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Pens’ Guentzel to miss up to 4 weeks with an upper-body injury
More Teams. More Games. Emily Kaplan analyzes what Jake Guentzel‘s upper-body injury means for the Penguins and Guentzel’s future in Pittsburgh. (0:34) CHICAGO — The struggling Pittsburgh Penguins will have to claw their way back into the playoff race without star forward Jake Guentzel. The team placed Guentzel on injured reserve before Thursday night’s game […]
Continue readingJets’ Brenden Dillon suspended 3 games by NHL for hit to the head
More Teams. More Games. Jets’ Brenden Dillon is assessed a match penalty after delivering an illegal hit to the Penguins’ Noel Acciari. (1:25) NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Noel Acciari. The suspension was announced by the […]
Continue readingPenguins ‘hopeful’ after injured John Ludvig leaves loss
Ludvig, 23, was briefly knocked unconscious following a collision at center ice with Stars forward Radek Faksa. Claimed off waivers from Florida before the season started, Ludvig lay face down, motionless on the ice for several minutes while trainers and medical staff from both teams attended to him. He was eventually helped to his feet […]
Continue readingNHL season preview: Power Rankings, predictions, X factors
More Teams. More Games. Take a look back at some of the NHL’s greatest rookie debuts as we await Connor Bedard‘s first game with the Blackhawks. (1:33) Opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season is Tuesday, with a tripleheader of games on ESPN and ESPN+: Nashville Predators-Tampa Bay Lightning (5:30 p.m. ET), Chicago Blackhawks-Pittsburgh Penguins […]
Continue readingNHL 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 […]
Continue readingNew-look Penguins boost back end, re-sign Jarry, add Graves
The Pittsburgh Penguins made it known Saturday that goal prevention was a priority, re-signing goaltender Tristan Jarry and adding defenseman Ryan Graves. Jarry got a five-year extension carrying a $5.375 million cap hit while Graves, who spent last season with the New Jersey Devils, signed a six-year deal that’s worth $4.5 million annually. The signings […]
Continue readingRest-of-season rankings: The most improved players
There isn’t anything special about the rankings here compared to every week, but that’s because these rest-of-season rankings aim to capture a snapshot of what a draft might be like every single week of the season. With that in mind, we are going to highlight some of the biggest swings in value since the puck […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Can these disappointing starters turn it around?
Injuries don’t count, so Zach Werenski and Josh Norris get a pass. Rookies don’t count either, so we aren’t bothering with Marco Rossi and Shane Wright. This is about established NHLers with a reliable baseline coming well short of expectations. They are arranged by how much they are missing the preseason projections I assigned to […]
Continue readingThursday fantasy hockey tips: NHL picks, matchups, more
With word Wednesday that Letang has suffered another stroke, it’s not a question of whether he’ll be his usual self when he comes back — he’s proven he will be — but a question of when we’ll see him again. On one hand, general manager Ron Hextall was vocal in saying this stroke was “much […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Why these two Coyotes can keep scoring
Jakob Chychrun and Nick Schmaltz returned to the lineup for the Arizona Coyotes for the first time this season (basically, as Schmaltz was hurt two minutes into the opener and Chychrun hadn’t yet played in 2022-23). In four games since then, the upstart Coyotes have earned four of a possible eight points (great by their […]
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