9:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Eichel was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Sunday for an illegal check to the head of Colorado Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg. Eichel was assessed a minor penalty for the illegal check in the second period of the Sabres’
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7:58 PM 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. Quinn Hughes, selected seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL
12:29 PM ET As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention — either mathematically or by losing in the postseason — we’ll take a look at why its quest for the Stanley Cup fell short in 2018-19, along with three keys to its offseason, impact prospects for 2019-20, and a way-too-early prediction on what
12:08 PM ET Looking ahead to the next week of NHL games from a fantasy perspective, here are some recommendations on which players to start and which to avoid. Fantasy Forecaster: Mar. 11-17 Catch more than 180 NHL games streaming live this season on ESPN+. Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how
7:18 AM ET 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. Greg Wyshynski The Minnesota boys’ state high school hockey tournament needs no
5:28 PM ET Colorado Avalanche All-Star forward Gabriel Landeskog will miss four to six weeks with an upper-body injury, head coach Jared Bednar announced Friday. Landeskog was hurt midway through the third period of Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Stars after he collided with Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop. Some teams are eyeing the playoffs.
5:06 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — A play-by-play announcer who was pulled from the TV broadcast of the Minnesota boys’ state hockey tournament after he encouraged one team’s fans to “get out the lynching ropes” is apologizing. Fox Sports North announcer Doug McLeod made the comment on KSTC-TV during a quarterfinal game
4:18 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL’s general managers met in Boca Raton, Florida, this week, and if nothing else it reminded us that the league’s in a pretty good place these days. Scoring is up. Fighting and suspensions are down. When the only big rule adjustment is getting players to leave the ice when
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The climactic scene in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” sees a past-his-prime grappler ascend to the top turnbuckle of the ring and fly, headfirst, down onto the mat below. He does this despite dire health warnings that another match could cause irreversible damage to his body, perhaps even resulting in a