1:00 PM ET When Kendall Coyne Schofield told her husband, Michael, that U.S. women’s national hockey team players were going to appear in EA Sports’ NHL series, he reacted as one would expect a Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman would. “My husband’s first question: ‘What’s your [player] rating?'” she said, laughing. “And I said, ‘Well,

2:07 AM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon left the ice after being bloodied on a hit in the first period of Wednesday night’s game against the visiting Boston Bruins and did not return. The Avs said MacKinnon suffered an upper-body injury after he absorbed a shoulder shot from the Bruins’ Taylor

7:38 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres‘ injury-depleted goalie ranks were thinned further on Wednesday after the NHL issued Aaron Dell a three-game suspension for body-checking Ottawa forward Drake Batherson into the end boards. In determining the length of the suspension, the NHL took into account that Batherson broke his left

12:46 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers‘ captain Claude Giroux won’t be going anywhere — unless he wants to. The club’s general manager, Chuck Fletcher, made clear in his midseason media availability Wednesday that Giroux, a pending unrestricted free agent, will be moved ahead of the NHL’s March trade deadline only if Giroux himself chooses to be.

12:12 AM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Drake Batherson, Ottawa’s leading scorer, suffered an ankle injury in the Senators’ 5-0 win over the Sabres Tuesday night, the result of which appears like a deliberate shoulder check from Buffalo goaltender Aaron Dell. Late in the first period, Batherson chased a puck behind the Buffalo

7:49 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle became the NHL’s new “Iron Man” on Tuesday night, skating in his 965th consecutive regular-season game to break Doug Jarvis’s all-time record. Yandle set the record when the puck was dropped for the opening faceoff against the New York Islanders. According to the NHL,

12:02 PM ET Associated Press Longtime NHL forward Eric Staal and 2021 top draft pick Owen Power were among the players named Tuesday to Canada’s roster for the Beijing Olympics. Staal played almost 1,400 games in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes. He returns to the Olympics after

7:09 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle tied the NHL’s “iron man” record against the Dallas Stars on Monday night, appearing in his 964th straight regular-season game. That equals the record set by former NHL forward Doug Jarvis from 1975 to ’87. Yandle, 35, can break the mark by taking a shift in the

5:54 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Teddy Blueger will miss six to eight weeks after having surgery to repair a fractured jaw. Blueger was injured when Winnipeg’s Brenden Dillon hit him into the glass on Sunday in the first period of Pittsburgh’s 3-2 shootout victory over the Jets. Blueger left a

6:36 AM ET Depending on how many games they lost to pandemic postponements, most NHL teams are right around the midway point in their seasons. Which means we have a good sample of games to project postseason success, both in the standings and in the awards categories. If you’re shopping for some postseason longshots, here