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Special to Yahoo Sports It never goes the way you expect it. It’s just a one-week sample size, but look at the save percentage leaders entering Wednesday’s games: Thomas Greiss – .969 Spencer Knight – .968 Jeremy Swayman – .964 John Gibson – .961 Karel Vejmelka – . 956 And the goals-against losers (we’ll exclude

The Buffalo Sabres are undefeated and Tyler Bertuzzi is tied for the NHL’s lead in goals. Neither of these things was expected to be true at any point of the 2021-22 campaign, but here we are. The NHL is a weird place through the first seven days of the season. In addition to these oddities,

Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche are regaining their best player ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Washington Capitals. Center Nathan MacKinnon, a two-time NHL All-Star and three-time MVP finalist, will make his season debut for the Avs in Washington after a positive COVID-19 test kept him out the first two games.   MacKinnon’s return comes

Sharks’ Kane suspended 21 games for violating COVID-19 protocols originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sharks gained a bit of clarity Monday when the NHL announced that forward Evander Kane has been suspended 21 games for violating COVID-19 protocols. “The National Hockey League announced today that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been

We have an NFL game on “Monday Night Football,” as well as an MLB playoff game. The NBA season begins Tuesday. It’s a great time to be a fan of sports.  The NHL season enters its second week and we have four games on the docket for Monday night. All betting lines are courtesy of

7:50 AM ET John N. Minton III ON FEB. 7, 2018, 33-year-old Randel McCoy sits in his car, alone, in an empty parking lot. He’s processing the life-changing news he has just heard, contemplating a world in which he will slowly lose everything — his strength, his freedom, his life. Through tears, he reaches for

Getty Images The Vegas Golden Knights‘ quest for a third consecutive deep playoff run and first ever Stanley Cup win took a massive hit this week. Coach Peter DeBoer announced linemates Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone are both out with injuries, thinning a team already without talented winger Alex Tuch.  Pacioretty has a lower-body fracture

Getty Images Greetings hockey fans, the 2021-22 NHL season is officially upon us. We’ve already had some thrilling action over the first three days of the season. The Seattle Kraken have already managed to get into the win column with an exciting 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday. In addition, the Kraken nearly

If you’re looking for a trend through three days of the NHL season, home teams are 12-4 through the first 16 games. A lot has been made about the lack of home-field advantage in the NFL this season, but early in this NHL season, it seems like playing in front of your home crowd is

7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff Tonight is the first game of the 2021-22 NHL season that will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu, and it should be a great one. We’ve got a captivating early-season matchup as reigning Calder Trophy winner Kirill Kaprizov and the Minnesota Wild head out west to take on John

Seven NHL regular season games are in the books. 1,305 games remain. It’s a long season, it’s a grind and we love it. We have our first full slate of the season, as nine games faceoff on Thursday night. All betting lines are courtesy of BetMGM. Dog of the day For the first time ever,

The first NHL broadcast on TNT was a strong follow-up to ESPN’s coverage. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The NHL has something here. One night after ESPN’s impressive return to hockey broadcasting, TNT proved that strong coverage won’t be limited to one network.  Leaning hard on its proven and unmistakable between-halfs

8:15 AM ET The New York Islanders are going to win the 2022 Stanley Cup. “Please God, no,” wrote reader “Hockey Island,” whose Twitter profile includes an image of the team’s previous four championship banners from the 1980s. People like Mr. Island understand that my predicting the Stanley Cup winner is usually the kiss of

7:00 AM ET Alex Ovechkin would prefer not to talk about breaking Wayne Gretzky‘s NHL career goal-scoring record. He’ll gladly talk about his cars, like his G-wagons and his Bentley coupe. Or the best high-end sushi joints on the road. He’ll happily indulge you about fashion: “Dolce, Dolce, Dolce,” he said, cataloguing his shirt, pants

Getty Images It’s the hope that kills you. I recently wrote about how excited I was that the Chicago White Sox were in the playoffs and how I cherish that nervous feeling that comes with caring about a team when the stakes get high. I still do, but the other side of that coin sucks.

The Seattle Kraken‘s first game featured historic firsts, an elaborate light show, a three-goal comeback and a controversial kicked goal, but it did not include the franchise’s first win. After years of waiting, an underwhelming expansion draft and a big get in free agency, the NHL’s most recent expansion team opened its existence with a

If the NHL wants to attract a sports betting and fantasy audience, it has some internal issues it needs to sort out.  The league has partnerships with a number of sportsbook operators in PointsBet, BetWay, BetMGM, and Bally’s, among others, demonstrating a clear interest in diving into this market. What the NHL hasn’t done, however,

Championship tiers, baby. The 2021-22 NHL season is upon us, so it’s time to slot teams in an inflexible position through a totally arbitrary tier system. Remember: these positions are binding, people. The standard By any other measure, the Tampa Bay Lightning had a disastrous offseason. They not only lost three incredibly important players, but