7:04 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks are keeping coach Dallas Eakins in charge next season for his fourth season with the struggling club. The Ducks are picking up Eakins’ contract option for the 2022-23 season, new general manager Pat Verbeek announced Tuesday. The Ducks are finishing their third consecutive losing
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6:00 AM ET NHL Insiders With less than three weeks left in the regular season, teams are jockeying for playoff spots, players are chasing milestones 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 their take on the Dallas
9:51 PM ET Associated Press Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games without pay for cross-checking Nashville‘s Mark Borowiecki in the face, a significant blow to the Pittsburgh Penguins as they hope to hold on to their playoff position. Malkin will miss upcoming games against the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins after the NHL’s
8:14 PM ET ESPN News Services EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While the surprising Los Angeles Kings battle for a playoff position in the Western Conference, veteran defenseman Drew Doughty will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his wrist. The former Norris Trophy winner had surgery Monday, the team said. He is
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. Tonight is one of the lightest slates on the NHL regular-season calendar, with just one game on tap. The Winnipeg Jets — who maintain a nonzero but insubstantial playoff chance — are visiting
5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken agreed to terms Sunday with top prospect Matty Beniers, making him the latest University of Michigan player to jump immediately to the NHL. Beniers posted an illustration of himself standing on a frozen Elliott Bay looking at the Seattle skyline on social media with
7:45 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Thanks to some early start times, Sunday’s NHL schedule gives us another “all-day hockey” feel, and it starts off with arguably the best matchup of the day as the Boston Bruins visit the
10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services On a night when the Toronto Maple Leafs honored Auston Matthews for setting the single-season franchise mark for goals earlier in the week, the star center added two more before the first period even ended. Matthews netted his 57th and 58th goals 27 seconds apart early on in the
11:03 PM ET BOSTON — Denver scored five straight third-period goals to capture the NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship with a 5-1 victory over Minnesota State at TD Garden on Saturday night. It’s the ninth title in program history for the Pioneers, tying Michigan’s NCAA record for the most ever. Denver had eliminated the
5:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Islanders forward Casey Cizikas has been suspended for one game without pay for boarding Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brendan Smith, the NHL announced Saturday. The incident occurred in the third period of a game Friday night at Carolina. Smith tried to control a loose puck in