8:39 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — NHL general managers came to Florida at this time last year looking for clarity and consistency on goalie interference. They got it when the decision was made to hand the final call on the coach’s challenges to the league’s hockey operations department instead of referees. While

7:20 PM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi had hip surgery Monday and is expected to be recovered in time for training camp in the fall, the team announced. Puljujarvi, 20, who hadn’t played since Feb. 15 because of the injury, was the fourth overall pick in the 2016 draft. He has four goals and

12:18 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe is expected to miss the remainder of the season with what the team calls an upper-body injury. McCabe was hurt in a 5-2 loss at Toronto on Saturday. With a little over a month left in the season, the Sabres on Monday

12:48 PM ET Trade deadline reactions came earlier this week without the benefit of tangible evidence regarding the deployment of new faces in new places — as well as no clear data on how the “selling” teams would build their new depth charts with what’s left. Catch more than 180 NHL games streaming live this

10:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Saturday for high-sticking Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg. Lowry was assessed a minor penalty for high-sticking in the third period of the Jets’ 5-3 home victory Friday night. The suspension will

7:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis Gabriel for one game for an illegal hit on Philadelphia Flyers forward Nolan Patrick. The hit occurred 5:02 into the first period of New Jersey’s 6-3 loss on Friday night. Gabriel was assessed a major penalty for boarding.

8:51 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NEWARK, N.J. — The Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL record when Cam Talbot became the eighth goaltender to play this season. Talbot, who was acquired from Edmonton in mid-February for fellow goaltender Anthony Stolarz, became No. 8 on Friday night in a start

6:24 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils defenseman Mirco Mueller is going to be sidelined with a shoulder injury sustained in a head-first fall into the end boards earlier this week. Coach John Hynes said Friday that Mueller probably will not be out for an extended period. The 23-year-old Swiss player hurt his

2:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is being praised after he stopped to talk to a boy whose mother recently died of cancer. Tammy Whitehead, the 11-year-old’s aunt, published a video of the meeting on Facebook, and as of Friday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 4.9 million times.

11:35 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In a season that was lost months ago, the Ottawa Senators, the worst team in the NHL, have fired coach Guy Boucher, the team announced Friday. Assistant coach Marc Crawford was named as the team’s interim coach. The Senators (22-37-5) dealt their three leading goal-scorers at the trade deadline, sending