NEW YORK — Adam Fox scored 36 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 following a wild third period Tuesday night. Alexis Lafreniere had two goals and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves for the Rangers, who lead […]
Continue readingFRISCO, Texas — Tyron Smith is unlikely to play a 14th season with the Dallas Cowboys after initial discussions left the sides at different ends of the salary spectrum, according to a source who confirmed multiple reports. The Cowboys met with Smith’s agent on Friday during the NFL scouting combine to see what the chances […]
Continue readingEAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Blake Wheeler‘s regular season ended Thursday night when he injured his right leg in the New York Rangers’ win over the Montreal Canadiens. As the Rangers prepare for their Stadium Series game against the New York Islanders on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the loss of the 37-year-old […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Sidney Crosby and former NHL COO John Collins look back at the first Winter Classic 15 years later. (5:47) While the NFL fantasy season approaches conclusion, and we remain months away from cobbling together our own MLB squads, why not scratch the fantasy sports-loving itch by launching a fresh NHL league? […]
Continue readingHughes finished with a goal and an assist in 22:40 of ice time, with eight shots on goal. The Rangers rallied with three third-period goals for the comeback victory. Hughes had missed the previous five games with what the Devils called an upper-body injury, saying he was “week to week” to return. New Jersey went […]
Continue readingWith all of that in mind, here are our updated 1-32 Power Rankings for this week. As a special gift, we’ve asked ESPN fantasy hockey analysts Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash to suggest a player (or players) from each team to add/drop from your fantasy roster; Sean handled the Eastern teams, while Victoria tackled the […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman tells Pat McAfee what the league is doing to create more opportunities to bring people closer to the game. (1:29) To be fair, sometimes they truly aren’t getting the bounces. In which case a little patience is in order, expecting the productive tide to inevitably turn. However, […]
Continue readingCreate or join a fantasy hockey league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! Sign up today! Quickly: the Mann-Kendall statistical test is used to determine trends over time. It does this by examining the pattern of data points to determine upward or downward movement across a time series. But to functionally apply it to […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Auston Matthews tells Pat McAfee how scoring four goals in his first NHL game was his “welcome to the league” moment. (0:42) Values will ebb and flow throughout the season. We know that much. But when does the ebbing and flowing start to trail off? When can we start expecting what […]
Continue readingThe team announced Monday that Burakovsky underwent an unspecified procedure to repair an upper-body injury. Early in the second period Saturday, Burakovsky was hit by Rangers captain Jacob Trouba and crashed into the boards right shoulder first. He got up reaching for his right collarbone, left the ice and did not return. Trouba was penalized […]
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