12:12 PM ET SEATTLE — Having Jerry Bruckheimer as one of your team’s majority owners has its advantages. The Academy Award-winning producer knows people and can call in a favor. One of those favors resulted in German film score composer and music producer Hans Zimmer composing music for the Seattle Kraken’s pregame introduction. The Kraken

Oct 19, 2022 Associated Press DENVER — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will be sidelined about 12 weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said after morning skate Wednesday that Landeskog had the procedure performed in Minneapolis the day before. Landeskog missed the opening three games of this season with what the

Oct 20, 2022 The opening of the NHL season is fertile ground for overreactions. Look at the Toronto Maple Leafs. Head coach Sheldon Keefe overreacted to his team losing at home to the pride of ASU, the Arizona Coyotes, by calling out his elite players: “That’s the way it goes when those guys don’t make

7:03 PM ET Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been placed in the NHL and NHLPA’s player assistance program. The league entities released a joint statement on Wednesday updating Vrana’s status as he enters their protocols, which are designed to help players with a range of matters from mental health to substance abuse. Vrana

4:19 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames and city officials said Wednesday they will restart negotiations for a new arena. Their previous deal, agreed upon in 2019, collapsed late last year when the estimated cost of the project rose and the Flames withdrew. In January, the city hired third-party negotiators to

12:29 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers will be without Aaron Ekblad until at least mid-November, and quite possibly longer, after placing the star defenseman on the long-term injured reserve list with a groin injury. Players on the long-term IR list must miss at least 10 games and 24 days; the

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The top 100 NHL players for the 2022-23 season are difficult to rank, given the incredible depth of talent at almost every position. To create our annual ranking of the NHL’s top 100 players, we asked an ESPN panel of more than 50 hockey experts to rate players based on

5:01 PM ET NEW YORK — The NHL released its first-ever comprehensive diversity and inclusion report at its board of governors meeting on Tuesday, highlighting efforts to promote social change while offering a snapshot of its demographic challenges. The 24-page report, titled “Accelerating Diversity & Inclusion,” details the last two years of work by the

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The top 100 NHL players for the 2022-23 season are difficult to rank, given the incredible depth of talent at almost every position. To create our annual ranking of the NHL’s top 100 players, we asked an ESPN panel of more than 50 hockey experts to rate players based on

4:00 PM ET It’s far too early in the season to do anything drastic with established, core NHL fantasy players. The rankings you relied on a week or two weeks ago to do your draft should be largely unchanged. Early returns mean very little in the scope of an 82-game campaign — especially compared to