12:12 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Stuart Skinner to a three-year, $7.8 million contract extension Monday. The 24-year-old from Edmonton has a 9-8-1 record, a 2.83 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage for the Oilers this season. He was drafted by Edmonton in the third round (78th)
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4:43 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo returned to practice Saturday morning after a nine-game absence he took when his 4-year-old daughter became seriously ill. Pietrangelo said he felt comfortable that his daughter, Evelyn, was progressing well enough that he could return in time for Saturday night’s home game
2:07 PM ET Associated Press LONDON, Ontario — London Knights center Abakar Kazbekov has died, the team and the Ontario Hockey League announced Saturday. He was 18. No other details were provided in the joint statement. Kazbekov, who was from Russia, played in a 5-2 home victory over the Owen Sound Attack on Friday. Statement
3:37 PM ET Associated Press Hockey Canada has a new board of directors. Now the real work begins. The national sport organization’s members elected a slate of candidates to fill nine vacant board seats with a vote Saturday at its annual winter meeting. Retired judge Hugh L. Fraser is Hockey Canada’s new chair, while former
3:06 PM ET The NHL has discussed expanding its regular season from 82 to 84 games in an effort to create more regional rivalry matchups, sources confirmed to ESPN. The league has been considering alternatives to its current schedule after some teams complained about an imbalanced number of divisional games against rivals. Currently, each team
3:14 PM ET Kristen Shelton Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been reinstated by the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league announced Friday. On Oct. 19, Vrana entered the program that is designed to offer players treatment for mental health and ranging to substance abuse. He is now available to rejoin Detroit’s lineup while
7:05 AM ET The NHL trade market has been gummed up by a lack of salary-cap room this season. It also doesn’t help that so many teams are within a reasonable distance of playoff seeds, unable to determine their position in the market. When the NHL trade deadline arrives on March 3, the contenders and
7:00 AM ET The big news of the week in the hockey world was Alex Ovechkin scoring a hat trick against the Chicago Blackhawks to reach 800 goals, becoming the third player in NHL history to do so. As Ovi has been on this recent goal-scoring heater, his Washington Capitals have won eight of their
11:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mitch Marner‘s franchise-record points streak was snapped at 23 games as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night. Marner’s streak was the longest in seven seasons and the longest in the 105-year history of the Maple Leafs. He became
Dec 15, 2022 Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang scored in his third game back since having a stroke, and the Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday night. Letang had the stroke Nov. 28, returned to practice 10 days later and got back in the lineup Saturday against Buffalo.
6:01 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings forward Trevor Moore agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $21 million on Thursday. Moore, a Southern California native acquired in a trade with Toronto in February 2020, is now under contract through the 2027-28 season at an average annual value of $4.2
9:45 AM ET Spend five or 10 minutes talking with any woman who has been fortunate enough to play for the United States national hockey team. At some point in that discussion, they will share why the need to make time for others remains so important for their sport because they understand the value of
12:48 AM ET Alex Ovechkin has trademarked “THE GR8 CHASE” as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record, the star’s marketing team and the Washington Capitals told ESPN. Ovechkin and his family have been working on the multilayered marketing and business platform along with the Capitals, the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association
7:14 AM ET Associated Press The Premier Hockey Federation is doubling down on women’s hockey by announcing plans to increase its salary cap to $1.5 million per team for the 2023-24 season in a bid to deepen its talent pool by offering players an opportunity to earn a living wage. The increase, announced Wednesday morning,
7:00 AM ET When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with the media following the first day of the board of governor meetings at the posh Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Florida, he issued a warning: There’s not much news to report. As Bettman celebrated 30 years in office at these meetings, the league is in
11:06 PM ET Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored the 800th goal of his career Tuesday night, becoming the third player in NHL history — behind Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe — to reach the milestone. He also became the first to do it with a single franchise, and it came as part of a
1:32 PM ET PALM BEACH, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he recently met with actor Ryan Reynolds about potentially being involved with the Ottawa Senators‘ new ownership group. “[Reynolds] very much impressed us,” Bettman said at the NHL’s board of governors meetings on Tuesday. “If we can figure out a way to have
12:04 AM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL, Quebec — Flames defenseman Chris Tanev was helped off the ice after taking a slap shot to the head in the second period of Calgary’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. During a 5-on-3 penalty kill, Tanev attempted to block a slap shot from Canadiens