7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Leading up to the trade deadline on March 3, the Nashville Predators appeared to be looking ahead to 2023-24 and beyond after trading away Nino Niederreiter, Tanner Jeannot, Mattias Ekholm and Mikael Granlund

9:00 AM ET When NHL fans heard there would be a 3D animated game played inside the world of Disney’s “Big City Greens,” many asked the obvious question: What happens if there’s a fight? Would Tilly chuck knuckles with Cricket? The animators had a contingency plan for that — the digital avatars of Washington Capitals

2:34 AM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Ryan Hartman had two goals and an assist, and the surging Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis 8-5 on Wednesday night in a game in which Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was ejected for throwing a punch. Binnington was whistled for a match penalty with 7:35 left in the

4:22 PM ET College hockey player Carson Briere, son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere, said in a statement Wednesday he is “deeply sorry” for pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar Saturday. Briere, 23, is a junior center for the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team based in

7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We are officially less than one month away from the end of the regular season. The Boston Bruins have clinched a playoff spot (and are well on their way to the Presidents’ Trophy),

12:51 AM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Center Leon Draisaitl scored twice in a 6-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, adding another night to remember in an Edmonton Oilers‘ season full of offensive milestones. Draisaitl’s effort gave him 100 points for the season, and NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid had a

7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin missed the club’s game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night due to a lower body injury. It was the sixth time the Capitals played without Ovechkin this season, including four games last month following the death of his father.

11:02 AM ET Ray Bourque, a Hockey Hall of Famer and Boston Bruins legend, has joined 3ICE as a head coach when the 3-on-3 summer hockey league returns for its second season. “Three-on-three is so exciting. I love seeing it during the [NHL] regular season because I hate the shootout. It’s nonstop action that you

10:12 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes say forward Andrei Svechnikov will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. The 22-year-old Svechnikov injured his right knee on Saturday night in a loss to Vegas. In a statement Monday night, president and general manager Don Waddell said Svechnikov had an MRI and

12:00 PM ET It’s a fair argument to say that the only reason any forward wearing a Minnesota Wild jersey is on fantasy teams is because of Kirill Kaprizov. The only forwards to crest past 1.7 fantasy points per game (FPPG) on the Wild are his fellow winger, Mats Zuccarello (2.2 FPPG), and the center