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3:28 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — There aren’t many occasions anymore when one can say Sidney Crosby did something in a game for the first time. Saturday night, though, he accomplished a first he hoped to avoid. Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar, received a game misconduct for the first time in his 18-year

11:15 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Dustin Brown, who captained the Los Angeles Kings to both of their Stanley Cup titles, had his No. 23 retired and a statue of him unveiled during a ceremony before Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brown played 18 seasons with the Kings before retiring at

Feb 11, 2023 Associated Press QUEBEC CITY — The decision to have players from both teams line up arm in arm at center ice for the playing of the national anthems of Ukraine and the United States was preplanned in what stood as a symbol of unity and solidarity. What no one anticipated was the

3:06 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights goalie Logan Thompson is week to week with a lower-body injury, the club announced Saturday. Thompson was injured in the third period of Thursday’s 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild and replaced by Adin Hill. Hill is 11-5-1 in Vegas with a .909 save

11:18 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Vladimir Tarasenko was still caught in the whirlwind of being traded for the first time when he put an emphatic stamp on his first game with the New York Rangers. The 31-year-old Russian forward scored early in his New York debut, Kaapo Kakko and Vincent Trocheck

7:40 AM ET The Boston Bruins are having a special sort of season. It’s a season with historic potential. And one that’s way off-script. The Bruins weren’t supposed to be a powerhouse, with an NHL-leading 83 points and jaw-dropping 39-7-5 record. Boston didn’t figure to be so dominant, sitting second overall in goals (3.73) and

7:15 AM ET Every team has them. Some teams have more than one. That player who has either exceeded expectations, has fallen short of those goals or seems on the verge of something but you’re just not sure how it will turn out. So who are these players? And how important will they be to

3:26 PM ET The NHL trade deadline (March 3) is still more than three weeks away. But big deals are already happening, with the New York Islanders trading for Bo Horvat and the New York Rangers bringing in Vladimir Tarasenko. We’re breaking down and grading all of the biggest moves from now through the deadline.

Feb 9, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray is back on injured reserve with an ankle injury, the club announced Thursday. The netminder began dealing with the issue late last month and was eventually forced out last minute from a scheduled start against the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 27. Murray was monitored over the

8:00 AM ET The most surprising thing I discovered during NHL All-Star Weekend wasn’t Sidney Crosby‘s affinity for dunk tanks or that Montreal doesn’t have a single Chipotle restaurant for Nick Suzuki to claim his year’s supply of bowls and burritos. Although those were stunning in their own right — man should not live on

6:45 AM ET One of the first things Evgeni Nabokov did after retiring from the NHL in 2015 was to fly back to Moscow so he could visit friends and watch hockey with them. There was a night when Nabokov and his friends were joined by Vladislav Tretiak — yes, the man considered to be

7:19 PM ET Associated Press Fans filed into the rink for a minor league hockey game, vendors sold concessions and the visiting team took the ice for warmups. The national anthem played, and officials were ready to drop the puck. One problem: The home team did not show up. This bizarre scene unfolded over the

Feb 7, 2023 David Pastrnak is second in the NHL with 38 goals. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Of all the conversations I had at All-Star weekend in Florida, one with Sidney Crosby stuck out. He told me, multiple times, that the league feels more competitive than it has ever been. In 18 years in the NHL,

10:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Bo Horvat scored in his home debut with New York Islanders, leading his new team to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night. And the fans loved every minute of it. Ilya Sorokin made 31 saves in his fifth shutout this season and

1:55 PM ET U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will become the new executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Walsh, 55, succeeds Donald Fehr, who led the NHLPA from 2010 and negotiated on the players’ behalf through two collective bargaining agreements with NHL owners. The formal announcement

9:00 AM ET The Boston Bruins have dominated everything this season. Well, except for the NHL All-Star Skills breakaway challenge, where David Pastrnak probably should have workshopped that “Happy Gilmore” tribute a bit more. Here’s a consolation prize for the Bruins star winger: He has moved into the top three for NHL most valuable player

11:49 PM ET Marek Hejduk scored two goals, including the game winner with 1.5 seconds left in overtime, and Harvard outlasted Boston College, 4-3, in one of the Beanpot’s semifinal games Monday night at Boston’s TD Garden. The annual college hockey tournament, featuring four Boston-area schools, did not disappoint on Day 1 this year. Hejduk,

11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Two days removed from the NHL All-Star Game that his team hosted, Matthew Tkachuk made sure the fun continued in Florida Monday. Tkachuk, named MVP of the NHL All-Star Game on home ice on Saturday, had a five-point night with two goals as the Panthers defeated