Avalanche coach Jared Bednar doesn’t have to worry about his team making the playoffs or staying atop the Western Conference standings, but he still has plenty to consider with the playoffs creeping closer. Bednar has talked about wanting to try different line combinations during this coming preplayoff stretch. That way, if things go awry and … Read more
Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily look at the races for the 2022 NHL postseason. There are 24 days left in the regular season and the races in each of the four divisions are tight. The top three teams in each of the four divisions and the next two highest-place finishers in … Read more
Andrew Brunette said he loves the way Jonathan Huberdeau is playing these days. Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about his team as a whole. The Florida Panthers coach watched the 28-year-old forward cap off a five-point performance (two goals, three assists) with a goal at 2:47 of overtime in a wild 7-6 … Read more
Marian Hossa hasn’t played in several years due to a unique allergy and skin reaction that prevents him from wearing hockey equipment. He’ll sign with the Chicago Blackhawks to say goodbye. Ryan Getzlaf will hang ’em up after this season, too. The NHL rumor mill is swirling like the winds on the great prairie as … Read more
For those of you who are new to the fanbase… first of all, I’m sorry… second, you likely know that there used to be a time when the Devils were known primarily for being a first defense team. This started in the mid-90s when the Devils won their first Stanley Cup under the direction of … Read more
Thursday’s matchup between the Penguins and host New York Rangers isn’t a playoff game. But it’s got implications beyond a mere regular-season contest. The Penguins and Rangers are a good bet to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers have beaten the Penguins two straight times, dropping a 1-0 decision before that. … Read more
The Arizona Coyotes are in transition. They play their last home game at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz., at the end of the month. Next season they’ll move to a new 5,000-seat arena—by far the smallest venue in the NHL—on the campus of Arizona State University across town in Tempe, closer to where the … Read more
The Big Ten announced on March 21, 2011, that Penn State’s decision to add men’s hockey would allow the conference to form a six-team league that would start playing for the 2013-14 season. This would remove Minnesota and Wisconsin from the 12-team WCHA and Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State from the 11-team CCHA. Another … Read more
7:55 AM ET Steve RichardsESPN The 2022 Frozen Four in Boston is loaded with high-end talent as more than 40 members of the four competing teams for the men’s college hockey national championship — Michigan, Minnesota, Denver and Minnesota State — have been drafted by NHL teams. Much of that buzz has centered on the … Read more
Ryan Strome slotted back into the Rangers lineup Tuesday night against the Devils, marking the first return from injury that will further complicate head coach Gerard Gallant’s looming personnel decisions. After missing the previous four games with an undisclosed lower-body injury, which he suffered against the Sabres at the end of March, Strome returned to … Read more