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2:06 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens traded top-line winger Tyler Toffoli to the Calgary Flames in exchange for a 2022 first-round draft choice (which is lottery-protected), a 2024 fifth-round pick, forward Tyler Pitlick and prospect Emil Heineman, the latter of whom landed in Calgary in the Sam Bennett trade last season. With the trade deadline

1:31 PM ET Tyler Toffoli is on his way to Calgary. The Montreal Canadiens traded top-line winger Toffoli to the Flames on Monday in exchange for a 2022 first-round draft choice (which is top-10 protected), a 2024 fifth-round pick, forward Tyler Pitlick and prospect Emil Heineman. There was no salary retained in the trade. Toffoli

6:55 AM ET We’re more than halfway through the third straight pandemic-affected NHL season — but it finally feels like we’re tracking toward normalcy. We have (mostly) full arenas again, and a (mostly) typical 82-game schedule — save for those few weeks in December where a flurry of postponements threatened to wreak havoc on everything.

5:27 PM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — Nathan MacKinnon had an assist in his return game and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Sunday, padding their lead atop the NHL. MacKinnon, 26, out since Jan. 26 with a concussion and a facial fracture, took his rightful place on Colorado’s top line,

3:47 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa Senators forward Austin Watson has been suspended two games for a hit on Boston’s Jack Ahcan. The NHL announced the suspension on Sunday. Watson leveled Ahcan along the end boards midway through the first period of Ottawa’s 2-0 loss to the Bruins on Saturday. He

2:03 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Cody Ceci and Zach Hyman each scored a goal, Mike Smith stopped 37 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 3-1 Friday night. Jesse Puljujarvi also scored for the Oilers and Connor McDavid had two assists to help Jay Woodcroft get a win in

2:05 PM ET Brad Marchand did not hold back when addressing his six-game suspension for roughing/high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. The Boston Bruins winger was banned after an incident late in Tuesday’s game between the Bruins and Penguins, where Marchand punched Jarry in the head and then, while being escorted off the ice by

6:07 PM ET Associated Press BROSSARD, Quebec — Forget about that interim tag. Martin St. Louis is planning to stick around as the coach of the Montreal Canadiens. In his introductory news conference on Thursday, only hours before his first home game in the Bell Centre, St. Louis said becoming a head coach in the

12:15 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Flyers center Sean Couturier underwent back surgery on Friday and will miss the rest of the season. Couturier was the Flyers’ top line center but had missed the past 17 games with the injury. He ended the season with 17 points in 29 games. The Flyers are 3-11-3

11:00 AM ET NHL Insiders USA Today Sports The Edmonton Oilers have changed coaches. Again. Dave Tippett is out. Jay Woodcroft is in. But is it all too little, too late to salvage a season gone drastically off the rails? Since Dec. 3, Edmonton is 7-13-3, has been outscored 85-60, and the team once expected

9:25 AM ET If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then consider Trevor Zegras quite flattered. Ever since the Anaheim Ducks rookie sent a pass over the Buffalo Sabres’ net to teammate Sonny Milano for a goal on Dec. 7 — on a move heretofore known as “The Zegras” — he’s been inundated with

6:24 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Sheldon Kennedy wants to make something clear. He isn’t here to save hockey. That’s not what he does with the Respect Group. He just wants to help. Kennedy’s Respect Group has partnered with the NHL for a training program designed to help prevent bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination.

4:35 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno was given a two-game suspension by the NHL on Thursday for kneeing Winnipeg‘s Adam Lowry at the end of a fight. Foligno pulled Lowry down to the ice in the third period of Tuesday’s game after he had gained the

10:16 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is March 21. That’s a lot of runway for teams to fall out of playoff races, for general managers to lay the groundwork for deals and for rampant media conjecture about who stays and who goes. Here’s a look at the 10 most fascinating people at the trade

7:43 AM ET JEREMY SMITH REMEMBERS laughing. It was the 2018-19 season, and Smith was a goalie for the AHL Bridgeport Tigers, an affiliate of the New York Islanders. It was the ninth minor league team of his career. He was getting older. Outside of 10 games with the Colorado Avalanche, his NHL dream hadn’t

4:50 PM ET For the second straight Winter Olympics, the National Hockey League dashed hopes for a “best on best” men’s ice hockey tournament. The NHL opted out of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games because of a funding dispute with the IOC. That upset the players, who negotiated participation in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics

9:30 AM ET The 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend has come and gone. Now the real work begins. Every team’s schedule is jam-packed to the finish of this regular season, and there’s no room for those who are just coming along for the ride. You already know who the superstars will be across the league. This

8:22 PM ET Comfortably in first place in the Western Conference, but chasing the NHL’s No. 1 overall seed, the Colorado Avalanche could soon be boosted the return of their best player. Nathan MacKinnon might return for the Avalanche on Sunday, when they take on the Dallas Stars, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said on Tuesday