8:20 PM ET Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid won the Hart Trophy as NHL’s MVP, becoming only the second player in the 97-year history of the award to win it unanimously. McDavid placed first on all 100 ballots from the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Previously, only Wayne Gretzky won the Hart unanimously back in 1981-82,

1:22 PM ET Don Granato has been named as the new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced Tuesday. Granato’s deal with the Sabres is for three years, a source told ESPN. Granato, 53, served as interim coach of the Sabres for the final 30 games of last season after Ralph Krueger was

7:00 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The first $17 can of beer hit the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ice roughly 20 seconds after New York Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier‘s overtime goal. Then another. Then another. Then what seemed like an entire brewery’s inventory landed on the ice as the Islanders mobbed the overtime hero at

12:55 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Only three players in NHL history have scored 30-plus points in consecutive postseasons: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and now Nikita Kucherov. The Tampa Bay Lightning star continued his spectacular postseason, recording two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the

2:01 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will use the Charlotte Checkers as their American Hockey League affiliate for the first season of the newest NHL franchise. The Kraken reached an agreement with the Florida Panthers to share Charlotte as their affiliate for the 2021-22 season. Seattle has been awarded an AHL

7:00 AM ET Every week, we’ll provide a recap and accompaniment to the latest episode of Quest for the Stanley Cup, the NHL docuseries about the playoffs available exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. This week we dive into Episode 4, titled “Going The Distance.” Describe this episode in 10 words or less While Ryan

10:44 AM ET Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said he “was not aware” of any allegations regarding Chicago Blackhawks video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010 when he worked in the front office. Bergevin, whose Montreal team is preparing to play in the Stanley Cup Final, began his management career in Chicago from 2008 to

10:08 AM ET Montreal Canadiens winger Joel Armia will not travel with the team to Tampa for the Stanley Cup Final after entering the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, general manager Marc Bergevin announced on Sunday. This is Armia’s second time in the COVID protocol. He was out of the Montreal lineup from March 22 to April

7:57 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Montreal Canadiens were long shots to win the Stanley Cup at the start of the playoffs, and that’s putting it kindly. Sportsbooks had the Canadiens’ odds anywhere from +2,000 to +5,000, depending on when the wagers were made. They finished fourth in their own division and had the

5:30 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez, a key contributor in a postseason run that just ended in the NHL semifinals, admitted Saturday that he played with a broken foot. The 33-year-old veteran, who had four goals and six points across three series for Vegas, revealed the injury at a pivotal time, as