3:50 PM ET On Thursday, the NHL decided to “pause” the 2019-20 season, with hopes to resume play at some point in the future. The decision comes after hockey leagues in other countries — as well as other sports leagues in North America — made the call to suspend or outright cancel the remainder of
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1:23 PM ET The NHL has suspended its season due to the rapid spread of coronavirus but hopes to resume in the future, sources told ESPN Thursday. There are 189 games and three and a half weeks remaining in the NHL’s regular season. There were 10 games on the NHL slate Thursday. The decision came
9:50 AM ET After finishing third in the regular season, the Straubing Tigers were well-positioned to challenge for Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga championship. It would have been the first one in franchise history for Straubing, a city of fewer than 48,000 people in lower Bavaria whose hockey team consistently has one of the smallest budgets
6:02 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets became the first NHL team to say Wednesday they would play home games without fans due to the coronavirus outbreak. The team’s announcement comes after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he will issue an order banning spectators from games in the state. The Blue Jackets’ statement says: “Remaining
9:20 AM ET The Boston Bruins entered Tuesday night with the lead in the Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference and entire NHL. They’re pretty great! They exited Tuesday night as the first team to reach 100 points in the standings this season, and they did so with a thorough victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, a team
10:35 PM ET The NHL’s emergency goalie system has created new celebrities, like 42-year-old former Zamboni driver David Ayres, who was thrust into action last month for the Carolina Hurricanes. Now famous people are signing up to be emergency goalies. Larry Walker, the longtime Colorado Rockies outfielder who was voted into the Baseball Hall of
7:00 AM ET When Dominik Kubalik arrived in Chicago for Blackhawks training camp in September, he was far from a lock to make the roster. Kubalik, 24, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 2013. Every summer, the Kings checked on Kubalik to see how he was doing in Europe.
12:53 AM ET Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon exited Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center due to a lower-body injury. MacKinnon had one shot in 11:37 of ice time before leaving in the second period. The team said he was doubtful to return and he was not on the ice
7:00 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks are in playoff race purgatory. With 70 points through 69 games, Chicago remains mathematically relevant — only the Detroit Red Wings have actually been formally eliminated in this NHL season — but the Blackhawks have a less than 4% chance of making the postseason cut. They’re 12 points out
7:00 AM ET It’s time for another run at ranking the best NHL prospects. More than 20 such players who were listed on our fall top 100 have graduated from prospect status, and nearly a full additional season since has seen plenty of players rise or fall in how we view their potential. So expect
6:50 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes made a surprising run to the Eastern Conference Final last spring, and with much of the roster returning, there was hope that they’d be a top contender again in 2019-20. Instead, it’s been an up and down season for Rod Brind’Amour‘s crew, as they’ve battled a number of injuries
9:00 AM ET CHICAGO — There’s a stoppage of play during the first period of Sunday night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues, and Chicago players are parting way for Kendall Coyne Schofield to get an interview with coach Jeremy Colliton. Coyne Schofield has only a few seconds to get to Colliton,
10:00 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Elvis Merzlikins will make his return in goal Sunday night against the Canucks in Vancouver, British Columbia, coach John Tortorella announced. Merzlikins, a surprise standout this season for the Blue Jackets who has the most shutouts among rookie goalies, has been out since Feb. 24 with a concussion.
9:17 AM ET The Nashville Predators‘ midseason coaching change from Peter Laviolette to John Hynes didn’t cause the kind of immediate impact that some had hoped, but the team has lingered in the playoff mix through much of the second half. With Saturday’s 1-0 win over the Dallas Stars, they jumped back into the second
7:43 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Roberto Luongo wore the No. 1 jersey primarily because he thought the number signified being the best at everything. For the Florida Panthers, there was never anyone better. “No. 1 in your programs, No. 1 in your hearts,” Luongo said. And now, his No. 1 is the
8:50 AM ET It appears that the Pacific Division title is going to come down to the final games of the season. The top three teams are now within three points of one another after the Calgary Flames dispatched the Arizona Coyotes in a 3-2 win on Friday night. The Flames are behind the Vegas
8:05 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The NHL has sent a memo to teams urging players to limit contact with fans because of the coronavirus outbreak. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the league issued the memo in an email to The Canadian Press on Friday. The move follows a similar directive this month
10:05 AM ET When the Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau and traded Jason Zucker shortly thereafter, some surmised that this was more of a rebuilding season for the club than a contending one. But a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night gave the Wild seven wins in their last nine