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Can Matthew Tkachuk will the Panthers into the playoffs?

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. TORONTO — Matthew Tkachuk expected this season would be different. New team. New conference. New lifestyle, even. Tkachuk was ready for all of it when the Calgary Flames traded him to the Florida Panthers last July. But a photo finish to the Panthers’ playoff race? Tkachuk didn’t see that coming. And […]

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Predators play for Nashville after tragic shooting

BOSTON — When the Nashville Predators’ team flight took off for Boston, defenseman Ryan McDonagh wasn’t aboard. He stayed home Monday, to be with his three young daughters in the shaken community. A day after a fatal grade school shooting in Nashville left six dead, including three children, McDonagh caught a commercial flight. Hours after arriving, and with both teams […]

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NHL playoff watch: How the Kings can earn the Western crown

Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The Los Angeles Kings have been one of the NHL’s hottest teams recently, earning at least one point in each of their past 12 games (10-0-2), putting themselves two points and one regulation win behind the Western Conference-leading Vegas Golden Knights heading into tonight’s […]

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Kings’ Lizotte suspended 1 game for cross-check

Los Angeles Kings forward Blake Lizotte received a one-game suspension from the NHL on Sunday for cross-checking Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey. Lizotte had a hearing with the league’s Department of Player Safety earlier Sunday. The suspension means he is ineligible to play in Sunday night’s home game against the St. Louis Blues. He was assessed a five-minute major and […]

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NHL playoff watch: A must-win for the Capitals?

Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Leading into the NHL trade deadline, there was much discussion as to the direction the Washington Capitals would take: Would they load up again for another run at a Stanley Cup? Would they try to flip some veterans for young players and draft picks? […]

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‘Loved our effort’: NHL-best Bruins clinch division

BOSTON — Garnet Hathaway scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the NHL-best Boston Bruins wrapped up first place in the Atlantic Division with their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The win was the Bruins’ 56th and moves them one behind the club record set in 1970-71. It also keeps them […]

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Staal bros. don’t wear Panthers’ Pride jerseys

Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Brothers Eric and Marc Staal, who both play for the Florida Panthers, did not participate in the pregame skate Thursday night because they declined to wear the team’s LGBTQIA+ Pride Night warmup sweaters, citing their religious beliefs. The brothers were in the lineup against the Toronto Maple Leafs, as they also […]

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