Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo on Wednesday was suspended two games for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry, the NHL’s department of player safety announced. DeAngelo had received a major penalty and a game misconduct for spearing Perry below the belt as part of a scrum in front of the Tampa Bay net during the Flyers’ 5-2 loss Tuesday. […]

The national television screens cut from the ice in Las Vegas to the streets in Washington, D.C., where throngs were already starting to celebrate 7:37 before it became official. In the weeks and years that followed, Lars Eller would encounter fans in Washington who thanked him. He noticed a distinct increase in his local recognizability. “I’d talk to fans that […]

TAMPA, Fla. — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo received a major penalty and a game misconduct on Tuesday night, after spearing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry below the belt. DeAngelo entered a players scrum in front of the Tampa Bay net, led with his stick and speared Perry, who immediately fell to the ice on his back. Lightning teammates […]

The position widely circled as the Avalanche’s biggest trade deadline need has been, and remains, center. So it raised eyebrows when general manager Chris MacFarland acquired a goaltender Saturday from Boston. With backup goalie Pavel Francouz injured, the timing of Colorado’s trade for 33-year-old Keith Kincaid seemed on the surface to be packed with subtext: Is Francouz going to be […]

The 2023 NHL trade deadline was one of the league’s most thrilling in years. The Avalanche made four trades in the last week before Friday’s cutoff, bringing their trade total this season to six. Here’s how we graded every one of those trades, plus other notable trade characters in Colorado’s orbit. Dec. 19 with Toronto: B+ Maple Leafs acquire: Dryden […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. James van Riemsdyk was headed to the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL trade deadline — until he wasn’t. During a fairly quiet deadline day on Friday, one of the biggest attention-getting moves was one that didn’t end up happening. There were reports that the Philadelphia Flyers were trading van Riemsdyk, a veteran […]

Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL trade deadline is Friday at 3 p.m. ET. It’s already been an active trade season, with players such as Bo Horvat, Ryan O’Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko, Dmitry Orlov and Timo Meier joining new teams. But many of the big names — […]

The NHL trade deadline is only four days away. And big deals are happening, with the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring center Ryan O’Reilly, the New York Islanders trading for Bo Horvat, the New York Rangers bringing in Vladimir Tarasenko and the New Jersey Devils landing Timo Meier. We’re breaking down and grading all of the biggest moves from now through […]

Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has returned to D.C. and joined practice Wednesday. Ovechkin has been away from the team since Feb 14, going home to Russia after the death of his father, Mikhail Ovechkin. The Capitals have told Ovechkin to take all the time he needs — especially after a long and […]

Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The NHL trade deadline is on March 3, and with just nine days to go, talks are intensifying around the league. Here’s what I’m hearing about some dynamics going on behind the scenes… What will Patrick Kane decide? We should get clarity on Kane’s decision this week. None of this has been easy […]