11:42 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Jake DeBrusk sat on the bench wondering when he’d see the ice again. Then he made up for his early hiccups with two quick goals. DeBrusk scored power-play goals 18 seconds apart early in the third after getting benched for much of the opening period, and the Boston

9:13 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella ripped the game officials and the NHL in a fist-pounding tirade after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. In overtime, the Blackhawks were called for too many men on the ice with about 19 seconds left. The clock ran down 1.1 seconds

1:56 PM ET Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Alexis Lafreniere’s knee injury will keep him out of Canada’s next game at the world junior hockey championship. However, the star winger hasn’t been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. The 18-year-old was helped off the ice early in the second period of his

5:38 PM ET Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Russia scored three opening-period goals on the way to stunning Canada 6-0 at the world junior hockey championship on Saturday. Canada forward Alexis Lafreniere, who is projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL draft, also left the ice with the help of

11:43 AM ET Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner is out three to four weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Saturday. Skinner, 27, suffered the injury Friday in his 700th career game while trying to check the Bruins‘ David Pastrnak with 15:51 remaining in the third period. The two-time All-Star selection laid on the

10:16 AM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheyev is out at least three months after undergoing surgery to repair a severed artery and tendons in his wrist, the team announced Saturday. The Maple Leafs said the 25-year-old rookie is expected to make a full recovery and a “more accurate timeline for

10:22 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin says he is skipping the NHL’s All-Star Game for the second straight season. Ovechkin, 34, was once again was voted by fans as the Metropolitan Division captain but told reporters on Friday he would rather skip the All-Star festivities and rest his body for the second half

10:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheyev is being held for observation at an area hospital Friday night after suffering what the team called a significant wrist laceration in a 5-4 overtime win against the host New Jersey Devils. “It was obviously scary there, seeing that much blood,” teammate John

11:00 AM ET For months, the defining moment of 2019 was the St. Louis Blues winning their first Stanley Cup. Especially since everyone is now copying that “promote an interim coach, find the song in your heart and you too can go from worst to first!” thing. But then Don Cherry and Bill Peters personified

6:51 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets placed right wing Cam Atkinson on injured reserve Thursday with a sprained ankle that will keep him out for two to three weeks. The move is retroactive to Dec. 19, when Atkinson injured his ankle against the Los Angeles Kings. Atkinson, 30, has nine goals and 12 assists