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Getty Images The Carolina Hurricanes ended the New Jersey Devils‘ season with a thrilling overtime win in Game 5 on Thursday night. But before moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Hurricanes wanted to sprinkle a little salt in the Devils’ wound. When Jesper Fast deflected a Jesperi Kotkaniemi shot past Devils goaltender Akira

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 12, 2023, 06:54 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. HENDERSON, Nev. — All it takes is walking a few paces to discover the dressing room at the Vegas Golden Knights‘ training facility is designed to attract attention. Everything about this cavernous space is sleek.

The Leafs found a little bit of life in Game 4. (Getty) For the Maple Leafs to climb out of the abyss vs. the Panthers, they must start with one win, one small step which could eventually, just maybe, progress to a much bigger leap. Toronto took that little step on Wednesday — albeit just

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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. There are momentum swings in an NHL postseason series. And then there’s what’s happening between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights. The Golden Knights lead the Oilers 2-1 in their Western Conference second-round series

When Las Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud scored his first goal of the playoffs Monday, he probably wasn’t expecting to be accepting an apology from a well-known ESPN anchor the next day. The reason for the apology came during a “SportsCenter” after Game 3 between the Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers. While recapping the

The Chicago Blackhawks struck gold on Monday by winning the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery and earning the chance to select generational prospect Connor Bedard. Chicago entered the lottery with the third-best odds of winning the No. 1 overall pick at just 11.5%. The team finished last in the Central Division and second-last in the entire

Getty Images The Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, but many teams have turned their focus to the NHL draft. The draft picture will get much clearer on Monday at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, N.J. when the lottery takes place. The lottery will determine the top 16 picks in Round 1 of

Monday night’s NHL draft lottery will decide which hockey team takes the top pick of 2023. Here’s how you can tune in. (Photo: Dennis Pajot/Getty Images) The burning question of which team will get hockey’s next generational talent will finally be answered tonight during the NHL draft lottery. Connor Bedard, 17-year-old center for the Regina

Hockey’s most scrutinized teenager seeks the quiet life — for now. Connor Bedard, the most hyped NHL prospect since that Connor, was finishing up his third season in junior hockey when I visited him in March. His team, the Regina Pats, is located in the broad plains of Saskatchewan, where the average winter temperature hovers

The Oilers exploded offensively to even their second-round series on Saturday. (AP Photos) Heading into Saturday’s Game 2 between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights, people questioned Edmonton’s supporting cast members. Logically enough, fans wanted more from players beyond Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Well, those concerns didn’t particularly matter in Game 2, as

Getty Images The New York Rangers and head coach Gerard Gallant ahev “mutually agreed to part ways,” the team announced on Saturday. The Rangers lost to the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs after blowing a 2-0 series lead. Gallant spent just two seasons with the Rangers, and he led

Gerard Gallant is done in New York after two seasons. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) The New York Rangers are making a change after a brutal first-round exit of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The team announced Saturday it had mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Gerard Gallant. OFFICIAL: #NYR and head coach Gerard Gallant have

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — Given the current landscape in the NHL, a team can give up four goals in a Stanley Cup playoff game and its coach can still feel like it had “defensive success.” That

Monday night’s NHL draft lottery will decide which hockey team takes the top pick of 2023. Here’s how you can tune in. (Photo: Dennis Pajot/Getty Images) The burning question of which team will get hockey’s next generational talent will finally be answered on Monday, May 8 when the NHL draft lottery is drawn. Connor Bedard,

TORONTO — Just five days after overcoming their greatest institutional challenge, the Toronto Maple Leafs are once again in a conundrum of their own making, squandering a two-goal lead on home ice to fall behind the upstart Florida Panthers 2-0 in their second-round series. For a moment, this year felt different for the Maple Leafs

Getty Images The Florida Panthers and Seattle Kraken have largely been the story of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as the first round saw the former eliminate the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston Bruins while the latter knocked out the defending Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. Their Cinderella stories don’t seem to be ending any time soon, either:

The Stanley Cup playoffs constitute the greatest postseason tournament in sports. Not just for the action, the drama, the brutality, the endurance, the pain, the glory and the legends that are made. But because in every single postseason, there are lessons to be learned. Here are 10 things we’ve taken away from the 2023 NHL