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NHL season preview: Power Rankings, X factors, predictions

More Teams. More Games. With NHL opening night on the horizon, take a look back at some of the best moments from last season. (0:58) After a wild offseason that included multiple superstars joining or leaving the Calgary Flames, opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is fast approaching. ESPN will be your home for […]

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NHL season preview: Power rankings, best- and worst-case scenarios and bold predictions

The 2021-22 NHL season is being called a return to normalcy. Last season was an unprecedented one for the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Four geographically realigned divisions, including one solely comprising Canadian teams; teams playing only opponents within those divisions; and a new playoff format that eschewed wild-card teams. But it ended just […]

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Why the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs set a new empty-net goals record

NEW YORK — With two minutes remaining in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals and his team down by a goal, Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen sprinted to his team’s bench. About a minute and a half later, Gabriel Landeskog sent the puck into that abandoned net. It clinched the win for the Colorado […]

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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Can Colorado Avalanche-Edmonton Oilers Western Conference finals get even wilder?

DENVER — The NHL Western Conference finals were billed as two superstar-laden, high-octane offensive powerhouses going head-to-head for a chance to play for Lord Stanley’s Cup. The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers already managed to surpass even those lofty expectations. In Game 1 of their best-of-seven series Tuesday, the Oilers and Avalanche threw it back […]

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Goaltender Darcy Kuemper injured as Colorado Avalanche outlast Edmonton Oilers in series opener

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche hung on to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night, but the home team lost starting goaltender Darcy Kuemper to an upper-body injury in the process. Kuemper was late returning to the ice when the second period began, and then left for […]

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Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic ‘definitely wasn’t trying to hit’ Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith behind net in Game 3

It was midway through the third period of that game when Smith was playing the puck behind Edmonton’s net, and Lucic barreled in to send them both flying against the end boards. Lucic was assessed a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct for the incident. Smith was forced by NHL concussion spotters to […]

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Calgary Flames’ Milan Lucic ejected from Game 3 loss for charging Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith

Mike Smith was half a period away from shutting out the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Edmonton Oilers’ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday. And then came Milan Lucic. Calgary trailed 4-0 midway through the third period when Lucic barreled into Smith while he played the puck behind Edmonton’s net. The collision […]

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Edmonton Oilers regroup after goaltender Mike Smith pulled in 9-6 Game 1 loss to Calgary Flames

Mike Smith went from hero to zero in the Edmonton Oilers’ crease. And now the team’s goaltending could be in flux following a 9-6 loss to the Calgary Flames in Game 1 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Wednesday. The veteran netminder never even got settled into Wednesday’s matchup before Mikko Koskinen was […]

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Takeaways from Stanley Cup playoffs Game 1s, and what it means for the rest of the first round

The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are off to a wild start, including a triple-overtime thriller, two fights in one game, multiple upsets … and also multiple blowouts. After seeing the postseason version of all 16 playoff teams once, what are the key takeaways? And how does it all help us predict what will happen in […]

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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Breaking down all 16 teams in the NHL postseason

The matchups and storylines are set as the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs get underway this week, with the last team standing hoisting the cherished chalice sometime in late June. Will that be the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are looking to become the first team to win the Cup in three consecutive seasons since the New […]

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