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T.J. Oshie returns to Capitals lineup, honored for 1,000 games
And more importantly, at a crucial juncture of the season, with his team trying desperately to make the playoffs. Oshie had two assists in a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets that pushed Washington back into a playoff position. “We found a way to get the job done,” Oshie said. “That was my message to […]
Continue readingInside T.J. Oshie’s emotional journey to 1,000 NHL games
“I was like, ‘Holy f—, this guy’s got some miles on him.’ He had all these things on the report,” MacLellan recalled this week. “I didn’t have any idea this was going on. We ended up doing the trade anyway, but I wondered how long this would last.” “If you had asked me if he’d […]
Continue readingCapitals’ Tom Wilson suspended 6 games for high-sticking incident
Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been suspended six games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a high stick to the head of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor on Wednesday night. This is the sixth suspension of Wilson’s career and his first since 2021. Gregor was skating into the Capitals zone when […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Be careful with your elite goalies
Complete your bracket by selecting the winner for each game of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Play Men’s Tournament Challenge The fantasy playoffs will begin in a lot of leagues as we kick of Week 23 of the fantasy season. The final regular season games are scheduled to be played just one month from now. […]
Continue readingOvechkin passes Paul Coffey for 15th on NHL career scoring list
Ovechkin’s two points pushed him past Hall of Fame defenseman Paul Coffey and into 15th on the NHL’s career scoring list. The Russian superstar has 1,532 career points, one shy of Hall of Fame forward Mark Recchi in 14th. The 38-year-old’s 10th goal in his past 15 games — a rebound early in the second […]
Continue readingLightning’s Nikita Kucherov goes No. 1 in All-Star player draft
More Teams. More Games. Nikita Kucherov goes first overall to Team Hughes in the NHL All-Star player draft. (0:29) TORONTO — Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov went No. 1 overall when the NHL staged its first player draft in nearly a decade Thursday night to kick off All-Star Weekend. The league convened four teams […]
Continue readingThe “set and forget” stars: Fantasy hockey lineup picks
More Teams. More Games. Marc-Andre Fleury moves past Patrick Roy on the all-time wins list as the Wild shut out the Islanders. (1:51) If you are feeling the January lull and just want to set and forget your fantasy NHL roster, this is the column for you. Not that such a process is encouraged in […]
Continue readingSidney Crosby, Connor Bedard among initial NHL All-Star selections
The Pittsburgh Penguins captain was one of the first 32 All-Stars chosen by the league’s hockey operations department. One player from each team is picked, with others added by fan vote later. Tom Wilson from the rival Washington Capitals, a Toronto native, was also picked and is an All-Star for a second time. The Capitals […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey stock watch: Waiver wire picks and starting goalies
More Teams. More Games. William Eklund nets power-play goal (0:41) I can’t remember the last time I’ve looked so forward to a game in early November that involved two teams with such sordid records. But Thursday’s “tilt” between the Oilers and Sharks – a combined 3-18-2 on the season – is teeming with too much […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey trend watch: Strome, Evangelista on the rise
Create 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 […]
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