11:56 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes acquired center Nick Schmaltz from the Chicago Blackhawks onSunday in exchange for forwards Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini. All three players in the deal are former first-round draft picks. Schmaltz, 22, was selected 20th overall by Chicago in 2014 and has two goals and nine assists in 23 games

7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The hopeful final stop to the Philadelphia Flyers‘ goaltending carousel is a 20-year-old named Carter Hart with a precocious sense of self. The Alberta, Canada, native has been working with a sports psychologist since he was 10. He practices mindfulness breathing, including 15-minute sessions each morning. In

11:06 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper called his young center Brayden Point into his office. It was Game 1 of the 2018 Eastern Conference playoff semifinals back in April, and Point was in the midst of being absolutely embarrassed by the Boston Bruins‘ top line. Cooper had entrusted his talented

1:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NHL referee Mick McGeough has died at 62. The NHL said in a statement Saturday that McGeough died Friday night in Regina, Saskatchewan. A fundraiser to support his family said he had a stroke a week ago. McGeough worked 21 seasons from 1987 through 2008, refereeing 1,083 regular-season

2:05 PM ET Vancouver Canucks forward Antoine Roussel has been fined $5,000 for biting San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic during Friday’s game. Roussel and Vlasic tussled during the final minute of the Sharks’ 4-0 win. Vlasic’s fist was against the side of Roussel’s head, and as Vlasic pulled his arm away, Roussel bit him.

12:29 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN While NHL participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has yet to be determined, one of its biggest stars of all-time has committed to be the face of ice hockey at that event: Jaromir Jagr. The 46-year-old legend, who is second to Wayne Gretzky in NHL career points (1,921), has

12:35 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. Chi-Chi-Chi-Chiarelli The most surprising aspect of Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli’s decision to fire Todd McLellan and hire Ken Hitchcock was that Chiarelli was allowed to make that decision. I thought there was a better-than-good chance that the Oilers would keep McLellan after

11:32 AM ET Vic Morren It was November 24, 1968, a Sunday evening, when Dad took me to my first hockey game at Madison Square Garden between the New York Rangers and the Oakland Seals. I had expressed some cursory interest in the sport from the spring before, when I would ask Dad how the

7:17 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed goaltender Matt Murray on injured reserve Thursday because of a lower-body injury. Coach Mike Sullivan said Murray had been dealing with the injury “for a couple weeks.” Team doctors decided rest was the best course of action for the 24-year-old Murray, who helped the

5:43 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers announced Thursday they have have acquired defenseman Chris Wideman from the Ottawa Senators for a 2020 conditional sixth-round draft pick. Wideman, 28, has two goals and three assists in 19 games for the Senators this season. He was in his fourth season with the Senators, who drafted Wideman in