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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 31, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA — Everywhere Steven Stamkos looked, there was another memory. The Tampa waterfront where he and his teammates celebrated two Stanley Cup championships on jet skis and party boats. The arena ice where he tallied so

On every game day this season, THN Fantasy will highlight players and goalies for fantasy managers to stream or roster for the rest of the season. The recommended players and goalies can be used in standard fantasy leagues or for daily fantasy games. 7 games for Thursday, Oct. 31 * = confirmed Joey Daccord, SEA

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Growing up as a small-town kid with big dreams of reaching the NHL is a story that’s been told for more than a century — about men. Most girls never

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 855 and 856 less than two minutes apart, and the Washington Capitals beat the Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth showcase of the sport. Ovechkin moved 38 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, scoring two of the seven in the game’s first 25 minutes. A

Open Extended Reactions With 20 days of the 2024-25 NHL season in the books, there has been no shortages of twists and turns. Mark Stone leading the league in scoring? Cale Makar (and other defensemen) on pace for over 100 points? The Winnipeg Jets off to a perfect start through eight games? To help digest

This past Friday and Saturday, the New York Islanders split their first back-to-back of the season, beating the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in overtime before losing 6-3 to the defending Stanley Cup Florida Panthers on Saturday. While the results were different, there was a commonality. Against New Jersey, the Islander failed to hold onto their

For the foreseeable future, one of the best things about an Ottawa Senators–Colorado Avalanche game will be the chance to see two of the game’s most entertaining defencemen going head-to-head. Avs defenceman Cale Makar is known to all hockey fans across the NHL, and he’s playing out of his mind right now, leading the NHL

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Alexis Lafreniere and the New York Rangers have agreed on a seven-year contract extension for the first overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, a source confirmed to ESPN. The new contract for Lafrenière, 23, will

Open Extended Reactions We are just over two weeks into the NHL season. Frozen Frenzy is in the books, and in the distance is the triumphant return of best-on-best international hockey at the 4 Nations Face-off. There’s a lot of season left, but there is enough of a sample size to identify the biggest surprise

Get used to the nail-biters, Calgary Flames fans. The franchise has had you on the edge of your seat early this season and they already look comfortable being uncomfortable. We knew they wouldn’t be able to keep coming back from deficits, and yet even in a 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes — their first

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. – Craig Berube knew it would come. His former St. Louis Blues players he coached here knew it would come. And it’s finally arrived. It was only a matter of time when Berube was fired as coach of the Blues as to who would hire him, not when and/or if he would

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions In an overtime game against the Philadelphia Flyers recently, Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid flew into the zone on a breakaway, shot the puck off the post, recovered it and passed over to a streaking Leon

It pays to know people. And when your family is friends with a super-agent in the NHL, it might even land you some ice time with a legend like Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby. That’s what happened to Calgary Flames rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf when he was a much younger man. Crosby, now 37 and

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 21, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 NHL season is just two weeks old and already chock full of surprises. Did we expect the Winnipeg Jets to be the last undefeated team? Or for the Calgary Flames

The Pittsburgh Penguins are now 3-4-0 through the first seven games of the 2024-25 season after losing to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday by a 6-3 score. It’s their second defeat of the young season, where the victors scored six on their goaltenders. View the original article to see embedded media. Even though the Colorado

Similar to the way things played out in Pittsburgh’s season-opening loss against the Rangers, it was a divisional matchup for the Penguins to forget on Friday night. The Penguins fell the the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-1, in a game that was almost entirely controlled by the team in red. The Canes outshot the Penguins, 39-26. According

Sean Allen Close Sean Allen Special to ESPN.com Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Victoria Matiash Close Victoria Matiash Fantasy Hockey ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Oct 18, 2024,