NHL

6:36 PM ET Associated Press Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71. The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster’s death. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise — then the New England Whalers — win the World

5:25 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team with which Stapleton was involved,

4:52 PM ET Cities and venues across North America have reached out to the NHL to pitch themselves as potential hosts for neutral-site playoff games, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Friday. “We do have people putting together the comprehensive laundry list of what we would need from facilities and evaluating some facilities

7:30 AM ET The 2019-20 hockey season was incomplete for most leagues. But even with playoff-less campaigns, we still have a large sample of prospect game play and plenty of evidence of progression. And we can certainly still name a Prospect of the Year based on what we saw throughout the season. Last season’s Prospect

1:03 AM ET Associated Press The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless died Thursday night at a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, after a brain hemorrhage Tuesday, lawyer Ari Goldkind said. Stuckless was in his early 70s. Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to 6½ years in

8:32 PM ET Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith said on Wednesday that the members of the organization who tested positive for the coronavirus have recovered. “The good thing is that everyone that had it didn’t have horrible symptoms [like] what we’re seeing on TV and [with] some of the people that have really struggled,” Smith

Apr 9, 2020 Brian Burke is now an analyst for Sportsnet, but most people know him as the former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Hartford Whalers, and 2010 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team — and also as a man with unvarnished opinions on just about everything. Burke joined Greg

7:30 AM ET NHL players are creatures of habit, living a regimented life of training, nutrition, rest and recovery. Their bodies are machines built to withstand an 82-game regular-season grind and whatever postseason action their team earns beyond it. What Gary Roberts fears is that these machines aren’t built for several months of home confinement,

2:22 PM ET Associated Press Alexis Lafrenière, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rimouski Oceanic forward and hundreds of fellow prospects is learning when and by whom they will be selected. Forward Quinton Byfield and defenseman

7:00 AM ET Barclay Goodrow was traded from the San Jose Sharks to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 24. Seventeen days into his tenure with his new team, the NHL shut down. Goodrow had just settled into his condo with his girlfriend, Madison. They could have gone back home to Toronto, but Goodrow was

6:42 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs signed coveted forward Alexander Barabanov to a one-year, entry-level contract, the team announced on Tuesday. Barabanov, 25, was a star in the Kontinental Hockey League, playing for SKA St. Petersburg. He had 11 goals and 20 points this season, in 43 games, and had three points in four

7:00 AM ET They are perhaps the power couple in sports today. Lindsey Vonn, the winningest female ski racer of all time who turns as many heads on Hollywood red carpets as she does flying down mountainsides; and P.K. Subban, the flashy New Jersey Devils defenseman and 2013 Norris Trophy winner whose popularity rivals that

7:30 AM ET Today’s game: Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins, played Jan. 31 On Jan. 21, in their final game before the NHL’s All-Star break, the Flyers hosted the Penguins — and blanked them 3-0. It was a pretty dismal performance for the Penguins, who had just 19 shots on goal. It was a huge

5:49 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Hynes has been coach of the Nashville Predators only since early January, so he’s trying to make up for some lost time with the NHL paused for the coronavirus pandemic and also make sure they’re ready whenever hockey resumes. A big part of that has been

7:30 AM ET Here’s the thing about voting on the NHL Awards: The regular season has to end before any of that can begin. With the NHL season suspended since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear whether we’ve already seen the end of the regular season, or whether it gets restarted in

7:30 AM ET It has been 25 days since the NHL decided to hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season, and voices are growing louder and more numerous in expressing concern about the potential for a conclusion to the campaign. While the league has been conservative in making any declarations to that end —

7:30 AM ET Connor McDavid held his fluffy bernedoodle, Lenny, as he did squats, taking an occasional paw to the face as the pooch aided in his weight training. Such are the challenges of trying to stay fit while homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s tough. We don’t know what’s going to happen to the

4:42 PM ET Columbus All-Star defenseman Seth Jones, who underwent ankle surgery on Feb. 11, resumed skating on Sunday at the Blue Jackets’ facility. As an injured player, Jones is allowed to work out on team property as part of his rehabilitation process. Jones posted video on social media as he stepped on the ice