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9:48 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Alex Stalock left Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders after he was rammed into a goalpost by Casey Cizikas just 2:56 into the first period. Stalock stopped Cizikas’ backhander as the forward cut in off right wing. Cizikas didn’t slow down,

7:00 AM ET There’s a famous story about Brad Marchand‘s exit meetings in Boston after his rookie season. Throughout Marchand’s draft process and early in his pro hockey career, he was often reminded of what he couldn’t achieve. NHL teams believed he was too small (a 5-foot-9 forward was especially undersized as he was breaking

3:59 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale has a torn labrum in his left shoulder, possibly sidelining him for the rest of the season. Drysdale injured the shoulder during the Ducks’ loss at Vegas this past Friday, and he will have surgery soon, the team announced Monday. He is

7:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Charles Lutz stood at the top of the student section at Mullett Arena, the college hockey rink that will house the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes for at least the next three seasons. Below him were Arizona State University students dressed like a pineapple, a banana and a character from “Squid

6:11 PM ET The New Jersey Devils placed veteran forward Ondrej Palat on injured reserve Saturday. The move, which is retroactive to Oct. 24, comes after Palat missed the Devils’ previous two games, including Friday’s 1-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. In the team’s news release Saturday, the Devils labeled Palat’s injury “lower-body,” and said

Oct 29, 2022 TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes lost their home opener at Mullett Arena on Friday night, the NHL team’s first game in its temporary home at Arizona State University. Blake Wheeler’s goal at 32 seconds of overtime gave the Winnipeg Jets a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes in front of a small

Oct 28, 2022 Associated Press NEW YORK — Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for high-sticking Boston Bruins forward David Krejci a night earlier. Rasmussen was assessed a minor penalty for high sticking midway through the second period in the Red Wings’ 5-1

Oct 28, 2022 Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The struggling Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Ethan Bear and forward Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday for a fifth-round draft pick. The 25-year-old Bear had five goals and nine assists in 58 games for the Hurricanes last season but has yet to appear in

8:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Nick Bjugstad took the ice for the first time at Mullett Arena on Thursday, the college hockey rink that will house the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes for at least the next three seasons. He noticed its roughly 5,000 seats. The ones fans will pay not less than $100 to occupy,

5:58 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes will call Arizona State University home for at least the next three seasons as they wait for approval and construction of a permanent home in Tempe, Arizona. The brand new facility in which they’ll play NHL games is called Mullett Arena, named for a prominent benefactor of the Sun

6:50 AM ET Four wins in their first six games while also holding the distinction of being the NHL’s youngest team. That is what it means to be the Buffalo Sabres at the moment. A number of items have brought the Sabres to this point in the opening weeks of the season. One of them

Oct 28, 2022 The first two weeks of the 2022-23 NHL season are in the books, and while some things haven’t surprised us — the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights leading their divisions, and the Arizona Coyotes near the bottom — there has been no shortage of shocks for every club thus far. This

1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist in his season debut and the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to four games, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Thursday night. Marchand returned after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in May to repair cartilage in his hips. The

11:46 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson has been placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. Johnson has been off to a great start with two goals and four assists in six games for a Chicago team that has surprisingly won four straight games. Tyler Johnson falls awkwardly into the boards against the

7:00 AM ET If I ran a struggling NHL team and there was a generational talent available in the next draft class, I wouldn’t tank the season. No, “tanking” is too tame a description for what I’d do. I would populate my team with semi-pros. I would replace their sticks with swimming pool noodles. My

5:43 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenseman Nicolas Beaudin from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for center Cam Hillis on Wednesday. Beaudin had two goals and four assists in 22 games over three seasons for Chicago. The player from Quebec was the 27th overall pick in the 2018 draft. Hills,

7:00 AM ET Philipp Grubauer didn’t feel bad, exactly. He didn’t feel good, either. The goaltender was merely coasting along during his inaugural season with the Colorado Avalanche in 2018-19, preparing for games as he always had and ignoring — at first — his body’s increasing lethargy. At the time Grubauer was like most of

Oct 25, 2022 And now Phil Kessel stands alone. Kessel became the NHL’s new “iron man” on Tuesday — and did so in style, scoring his 400th career goal in the Vegas Golden Knights‘ 4-2 win over the Sharks in San Jose. The 35-year-old winger has now appeared in 990 consecutive games, a streak that