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ESPN News Services Nov 16, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Penguins defenseman Kris Letang missed Saturday night’s 4-3 win against San Jose with an illness. It was his second straight game missed because of an illness; he also did not play in Pittsburgh’s 6-2 loss at Columbus on Friday. Letang has

Associated Press Nov 16, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Chicago Blackhawks placed defenseman Seth Jones on injured reserve on Saturday because of a right foot injury. Jones, 30, played in each of Chicago’s first 17 games, averaging more than 25 1/2 minutes of ice time. He has two

Associated Press Nov 15, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Suspended Colorado forward Valeri Nichushkin was added to the Avalanche’s active roster and will make his season debut Friday night against Washington. Nichushkin recently returned to the team after being placed in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program six months

ESPN News Services Nov 15, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Wild forward Mats Zuccarello was placed on injured reserve and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks after undergoing surgery Thursday night for a lower-body injury. Zuccarello exited at 12:52 of the first period in Thursday’s 3-0 win against Montreal after being hit

Neil PaineNov 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions Hockey is a notoriously chaotic sport in which you need a large sample of games to know what’s real versus what’s just noise. For instance, it is estimated

Sean Allen Close Sean Allen Special to ESPN.com Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Victoria Matiash Close Victoria Matiash Fantasy Hockey ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Nov 15, 2024,

ESPN News Services Nov 14, 2024, 10:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid became the fourth-fastest NHL player to reach 1,000 points, scoring early in the second period during the Edmonton Oilers‘ game against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. McDavid reached the milestone in his 659th game. Wayne Gretzky was

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Diamond Sports Group, the largest regional sports network operator in the United States, emerged from bankruptcy Thursday, on

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 14, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Hockey Hall of Fame is going to swing open its doors to some impressive former NHL stars in the next few years. Legends such as Zdeno Chara, Joe Thornton, Duncan Keith and Patrice Bergeron. Eventually

Associated Press Nov 13, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have placed forward Robby Fabbri and defenseman Cam Fowler on injured reserve. The Ducks made the moves Wednesday before their home game against Vegas. Anaheim recalled center Jansen Harkins and defenseman Drew Helleson from their AHL affiliate in

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 13, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Diamond Sports Group, the bankrupt operator of regional sports networks, has announced a commercial agreement with the streaming

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterNov 13, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Dustin Wolf has faced a number of questions over the last seven years: Is he really that good? Can a smaller goalie be trusted when every team wants a bigger

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 12, 2024, 10:04 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Winnipeg Jets made NHL history with their 6-3 victory at the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, becoming the first team to win 15 of its first 16 games in a season.

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterNov 12, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions There’s something special about Hockey Hall of Fame Induction weekend. It happens every year right when the weather turns fully into fall mode, when the leaves are changing, the clocks have gone

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 12, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NHL Awards are not typically won in the first month of the season — but there are always exceptions. Look at the NHL Awards Watch from one year ago. Quinn Hughes ended up winning the Norris

ESPN News Services Nov 11, 2024, 10:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — After a lengthy career, waiting out his eligibility period, then 12 years of sitting by the phone, Jeremy Roenick finally received his call for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. And on Monday night, in a ceremony with the rest

Field Level Media Nov 11, 2024, 12:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Pacioretty is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Monday, the team announced. TSN reported Monday that Pacioretty will be sidelined “for a while.” Pacioretty, 35, sustained the injury in the first period

Field Level Media Nov 10, 2024, 02:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser is out indefinitely after he absorbed a hit to the head from Tanner Jeannot of the Los Angeles Kings. Coach Rick Tocchet said he wasn’t sure how long Boeser — Vancouver’s leading scorer — would be out. “I