NHL

7:00 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have been on a quest to win at least one more Stanley Cup with Sidney Crosby. It has been a revolving door on his line as they try to figure it out. Since the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, Crosby has played with 83 different teammates. In the

9:30 AM ET Our old friend Trey Wingo recently called it “a tradition like no other” in sports: “grading a trade that includes draft picks before seeing what the picks actually turn into.” The instant gratification of the “trade grade” is very much the lifeblood of trade deadline coverage, especially in the NHL. There are

10:15 PM ET The New York Islanders have made a splashy play ahead of the NHL’s Apr. 12 trade deadline, dealing for veteran New Jersey Devils forwards Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac. The Isles dealt depth players A.J. Greer and Mason Jobst to the Devils, along with their first-round pick in the 2021 draft, and

7:00 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is Monday, and because this season is so unusual, each team is operating under its own unique circumstance. For this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we identified a sticking point for every team heading into the deadline. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams

8:30 AM ET Ever since the NHL realigned its teams into four new divisions and decided to have those teams play each other for just 56 games, there’s been a lingering question about how this format would impact NHL Awards voting. (All due respect to the writers and broadcasters covering the North Division, but we

11:11 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Jeremy Swayman made 40 saves in an NHL debut to remember, as the Boston Bruins outlasted the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2, on Tuesday night. Swayman, 22, was called up Monday, and became the fourth goalie to play for the Bruins this season. While Boston may have high hopes

7:00 AM ET There are the Academy Awards, and then there’s the Oscar for Best Picture. There are the NHL awards, and then there’s the Hart Trophy for most valuable player. There are the 2021 ESPN positional rankings for wingers, defensemen and goalies — and then there’s the one everyone’s been anticipating since the series

6:59 AM ET All we ask from our NHL positional-rankings voters is honesty and candor. After one veteran turned in his list of the top 10 goaltenders, his reaction fulfilled that obligation. “I didn’t like the list at all,” he said. “When I started to piece this together, it was stunning. This was an interesting

12:54 PM ET Associated Press The NHL’s deputy commissioner says the COVID-19 outbreak on the Vancouver Canucks is concerning, but Bill Daly remains confident the team will be able to complete its schedule. Daly said in an email to The Canadian Press the league believes the Canucks will return and conclude their 56-game schedule. He

3:04 PM ET Associated Press ANOKA, Minn. — Last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide, a Minnesota medical examiner said Monday. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka County said in a news release that the 63-year-old Pavelich died of asphyxia. His body was found March

9:00 AM ET For nearly all of March, the Buffalo Sabres were the punchline of the NHL. They slogged through an 18-game winless streak, the longest in the salary cap era. They fired yet another coach, Ralph Krueger, as captain Jack Eichel remained sidelined with an injury. In its weekly power rankings, the Buffalo News

9:33 PM ET Dallas Stars coach Rick Bowness was pulled from the bench after the second period of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes due to COVID-19 protocols. Bowness, 66, is the oldest head coach in the league. He is fully vaccinated, the team said. Assistant coach John Stevens assumed head-coaching responsibilities for the rest

1:04 PM ET More than half of the players on the Vancouver Canucks have tested positive for COVID-19, a source confirmed to ESPN. Additional names are expected to be added to the team’s COVID-19 protocol list besides the 14 that appeared on Saturday. Some players are symptomatic, and according to several sources there are a

1:53 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks‘ season remains on pause as a COVID outbreak that has hit the team has gone from bad to worse. The team added seven players to league’s COVID protocol list on Saturday, bringing the total number of players to 14. Sources told ESPN that two coaches were also added to

7:20 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline arrives on April 12 at 3 p.m. ET. There will be teams seeking to trade players that are no longer in their rebuilding plans. There will be teams seeking to add players to complete their championship plans. This all sounds normal, but this season’s trade season is

6:19 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks will not play for at least a week after three members of the team were placed in the NHL’s COVID protocols, the league announced Thursday. The NHL said in a statement that Canucks games have been postponed until April 8. Two players — Adam Gaudette and Travis Hamonic —

9:00 AM ET The NHL trade deadline on April 12 is the first of the COVID-19 era. Dealers, rebuilders, reloaders and those with legit Stanley Cup aspirations will all come to the virtual bargaining table to talk trades. But the subtext to these conversations is inherently different in 2021 than in previous editions. There are

2:03 AM ET Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon hit Arizona Coyotes forward Conor Garland with his own helmet, earning a misconduct penalty in the Avs’ 9-3 win on Wednesday night. Late in the third period, MacKinnon and Garland battled into the corner of the Coyotes’ zone. MacKinnon threw Garland to the ice and in the