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ESPN News Services Feb 24, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Tyler Bertuzzi scored three times, including a go-ahead, power-play goal with 2:51 remaining, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight win. Bertuzzi, a free agent signing last summer who has struggled

Field Level Media Feb 24, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Just four games after making his season debut, Los Angeles Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson returned to long-term injured reserve Saturday. Arvidsson will be sidelined with a lower-body injury after missing the first 50 games of the season following back surgery in October. He

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Joel Farabee didn’t understand the negativity. As he walked into Philadelphia Flyers training camp last September, he saw a locker room that had become even more tight-knit over the summer. He saw key players like center

Associated Press Feb 23, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Jean-Guy Talbot, one of 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960, has died. He was 91. The Canadiens announced Talbot’s death Friday morning after multiple media outlets reported the news. Born in Quebec on July

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterFeb 23, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions We’re officially two weeks away from the NHL trade deadline on March 8, and teams will be making moves between now and then to either bolster their Stanley Cup chances or build

Emily Kaplan, ESPNFeb 23, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions We’re two weeks away from the NHL trade deadline, which means conversations are dialed up and trades can happen at any moment. Here’s the latest on what I’m hearing on discussions going on around the league.

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 22, 2024, 11:20 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NEWARK, N.J. — After his New Jersey Devils were embarrassed by the rival New York Rangers at home on Thursday, star center Jack Hughes said his team needs an attitude adjustment as their playoff hopes dim.

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions There’s a reason the top 10 centers are the final list we publish in the NHL Positional Rankings. It’s the most star-studded group of players in any of these rankings. One could do a top 30

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterFeb 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Perhaps the most significant moment in American hockey history is being immortalized in one of the most American ways possible. On Thursday, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled three

ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2024, 11:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TEMPE, Ariz. — Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years. Playing his 54th game of the season, Matthews scored

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 21, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The NHL trade deadline is March 8, and opinions around the league vary on just how hectic it will be. “I think it’s going to be insane,” one NHL agent said. “I feel like it’s not

ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore will play for the first time in three months Tuesday night against the visiting Nashville Predators. Theodore, 28, underwent surgery in late November to address an upper-body injury. He last played on Nov. 22 and has missed

Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd left the team’s game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night with an upper-body injury. Dowd never returned for the second period after skating seven shifts for 6:20 in the first. The Capitals quickly ruled him

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions There’s a new No. 1 winger in the NHL, according to our panel of 10 players and 10 executives. Meanwhile, one of the greatest players of all time has seen his support finally dry up. Welcome

ESPN News Services Feb 19, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PAUL, Minn. — Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had hat tricks for the Minnesota Wild, who faced a three-goal deficit in the second period before storming back with six unanswered goals and hanging on for a record-filled 10-7 victory over

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 18, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell. “It

Associated Press Feb 18, 2024, 08:46 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald is out of a hospital following a cardiac event this month. The 71-year-old McDonald wrote in an Instagram post Sunday — with a photo of him standing outside Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre — that he’s ending his “two-week

Associated Press Feb 18, 2024, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — There were jokes. And laughter. And catharsis. Just no tears. At least none from Jaromir Jagr. Maybe because they were unnecessary when the Pittsburgh Penguins retired his iconic No. 68 on Sunday. The look on Jagr’s face, the subtle catch in his