing the NHL’s No. 1 overall seed, the Colorado Avalanche could soon be boosted the return of their best player. Nathan MacKinnon might return for the Avalanche on Sunday, when they take on the Dallas Stars, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said on Tuesday

6:52 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Niedermayer has joined the Anaheim Ducks‘ front office as a special adviser to the hockey operations department. New Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek on Tuesday announced the “enhanced role” in the front office for Niedermayer, the captain of Anaheim’s only Stanley Cup-winning

12:07 AM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews left a 4-3 overtime victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Monday night after a hard hit along the boards in the third period. With less than a minute remaining in the third, Matthews got tangled up with Carolina forward Nino Niederreiter

8:04 AM ET The NHL’s journey with the city of Las Vegas has been a fascinating one. In a span of five years, we’ve gone from the league discouraging its new expansion team from adopting a name associated with gambling to having NHL players shooting pucks at playing cards on The Strip in a blackjack-inspired

8:59 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks fired the longtime head athletic trainer of their AHL affiliate following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, the team said in a statement to ESPN. When reached by ESPN on Sunday, the Blackhawks confirmed that Rockford IceHogs head athletic trainer D.J. Jones’ employment had been terminated in November.

8:11 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have interviewed longtime NHL executive Peter Chiarelli for their general manager job. Chiarelli, 57, is the vice president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues. He was the GM for the Boston Bruins from 2006-2015 and the Edmonton Oilers from 2015-2019. 2 Related The

5:28 PM ET ESPN News Services New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes has been placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list after participating in the league’s All-Star festivities in Las Vegas. The Devils announced the move on Sunday, a day after Hughes played for the Metropolitan Division. The 20-year-old Hughes has 12 goals and 15