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Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jeremy Swayman was the first player introduced before the Bruins’ home opener Thursday night, and he took the ice to a huge ovation. No hard feelings from the Boston fans over the contract holdout that kept him out of training camp until

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils coach Sheldon Keefe faced a familiar foe Thursday night. Keefe squared off against his former team when the Devils opened their home schedule against the Toronto Maple Leafs. New Jersey came out on the short end of the

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 08:56 PM ET Don Marshall, who won five straight Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens as part of a 19-year NHL career, has died. He was 92. Marshall was one of 12 players who skated on all five of Canadiens’ championship teams from 1956 to 1960. He had been the

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs can change a person. Decades of playoff futility keep expectations excruciatingly unmet. The constant scrutiny from media and fans is enough to unnerve the confident and harden the affable. “I don’t

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Maple Leafs starting goaltender Joseph Woll is battling lower-body tightness and will not be available when Toronto opens its regular season Wednesday in Montreal. Coach Craig Berube said Anthony Stolarz will get

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Kraken are committing to goaltender Joey Daccord long term, signing him Wednesday to a five-year contract worth $5 million annually. Daccord was set to be an unrestricted free agent after

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 9, 2024, 10:14 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Former Boston Bruins star goaltender Linus Ullmark has signed a four-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators, who acquired him in a high-profile trade in June. Ullmark, 31, has one more season left on a deal

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:20 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — The first game. The first goal. The first fight. Those moments led to another first for the Utah Hockey Club: the first win in franchise history, a 5-2

Associated Press Oct 8, 2024, 08:11 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer has been cleared to return to the ice just before the team’s season opener after recovering from an appendectomy. “I got [the] green light to get on the ice Wednesday and then coach going forward,” DeBoer said. The Stars

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 8, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Dallas Stars are going to win the 2025 Stanley Cup. That breaks a two-year streak of my picking their Western Conference rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, to finally deliver a Stanley Cup to Connor McDavid (and,

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It took Florida coach Paul Maurice 30 years to win a Stanley Cup championship ring. And after he was handed the box holding his new piece of jewelry Monday, he had to wait about 30 minutes before he could actually

Doug Greenberg, ESPNOct 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The puck dropped on the 2024-25 NHL season thousands of miles away on Friday, when the New Jersey Devils defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in Czechia, but back in North America, the focus is squarely on the best player in the world, wondering whether

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Oct 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Opening night of the 2024-25 NHL season is Tuesday, with a

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 10:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers have canceled plans to receive their Stanley Cup championship rings at a public event Monday night, doing so out of concerns about Hurricane Milton as it bears down on the state. Fans had been invited to attend

Field Level Media Oct 6, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Erik Brannstrom from the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, sending defenseman Tucker Poolman and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft in exchange. Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said his team will retain 20% of the salary of

Oct 6, 2024, 09:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Boston Bruins have signed goaltender Jeremy Swayman to an eight-year, $66 million deal, ending a contract standoff that approached the start of the regular season. Swayman, whose deal was announced Sunday morning, is entering his fifth NHL season. He has a record of 79-33-15, with

Oct 5, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday added veteran forward Kevin Labanc to the roster before the regular-season opener, signing him to a one-year, $775,000 contract, the club announced. The deal comes on the heels of one of the more impressive preseason ledgers, as Labanc, 28, trying

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Newcomer Paul Cotter proved his value, scoring again in Prague as the New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for a sweep of their regular-season-opening series in the Czech capital. Cotter, among New Jersey’s new additions, also scored in