Adam Ruzicka had two goals and an assist for Calgary. Nikita Zadorov and Blake Coleman also scored. Florida received goals from Colin White, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen and Matthew Tkachuk. “We didn’t have the start we wanted,” Tkachuk said. “But if we play like we did when we’re going and the energy’s high, there’s not […]
Continue readingThe surging Toronto Maple Leafs are also endeavouring to serve their best chilled dish of vengeance in squaring up their season series with the visiting Vegas Golden Knights after dropping the first 3-1. That tilt might end up a slightly less productive affair if both Erik Kallgren and Logan Thompson are at their best. The […]
Continue reading8 p.m., Capital One Arena, Watch live on ESPN+ This matchup has the most exciting scorers on both sides of the puck, with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl taking on Alex Ovechkin — a group that makes up three of the top four goal scorers since the 2018-19 season. Both teams are coming off multiple […]
Continue readingDENVER — So, now that Nathan MacKinnon has won a Stanley Cup, will he finally chill out? The question takes five seconds to ask, but it leads the Colorado Avalanche alternate captain to share more about himself over a 20-minute interview than he has at any point in his nine-year NHL career. MacKinnon answers the […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingFormer NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s charity, Favre 4 Hope, donated more than $130,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation from 2018 to 2020, according to tax records obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. During this same period, Favre was trying to raise money for a new volleyball stadium at the university, where he played […]
Continue readingWell, we know their age. We also know what kind of production they have put up in the past. But beyond those two criteria, we don’t really know a whole lot. We can certainly guess a lot. In January 2018, ESPN asked me to do the first one of these dynasty rankings. While I didn’t […]
Continue readingAndrei Svechnikov has two locations listed in his Instagram bio. One is Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Carolina Hurricanes star has played for the past four seasons. The other is Kazan, the Russian city where his family lived after stops in Moscow and Siberia. Svechnikov is Russian, a designation that’s taken on a different context […]
Continue reading“The discrimination and racism these Russian and Belarusian players are facing right now is remarkable,” Milstein told ESPN in an interview on Tuesday. “We’re being set back 30 years. I have players calling me, parents calling me. They’re concerned whether they’ll be able to play, whether they’ll be safe.” Milstein, who was born in Kyiv, […]
Continue readingThe Flames announced Monday that forwards Elias Lindholm, Andrew Mangiapane, Brad Richardson and Adam Ruzicka and defensemen Chris Tanev and Nikita Zadorov were in the protocol. Postponed games include Monday night’s game at Chicago, Tuesday’s game at Nashville and Thursday’s home game against Toronto. Later Monday, the Carolina Hurricanes announced star center Sebastian Aho, rookie […]
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