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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored his 42nd goal of the season to break a second-period tie, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves, and the surging Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins 3-1 on Wednesday night. Tampa Bay also got goals from Mitchell Chaffee and Nikita Kucherov as the Lightning improved to

Getty Images The City of Alexandria, Va. announced Wednesday that negotiations aimed at luring the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to relocate to the city have ended, and that a proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the two teams “will not move forward.” In a statement posted

Neil PaineMar 27, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions Want to know how long it’s been since the last time a Canadian NHL team won the Stanley Cup? More than three-quarters of the nearly 1,000 current NHL

Yahoo Sports Teams that will shape the Draft: Chicago, Washington, New England hold keys to QBs To help kick off our ‘Teams that will shape the Draft’ series on the pod, Bleacher Report’s QB wizard Derrik Klassen joins Matt Harmon to breakdown the teams that hold the top three pick. The pair dive into the

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Penguins have their Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads back in their possession. In a press release, the team announced that the Jagr bobbleheads were found by a “special cargo recovery team” after they had been stolen earlier this month. “The Penguins were notified last week that a special cargo recovery team negotiated the

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Open Extended Reactions Following the St. Louis Blues‘ Stanley Cup championship run in 2019, the team kept their fans engaged with playoff returns the following three seasons. An 81-point

Remember what it is like when the Detroit Red Wings make the playoffs? It was a tradition for a quarter of a century, a yearly given come April on par with taxes being due. Then the franchise sank into a rebuild, and missing the playoffs in 2017 turned into a seven-year event. Now it looks

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 23, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Open Extended Reactions Saturday’s NHL schedule features a number of tantalizing matchups, whether it’s for playoff positioning — such as Edmonton Oilers–Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m. ET, NHL Power

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonny Milano recorded his first hat trick in the NHL, Alex Ovechkin scored again and the Washington Capitals ended the Carolina Hurricanes‘ winning streak at five with a 7-6 shootout victory Friday night that could play a pivotal role in their playoff pursuit. Ovechkin’s goal was the 846th of his NHL career,

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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMar 21, 2024, 07:10 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Practically everyone in hockey has heard that the Nashville Predators‘ trip to see U2 in February at the Sphere in Las Vegas was canceled because of how poorly the team

Yahoo Sports Is the ACC headed for implosion? + Coaches that need a serious run in March Madness Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast by reacting to the latest Clemson lawsuit that is yet another sign of a potential implosion of the ACC. Wetzel is bothered by the timing

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Open Extended Reactions Twenty-six of the NHL’s 32 teams will be in action tonight, including seven of eight in the Atlantic Division. The Florida Panthers are off until Thursday,

Getty Images Former NHL winger and Stanley Cup champion Chris Simon has died at the age of 52. Several teams, including the Colorado Avalanche, announced Simon’s passing Tuesday. Simon, a second-round pick by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1990 NHL Draft, became part of the blockbuster trade that sent Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques

Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard wins NHL honor after stellar week of play originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The accolades keep coming for Connor Bedard over his phenomenal rookie campaign with the Blackhawks. On Monday the NHL named Bedard its Second Star of the Week. Bedard’s seven points on the week were tied for most in

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMar 18, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Kyle Okposo knew it all in Buffalo. Through nearly eight seasons, Okposo set a tone for the Sabres. He was a guy with the answers. Then Okposo was

NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored on the power play in overtime to complete a hat trick and Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves to help the Ottawa Senators beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday. Ridly Greig also scored for Ottawa, which won its third straight game after losing seven in a row.

Heading into today’s massive 14-game slate, one of the major storylines we’re following is: Who will win the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference? As it stands now, the New York Islanders and Detroit Red Wings both have 72 points; the Isles are given the tiebreaker in the standings right now as they have