10:55 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals, including the game winner in overtime Tuesday night, and the Florida Panthers outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-6, after falling down by four goals for the second time in three games. Huberdeau also had three assists in the win, becoming the

2:00 PM ET With teams only having 10 to 14 games left in the season, rest-of-season rankings like this can start to get a bit funky. Every little ailment, hot streak or slump can be enough to catapult a player to the top or completely remove a player from consideration. Playoff contention and seeding can

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. As we hit the first full week of April, and the last weeks of the 2021-22 NHL season play out, two particular playoff races have been the hottest: the near-daily flip-flop of the

10:04 PM ET Auston Matthews owns a piece of Toronto Maple Leafs history, hitting the 54-goal mark Monday night to tie Rick Vaive’s franchise goal-scoring record. The 24-year-old Matthews scored a hat trick against the host Tampa Bay Lightning in the Maple Leafs’ 6-2 victory to pull even with Vaive, whose record has stood for

2:00 PM ET The NHL has reached the final month of its regular season, meaning the most wonderful tournament in professional sports — at least in this hockey fanatic’s perspective — is nearly here. While the Stanley Cup playoffs are known for their unpredictability and dramatic swerves, there are some established betting favorites as the

9:17 AM ET The NHL announced on Monday three finalists for this year’s Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award, which recognizes individuals working to make a positive impact on their community, culture and society through hockey. The finalists include Noel Acton, co-founder of The Tender Bridge and Banners Hockey, Ryan Francis, co-founder of Indigenous Girls Hockey

11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes left Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders with a lower-body injury, and the team had no immediate word on his status. Hughes, 20, an All-Star for the first time this season, injured his left leg early in the

7:50 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With less than four weeks left in the NHL’s 2021-22 regular season, one of the more tantalizing playoff races is for the second wild card in the Western Conference. Heading into Sunday’s games,

9:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Ritchie will be suspended for a game without pay for slashing against the Anaheim Ducks. In the final seconds of the first period of Friday night’s game with Arizona down 3-0, Ritchie checked defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk into the boards. Shattenkirk pushed Ritchie, and

12:43 PM ET Anaheim’s Trevor Zegras had some choice words for Arizona’s Jay Beagle following an on-ice altercation during Friday night’s game. The Ducks were leading the Coyotes 5-0 with less than three minutes to play when Zegras and teammate Troy Terry came in on net and tried to slip a puck past goalie Josef