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Open Extended Reactions The Edmonton Oilers lost to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, ending their winning streak at 16 games and falling one short of tying the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins for the longest NHL streak. So what’s been the key to their turnaround after a terrible start? Are they back to being a Stanley

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 7, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions With the NHL All-Star Game in the books, everything in the 2023-24 season starts to gain clarity, from the playoffs races to the trade deadline. That includes the NHL awards field. Well, at least in theory.

Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 12:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights brought an end to the Edmonton Oilers‘ 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night. Edmonton was looking to tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RALEIGH, N.C. — Playing for a new team in a familiar building worked out just fine for Vancouver’s Elias Lindholm on Tuesday night. Lindholm scored two power-play goals in similar fashion in his debut with the Canucks and J.T. Miller provided the winning goal

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Former Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith was hired as an assistant coach by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. General manager Rob Blake said Monday the Kings were looking to hire an assistant coach from outside the organization after Jim

Open Extended Reactions The NHL returns from All-Star Weekend with the Edmonton Oilers looking to make history Tuesday night. Edmonton can tie the NHL record for most wins in a row with a victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas. The game will be exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu at 10 p.m. ET.

Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 07:46 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald was hospitalized Monday, a day after suffering a cardiac event while returning from the NHL’s All-Star festivities in Toronto. The 70-year-old McDonald wrote on a social media post Monday that he had what he described as a “cardiac event”

Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Monday. Kuznetsov will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice

Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPN Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Feb 5, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NHL All-Star Weekend offers a relaxed atmosphere for players, as they hang with friends and family

Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 06:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON, Ontario — Authorities scheduled a news conference for Monday to discuss a 2018 case that has led to sexual assault charges against four current NHL players and a former NHL player, all of whom were on Canada’s world junior hockey team that year.

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterFeb 3, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — The Maple Leafs made their hometown crowd proud during NHL All-Star weekend. And it was capped by an MVP performance from none other than Auston Matthews. Indeed, the league’s leading

ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2024, 04:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Jack Hughes is nearing a return to the New Jersey Devils‘ lineup after missing the past month because of an injury. The team said Saturday that Hughes is “really close” to playing again and that he decided to return home to

Open Extended Reactions After a humorous All-Star player draft on Thursday and a thrilling night of All-Star skills on Friday, it’s time for the final event of 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend: the game(s)! It’s a simple format: two semifinals of 3-on-3 hockey, followed by the winners of those games squaring off in the final. First

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid won the $1 million NHL All-Star Skills competition Friday night in Toronto, an event he helped the league redesign this season. McDavid helped the NHL revamp the skills competition

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterFeb 2, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — The NHL will not release its finding from a yearlong investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a woman by multiple players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:49 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions For the second time in three days, a pair of Canadian NHL teams made a trade with a center going to the Stanley Cup contender, and a first-round pick (and more) going to a team looking

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh believes the Arizona Coyotes should relocate if there isn’t a suitable arena plan in place by the end of the 2023-24 NHL season. “If there’s no plan in Arizona, I would

Open Extended Reactions After featuring a dunk tank in South Florida, and an accuracy contest within the spray of the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas, the NHL elected to revamp its All-Star skills competition for the 2024 edition. The league worked with Connor McDavid to bring the skills contest back to its roots as a