4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Starting goaltender Matt Murray left in the third period with a head injury, and the Ottawa Senators let a lead slip away in a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday. Ottawa coach D.J. Smith confirmed Murray’s injury was the result of a knee

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The gaze of the sports world will turn toward Seattle on Saturday night, as the Kraken are set to open their new barn, Climate Pledge Arena. For their first home game, they’ll host the geographic rival Vancouver Canucks, live on ESPN+ and Hulu at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET. To

1:00 PM ET A new season brings us new duos — or new dynamics to established duos — that are worthy of a closer look despite the minimal sample size available. As any season fantasy player knows, players rarely put up fantasy stats in a vacuum. Linemates or special teams units are a major part

3:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes trolled the Montreal Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them on Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina web page by Friday morning. After the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Montreal, the team sent out a website link to its 506,000 followers

11:03 AM ET Troubles keep piling up for the Winnipeg Jets. The team announced that forward Mark Scheifele has been placed on the COVID list. Earlier this week, Jets captain Blake Wheeler was declared out for at least four games when he tested positive for COVID-19. The team said that he was symptomatic. Winnipeg is

9:40 PM ET Jack Eichel‘s camp is making one last attempt to convince Buffalo Sabres management to let him get his preferred surgery, sources told ESPN. Eichel, 24, has a herniated disk in his neck, and there is now urgency to have it addressed as soon as possible. Initially, Eichel was hopeful that the Sabres

4:00 PM ET It’s ridiculously early, and yet there’s already plenty of fretting and hand-wringing (and coach-booing) following what can only be characterized as a rather chaotic start to this regular season. The Sabres and Red Wings are soaring while other reputed contenders are barely stumbling along. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league

8:27 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers placed goalie Mike Smith on injured reserve Wednesday because of a lower-body injury. The Oilers recalled goalie Stuart Skinner from the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League. Smith, 39, was hurt in the second period of Edmonton’s 6-5 home victory over the Anaheim

9:00 AM ET The Premier Hockey Federation will make ESPN+ its exclusive U.S. broadcasting partner for the 2021-22 season, making the network home to all 60 regular-season games, the Isobel Cup playoffs and other special events. It marks the first time the PHF, which rebranded from the National Women’s Hockey League this year, will have

8:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues winger Pavel Buchnevich has been suspended two games for head-butting Arizona Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse. Buchnevich was thrown out Monday night late in the first period for the head-butt. He’ll miss the Blues’ upcoming games at Vegas on Wednesday and home against Los