5:25 PM ET The NHL Winter Classic on Monday featured the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. The hometown team came out on top 2-1 courtesy of two late-game goals from Jake DeBrusk. It was the NHL’s second time playing in front of the Green Monster,

10:36 AM ET Associated Press Ryan O’Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko are the latest St. Louis Blues players to land on the injured list, though general manager Doug Armstrong is not conceding this might not be the year for a team that was built to contend in the Western Conference. The Blues put both their captain

1:38 PM ET The Dallas Stars have signed 38-year-old center Joe Pavelski to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. The contract is worth a base salary of $3.5 million and includes $2 million in potential performance bonuses. Pavelski has 12 goals and 25 assists in 38 games this season. Since signing with Dallas

6:53 PM ET ESPN News Services MONCTON, New Brunswick — Captain Luke Hughes and forward Jimmy Snuggerud each had a goal and an assist and Team USA secured the Group B title at the world junior championship Saturday night with a 6-2 victory over Finland. The Americans improved to 3-1 at the tournament and won

8:16 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored almost at will against the Montreal Canadiens and moved a few steps closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. Ovechkin recorded his 30th career hat trick to speed up his pursuit of Gretzky’s mark, Charlie Lindgren made 31 saves against his first NHL team

12:21 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche have activated star center Nathan MacKinnon off injured reserve ahead of Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. MacKinnon has not played since Dec. 5 because of an upper-body injury that forced him out of a loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. He was placed on IR the following day.

7:58 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the United States rebounded from a loss to beat Switzerland 5-1 on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship. Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, captain Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored, and Trey Augustine made

2:00 PM ET With the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in full swing, hockey fans and fantasy managers alike are offered a holistic preview of the next generation of stars in the making. Whether already drafted into the NHL, or projected for high selection next June, more than a few of these youngsters will dominate

7:01 AM ET There’s always that one surprise NHL team. The success story we don’t see coming. They’ve gone from missing the playoffs — usually by a sizable margin — to beginning the following season so well that it forces an inevitable question: Are they for real? This season’s Cinderella turn has belonged to the

12:13 AM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov recorded a hat trick in the first period and helped his team snap a three-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Barkov scored the first two goals of the game within the first 11:50