5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Sakari Manninen scored and added two assists as host Finland defeated the United States 4-1 to keep a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. After Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund gave Finland a 1-0 lead on a power play in the opening

12:33 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have fired coach Peter DeBoer after failing to make the playoffs for the first time in their short history. “We would like to thank Pete DeBoer for his commitment to the Vegas Golden Knights over the past three seasons,” Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said in a

7:00 AM ET The NHL season returned to ESPN for the 2021-22 season, and now it’s time for the Stanley Cup playoffs. ESPN and ESPN2 will be broadcasting first- and second-round games, with one conference finals series on ESPN and the Cup finals on ABC. Check out the schedule below to see when you can

10:34 PM ET Artemi Panarin‘s power-play goal at 4:46 of overtime gave the New York Rangers a 4-3 win in Game 7, eliminating the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night. The Rangers will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round, the first time New York has advanced past the first round since 2017. The Penguins

12:59 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete a United States comeback from two goals down to edge Austria 3-2 at the ice hockey world championships on Sunday. Benjamin Nissner scored in the first period and Paul Huber added another early in the second to

12:57 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in Game 7 at home Saturday 2-0 as star Connor McDavid scored a goal and assisted on the game winner. McDavid had the primary assist on defenseman Cody Ceci‘s second-period goal and tallied an insurance goal late in the third period as this first-round

9:55 PM ET Tampa Bay could have let the chance at a third straight Stanley Cup slip away. The Lightning were scoreless in the first period of Game 7 against Toronto on Saturday trying to close out their first-round playoff series when forward Brayden Point went hard into the boards in the Maple Leafs‘ zone

3:26 PM ET Sidney Crosby, who did not play in a Game 6 loss to the New York Rangers, skated with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, coach Mike Sullivan said. Sources told ESPN on Friday that Crosby was held out of the 5-3 loss with a concussion. The Penguins have only said that he suffered

11:46 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins squandered a two-goal lead on home ice and, more importantly, a chance to eliminate the New York Rangers in a Game 6 loss on Friday night. “Nobody said that it was going to be easy, you know?” said defenseman Kris Letang, after his team’s 5-3 loss that extended their

10:59 PM ET Washington is one and done. The Washington Capitals were sent packing in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers on Friday, falling 4-3 in overtime. Carter Verhaeghe had the game-winner for Florida, his sixth goal of the postseason. The defeat made for three consecutive first-round exits