10:59 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — First-round draft pick Alexander Alexeyev has signed a three-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals. The team announced the deal with the defenseman on Monday. It has an average annual value of $925,000. The 18-year-old from Russia was taken with the 31st overall pick in

1:23 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forward Brian Gionta has announced his retirement from the NHL after 16 seasons. Gionta, 39, is a former Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres captain and two-time U.S. Olympian. He won a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils in 2003. “Playing with my childhood team the

8:43 PM ET Associated Press BARRIE, Ontario — The Hamilton Bulldogs say coach Dave Matsos is “resting comfortably” at a hospital a day after collapsing on the team bench during a game. The 44-year-old Matsos collapsed in the final seconds of Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League game between the Bulldogs and Barrie Colts. He was attended

1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension with forward Paul Byron. The deal, which has an average annual value of $3.4 million, was announced Sunday. The 29-year-old Byron had 20 goals and 15 assists in 82 games with the Canadiens last season and

11:40 PM ET Associated Press BARRIE, Ontario, — Hamilton Bulldogs coach Dave Matsos was taken to the hospital after collapsing on the team’s bench Saturday night in an Ontario Hockey League game against the Barrie Colts. Matsos collapsed on the bench in the final seconds and was immediately attended to by on-site paramedics. He was

11:19 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Erik Karlsson made his debut in front of San Jose Sharks fans on Saturday night. Not as a defenseman, but as a model. The crowd roared as Karlsson skated out in the Sharks’ new third jersey, the “stealth” black-on-black sweater, during the first intermission of their

8:11 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Miles Wood to a four-year, $11 million contract. General manager Ray Shero announced the signing Saturday. Wood will earn $2.5 million annually in the first three years of the contract and $3.5 millon in 2021-22. Wood, who scored a career-high

12:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Detroit Red Wings will be without top defenseman Mike Green for the start of the regular season as he deals with a virus that has led to ongoing fatigue. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland told the Detroit Free Press that Green “hasn’t had a lot of energy,”

2:08 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN After being suspended for the rest of the NHL preseason, Max Domi of the Montreal Canadiens said that he regretted giving Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad a broken nose with a sucker punch. If “scores will get settled at a later date” happens as Florida’s Aaron Ekblad says, the next

11:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Claude Giroux admitted to doing something taboo. Something unseemly in today’s professional hockey world. Something that many feels tears at the very bonds that hold together the fragile chemistry of teams. Claude Giroux has … played Fortnite. How many teams will top 100 points? Will the Rangers really finish in