11:41 PM ET John Davidson is expected to return to Columbus as president of hockey operations of the Blue Jackets, according to a report. The Columbus Dispatch reported the news, and said an announcement could come as early as Thursday. Davidson and the team did not immediately respond to messages seeking confirmation. Davidson was hired

2:27 AM ET The St. Louis Blues called for the NHL to suspend Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri following his high hit on defenseman Justin Faulk in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series Wednesday night in Denver. At 6 minutes, 30 seconds of the third period, Faulk released a shot on the Avalanche goal

2:04 PM ET The NHL retested some teams for COVID-19 on Wednesday after what it believed were false positive results from one U.S.-based lab on Tuesday. The St. Louis Blues were one of at least two playoff teams impacted, both of which were scheduled to play Wednesday night. “We have discovered discrepancies in Covid test

6:50 AM ET In honor of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, we’ve identified a starting lineup of celebrity fans for all 16 NHL playoff teams. Sure, some teams will have a lot more to choose from than others, but this is a list spawned from exhaustive research and meticulous fact checking*. Let’s see how the

3:02 PM ET Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill has been given a contract extension despite a losing record and missing the playoffs in five straight seasons. General manager Steve Yzerman made the announcement Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed. “It’s hard to coach a rebuilding team,” Yzerman said on a Zoom call with reporters. Blashill,

3:00 PM ET The Stanley Cup has a ubiquitous place in pop culture. BIA saw it as a proxy for bling in a hip-hop lyric. “Wrist Stanley Cup/I can show you how to skate,” is how it’s name-dropped in “Skate,” a track that dropped in late 2020. “When I went to the studio and heard

6:50 AM ET The incredible hockey continued on Day 3 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, including the fourth overtime game of the postseason and the Cup favorite Colorado Avalanche showing how dominant they are. Tuesday brings the sequel to perhaps the best game of the playoffs so far, between the Florida Panthers and Tampa

4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — The St. Louis Blues were without leading scorer David Perron for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against top-seeded Colorado on Monday due to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols. The Blues did, however, have forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who returned from a lower-body injury that sidelined him for

4:59 PM ET Tom Brady and Tiger Woods attended a Winnipeg Jets practice recently. Full disclosure: Neither GOAT was actually in attendance. But two actual goats named in the sports legends’ honor by their owner, Jets star Mark Scheifele, made their presence known. “They were buzzing around on the ice, so that was pretty cool.

11:51 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs promoted Hayley Wickenheiser — who already held the highest hockey operations role ever for a woman in the NHL. Wickenheiser, a Hockey Hall of Famer, is now Toronto’s senior director of player development. The Leafs also hired another Hockey Hall of Famer, Danielle Goyette, as director of player