9:41 AM ET ESPN News Services Saturday’s game between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins has been postponed, the NHL announced Friday. No makeup date for the game has been set. Montreal played in front of an empty arena Thursday for its 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers after Quebec public health officials requested
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7:00 AM ET For the first time since the 2014 Sochi Games, the NHL is allowing its players to participate in the Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament in Beijing next February. National pride and gold-medal glory are on the line for the best players in the world — provided they actually make it to China.
8:58 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks president and interim general manager Jim Rutherford continued to fill out his front office Thursday, making Stan Smyl vice president of hockey operations. The 62-year-old Smyl, a star player for the Canucks from 1978-91, will work closely with Rutherford on all hockey operations matters,
5:51 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes have been able to transport their COVID-19 positive players out of Canada and get them en route home, the team has confirmed. Hurricanes forwards Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis, along with massage therapist Mike Maresca, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday while Carolina was in Vancouver, British Columbia. In
9:00 AM ET Hearing someone say that the NHL’s 3-on-3 overtime has gotten boring is like hearing someone say, “Hey, remember when pizza was good?” It’s pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s good. I’ve chanted the same mantra about the 3-on-3 overtime format, which the NHL implemented in 2015 to end games before they reached
7:43 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have settled a lawsuit by a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team’s 2010 Stanley Cup title run. After representatives for the Blackhawks and former first-round pick Kyle Beach met Wednesday with a mediator for the first
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The rise in COVID-19 cases is becoming an increasing concern throughout the NHL. In just over 36 hours (from early Monday to Tuesday evening), nearly 30 players and staff members were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Tuesday’s game between the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes was postponed because of
7:00 AM ET It’s certainly been a tumultuous start to the week, given a slew of additional game postponements due to COVID-19 — and many players and team staff entering the protocol — but the Power Rankings march on. And for the second straight week — and fifth time this season — the Florida Panthers
12:16 AM ET Edmonton Oilers coach Dave Tippett has been placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced after its 5-1 home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Tippett had missed the game due to what Edmonton initially called precautionary reasons. His absence was one of several for an Oilers team
2:40 PM ET ESPN staff The ESPN+ exclusive schedule continues on Tuesday night with a potential Stanley Cup Final matchup, as the New York Rangers visit the Colorado Avalanche, with coverage starting at 8:55 p.m. ET. To help get you ready for the game, we’ve put together a guide on all the key players to
7:01 AM ET Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss
6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Monday that star center Sebastian Aho, rookie center Seth Jarvis and a member of the training staff have entered the COVID-19 protocol. The team said all three would remain in Vancouver. The Hurricanes lost there 2-1 on Sunday, with Aho missing
2:56 PM ET Goalie Anton Khudobin was waived by the Dallas Stars on Monday. Khudobin, 35, has struggled this season. He has a 3-3-1 record with a .873 save percentage, second-lowest in the NHL for goalies with at least seven appearances. He also has a 3.73 goals-against average. Thanks to the stellar play of offseason
11:09 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has postponed the Calgary Flames‘ next three games after six players and a staff member entered the league’s COVID-19 protocol over a 24-hour period. The Flames announced Monday that forwards Elias Lindholm, Andrew Mangiapane, Brad Richardson and Adam Ruzicka and defensemen Chris Tanev and Nikita
10:21 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche said defenseman Jacob MacDonald is “alert, responsive and has full movement” after taking a big hit Sunday night against the Florida Panthers. MacDonald was hit near the boards by the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg in the second period. He was stretchered off the ice. The Avalanche said MacDonald is currently
8:01 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks placed forward Reese Johnson on injured reserve on Sunday with a broken right clavicle. The Blackhawks also recalled forwards Brett Connolly and MacKenzie Entwistle from Rockford and assigned forward Mike Hardman to their American Hockey League affiliate. Johnson, 23, got hurt during Chicago’s 5-4 loss
2:16 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL announced that it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Sabres‘ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the Rangers on Friday. In a statement released by the league Saturday, senior executive vice president Colin Campbell said
4:52 PM ET Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that marks “the end of his career,” general manager Jim Nill told The Dallas Morning News on Saturday. Bishop, 35, underwent surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and had been