For a more comprehensive tour of free-agent signings and other transactions, check out ESPN’s full coverage here. And stay tuned for more in-depth fantasy content in the coming weeks. Philipp Grubauer, G, Seattle Kraken: Move over Chris Driedger, the Kraken have settled on another No. 1 netminder altogether. After backstopping the Avalanche to the second […]
Continue readingThe Seattle Kraken are joining the NHL for the 2021-22 season and will play in the Pacific Division. The front office and coaching staff have taken shape, and Climate Pledge Arena is on track to be ready, but the team needs players. The Kraken will select one player each from 30 NHL teams, as the […]
Continue readingCheck out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is handed out in July. Game 4: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens | 8 p.m. (Lightning lead 3-0) There’s only one team in the NHL’s 100-plus-year history to win the Stanley Cup after falling behind […]
Continue readingOpting for a faster lineup, the Canadiens scratched 20-year-old forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who has eight points in 19 playoff games, in favor of forward Jake Evans, making his first appearance since Game 1. Montreal also sat defensemen Jon Merrill and Erik Gustafsson in favor of Brett Kulak and rookie Alexander Romanov, neither of whom have […]
Continue readingCheck out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is handed out in July. Game 3: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens | 8 p.m. ET (Lightning lead 2-0) The Canadiens got outclassed by Tampa Bay in Game 1. In Game 2, Montreal made adjustments […]
Continue reading“We’ve put ourselves in good position, obviously, but the fourth one is the hardest to get,” defenseman Victor Hedman said on Friday, after the Lightning trounced the Canadiens, 6-3 in Game 3 in Montreal. “We have to do whatever it takes to win the next game and think about it after. We have more work […]
Continue readingCheck out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is handed out in July. Game 2: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning | 8 p.m. (Lightning lead 1-0) The Canadiens got off to a slow start — and a sloppy one — in Game 1. […]
Continue readingThe Montreal Canadiens are going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1993. Who will they face? We’ll all find out tonight, because we have the two best words in hockey coming up: Game 7. Check out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason until the […]
Continue readingThe Montreal Canadiens are going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1993. Montreal defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 6 at home in overtime on Thursday to continue its improbable run. Artturi Lehkonen scored the winning goal 1:39 into OT. No Canadian team has hoisted the Stanley Cup since […]
Continue readingMontreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans was taken off the ice on a stretcher following what his teammates called a “disgusting” and “dirty” hit from Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele in the final seconds of Wednesday night’s second-round playoff series opener. With 56.9 seconds remaining in Montreal’s 5-3 Game 1 victory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Evans scored […]
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