10:00 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers say forward Michael Raffl broke his finger during Tuesday night’s 6-1 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and will miss about four weeks. Raffl appeared to suffer the injury late in the second period and didn’t return. The 31-year-old Raffl has three goals and six assists this season,

12:56 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals traded forward Chandler Stephenson to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2021 fifth-round pick. Washington needed to shed salary and chose Travis Boyd over Stephenson, who they dealt rather than risk losing him on waivers. The teams announced the move Monday night after Vegas played

8:35 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford will be away from the team as it conducts a “thorough review” of “recent allegations that have been made regarding his conduct with another organization,” the team said Monday. The decision comes two days after the New York Post published a story in which former NHL

5:20 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur had additional surgery, just two months removed from quadruple bypass heart surgery in late September. The team disclosed the Nov. 28 procedure at the request of Lafleur’s family and said it removed a lobe on one of his lungs, as well lymph nodes.

11:17 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — David Backes couldn’t help but smile after scoring his first goal of the season in his first game in nearly a month. The Bruins right wing picked a big moment against a big-time rival to accomplish the feat. Backes scored the deciding goal with 9:31 left in the

7:00 AM ET The calendar has flipped to December, but few teams in the NHL had a better November than the Philadelphia Flyers, who picked up points in 14 of their 16 games (10 wins) for a league-high 24 points. That tied a franchise record for most November points and put the Flyers squarely in

4:42 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski is expected to miss four weeks with a shoulder injury. The team said Werenski, 22, was hurt in the first period of Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Werenski has been bothered by shoulder problems in the past.

12:02 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin will miss at least eight weeks following surgery to repair lacerated tendons in his left ankle, the team announced Sunday. The Penguins said Dumoulin had a successful surgery at UPMC Presbyterian on Sunday. He was injured in the first period of Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the St.

2:50 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Red Wings have acquired goaltender Eric Comrie in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes. Detroit sent minor league defenseman Vili Saarijarvi to Arizona in Saturday’s deal. The 24-year-old Comrie was 2-3 with a 4.21 goals-against average in five games over the previous three seasons with the Winnipeg

8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith left Friday’s 5-2 loss to Colorado with a groin injury midway through the second period after logging 9:30 of ice time. Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said Keith wouldn’t travel to Denver for Saturday’s rematch with the Avalanche, but Colliton didn’t know the severity of the