10:01 PM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN NHL Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention —

10:00 PM ET Greg Wyshynski Chris Peters Close ESPN NHL Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention —

10:45 AM ET Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara has signed a one-year contract extension the team announced Saturday. The deal has a base salary of $2 million with $1.75 million in performance incentives the team said. The deal keeps the 42-year-old Slovak native with the team through next season. Currently playing in his 21st season,

9:42 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN There were two great revelations in the recent National Hockey League Players Association poll. The first was that Boston Bruins rascal Brad Marchand was voted by his peers as the league’s best trash-talker (21.8 percent) … and also its worst trash-talker (12.5 percent). In fairness, “worst” can take on a

1:35 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Jaskirat Sidhu, the truck driver who pleaded guilty in causing the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison — the highest dangerous driving sentence ever in Canada for a case that doesn’t involve alcohol. Sidhu’s sentence was announced on Friday in a Saskatchewan court by Judge

1:26 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals defenseman Michal Kempny is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Coach Todd Reirden updated Kempny’s status Friday. In an overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Wednesday, Kempny’s left leg bent awkwardly as he went down to the ice during a tussle with Lightning forward Cedric Paquette

1:01 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Goalie Braden Holtby became the most high-profile member of the Washington Capitals to pull out of Monday’s scheduled visit to the White House in celebration of their 2018 Stanley Cup championship. “It’s one of those things you have to think about, but for me, I have to stay true to

9:32 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers will play their 2019-20 season-opening game Oct. 4 in Prague, Czech Republic, the NHL announced Thursday. The league also said the Buffalo Sabres will play two games against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Stockholm, Sweden, on Nov. 8 and 9 as part of the 2019 NHL

8:00 AM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. The UMass Minutemen men’s hockey team has just four winning seasons since the