8:41 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark has been ruled out after he was injured in the first period of Buffalo’s game against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Ullmark stopped all 15 shots he faced in the first period before being replaced by backup Carter Hutton to open

6:34 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Henrik Lundqvist said Thursday he’s months away from making a decision about his hockey-playing future after returning to the ice less than two months after open-heart surgery. The 38-year-old goaltender posted videos to social media earlier this week of himself in goalie gear taking shots in net. That

7:00 AM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Brianna and Austyn Rowland smiled for their wedding photographer moments after tying the knot at a Lake Tahoe resort on Sunday. Snow-capped mountains filled the horizon. The sun glistened on the water. And Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ ubiquitous orange mascot, gleefully held the bride’s veil. The couple had imagined

Feb 25, 2021 The challenge of this unique NHL season has us continually looking at different ways to garner an edge over the fantasy competition, be it in re-draft, dynasty/keeper, or daily leagues. For instance, what can we make of each team facing only seven others in limited competition – just six north of the

8:34 AM ET With the 2021 NHL season structured as it is, and being played when it is, hockey fans were preconditioned to expect the unexpected before it started. Oh, it’s already been a ride. Well over 100 players listed on the coronavirus-related absences list. Thirty-five games being postponed and rescheduled due to positive tests.

4:40 PM ET Even if Tuesday night’s controversial goalie interference call had resulted in a victory, Claude Julien still wasn’t long for the Montreal Canadiens. They squandered a hot start and tumbled down the standings in the pressure cooker North Division. General manager Marc Bergevin had seen enough. “It’s a hard thing to watch. Our

4:02 PM ET ESPN News Services San Jose’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights scheduled for Thursday night was postponed after Sharks forward Tomas Hertl was added to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. Hertl became just the second Sharks’ player to make the list after Max Letunov spent the first three days of the season

9:58 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens fired coach Claude Julien on Wednesday. Dominique Ducharme was named the interim coach, and the team added longtime NHL winger Alex Burrows to the coaching staff. The Canadiens also fired assistant coach Kirk Muller, who served as interim coach in the 2020 playoffs after Julien was hospitalized with chest

7:36 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour says winger Teuvo Teravainen is sidelined with a concussion. The 26-year-old Teravainen has two goals and seven assists in 12 games, though he took a hard hit from Chicago defenseman Nikita Zadorov in Friday’s win and missed the last two games. Brind’Amour

3:33 PM ET Associated Press The banged-up St. Louis Blues got more bad injury news Tuesday with word that defenseman Carl Gunnarsson won’t play again this season and forward Ivan Barbashev is out at least six weeks. Gunnarsson injured his right knee when he got tangled up with Kings forward Gabe Vilardi midway through a