8:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Colorado forward Nazem Kadri is appealing his eight-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of St. Louis defenseman Justin Faulk. The NHL Players’ Association filed the appeal Sunday night on Kadri’s behalf. The first appeal goes to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, and Kadri could

7:32 AM ET Sunday brings us our first two elimination games of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs: the Colorado Avalanche and Boston Bruins can secure their tickets to Round 2. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals are struggling to stay alive, with both teams trying to break out of their post-championship playoff slumps.

6:19 PM ET Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper watched his team defeat the Florida Panthers 6-2 to take a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 on Saturday. But he also saw two key players, star winger Nikita Kucherov and defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, leave in the third period with injuries at the hands of Florida

5:54 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Jussi Olkinuora made 29 saves, Iiro Pakarinen and Atte Ohtamaa scored and defending champion Finland beat the United States 2-1 on Saturday in their opening game in the world hockey championship. “It’s a good start to the tournament, but we can improve a lot of things,” Pakarinen

1:26 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs star John Tavares will be sidelined a minimum of two weeks due to a knee injury in addition to a concussion sustained during a horrific collision in Game 1 of their series against Montreal, one that saw him leave the ice on a stretcher. In the first period on

12:52 AM ET Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said his team is battling two opponents: The Nashville Predators, who defeated them in double-overtime in Game 3 of their series on Friday night, and the referees he believes are assisting them. “We played our butts off. We played great, we played hard, we’re playing a great

6:39 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Matiss Kivlenieks made 38 saves, and host Latvia beat Canada 2-0 on Friday in their world hockey opener. Miks Indrasis opened the scoring with 1.5 seconds left in the first period, beating goaltender Darcy Kuemper between the pads. Oskars Batna made it 2-0 on a tip-in midway

2:14 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild right winger Marcus Johansson has a broken left arm that will take him out of the team’s playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Johansson was hurt in the first period of Game 3 on Thursday, when he approached the net and appeared to

8:22 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was taken off the ice on a stretcher after taking a knee to his face. Tavares gave a thumbs-up as he left the ice. The incident happened in the first period of the team’s first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Tavares fell to

10:49 AM ET The NHL Department of Player Safety has offered Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri an in-person hearing for his illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk. By offering a hearing, the Department of Player Safety has the ability to suspend Kadri for more than five games. “In-person” hearings