7:43 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken signed defenseman Ryker Evans to a three-year entry level contract Friday, locking up the second draft pick in franchise history. Evans was picked No. 35 overall by the Kraken in last summer’s NHL entry draft. The 20-year-old just completed his fourth season of junior hockey

2:31 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner is undergoing season-ending surgery for a lower-body injury, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lehner suffered the injury in a March 8 loss to the Flyers in Philadelphia. He left the team’s road trip to receive more testing after the initial injury and missed Vegas’ next several

7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon are two of the best hockey players in the world. Neither has come close to winning the Stanley Cup yet, but if things break a certain way this

11:48 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and became Tampa Bay’s all-time scoring leader as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-1 on Thursday night. Stamkos, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft, fired a one-timer from the left circle off a

3:02 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes have released season-ticket details for their 2022-23 season at Arizona State University’s new 5,000-seat multipurpose arena, which they’ll share with the ASU Sun Devils NCAA hockey program. The Coyotes are moving to the ASU facility after their lease with the city of Glendale ended, forcing them to exit Gila

7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We know the identity of the NHL’s eight Eastern Conference playoff teams — and have for some time, albeit unofficially until recently. But in what order will they finish? Thursday night’s games will

10:45 AM ET Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one-year fellowship that fast-tracks her for an NHL management role. “My dream is to work in a hockey front office, and when the Penguins presented this opportunity to me, it wasn’t something I thought was available — because it wasn’t available,” Kessel told

7:05 AM ET Sachin Chandan With just over a week left in the 2021-22 NHL regular season, it’s time to assess what all 32 teams have done thus far — for better or worse. For this week’s Power Rankings, we identified a stat for every team that best exemplified their performance, from recent trends to

7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. There is a distinct lack of drama in regard to some of the NHL’s playoff races this season. All eight spots in the Eastern Conference have been clinched (and have seemingly been clinched

Apr 18, 2022 NHL Insiders With less than two weeks left in the regular season, teams are still jockeying for playoff spots, players are padding award résumés and the pressure is ratcheted up. We’ve gathered our panel of experts to break down all the big topics ahead of the upcoming week, including if the Los