9:17 PM ET Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler will miss three to six weeks after additional tests showed that he has a sprained MCL in his right knee. Edler, who leads the team in ice time this season (22:20), was hurt in Wednesday’s shootout win against the Golden Knights and hasn’t played in the two

4:52 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Pittsburgh Penguins have offered their support to the victims and families of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The Penguins foundation is donating $25,000 to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, as well as $25,000 to establish a fund with the City of Pittsburgh Department of

11:15 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will miss Monday’s game after leaving with a left shoulder injury in Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Matthews will be re-examined Monday but won’t practice or play against the Calgary Flames, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said after the game. Matthews

2:29 PM ET ESPN New Services Former NHL President John Ziegler Jr., who oversaw the expansion of the league from 18 teams to 24 and opened the door for Russian-born players to compete in North America, has died at 84. Ziegler, the NHL’s fourth president, served in the role from 1977 to 1994. Two years

12:30 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s an NHL game, and you’re standing near the glass during warmups, as the players fling around a pile of pucks on the ice. As one of them is skating back to the dressing room, he stops, picks up a puck and tosses it into your section. Oh boy, free

7:00 AM ET We are less than a month through the NHL schedule, and most teams are just approaching double-digit games played. But based on a number of factors, including circumstances, ice time, shot metrics and a touch of common sense, we can already spot trends of players on the rise and others whose slow

9:49 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Vegas Belles are impossible to miss. They stand by the glass near the end boards as the Vegas Golden Knights‘ opponents warm up on their half of T-Mobile Arena ice. They’re scantily clad in gold costumes, and are adorned with large feathered headpieces. Their presence is new this season,

3:52 PM ET Assuming that my personal experience is somewhat representative of the fantasy hockey world as a whole, more leagues seem to be trending away from the use of penalty minutes as a default category. In most cases where I’ve dealt with such a change, the “go-to category” of choice as a replacement has

11:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Sean Couturier feared Gritty. “I’m not going to lie. At first, I wasn’t a big fan of his. I wondered what the idea behind it was,” said the Philadelphia Flyers center of the team’s googly-eyed mascot-turned-pop culture phenomenon. “But as each game goes by and he gets more headlines, more

4:27 PM ET The 20-game suspension given to Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been upheld by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Wilson was disciplined for delivering an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist in a Sept. 30 preseason game. Bettman said that Wilson’s main point of contact was with