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Dec 18, 2018
Rookie goaltender Carter Hart, 20, enjoyed a successful debut for the Flyers on Tuesday night, turning aside 20 shots as Philadelphia climbed out of the Eastern Conference basement with a 3-2 win over Detroit.
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Dec 18, 2018
With Corey Crawford out with a concussion -- "he just needs time," coach Jeremy Colliton said -- the Blackhawks' goaltender situation is completely up in the air.
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Dec 18, 2018
Alex Ovechkin and Michael Dal Colle put up big numbers, but the new Reading Royals backstop has a story to top everyone else's.
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Dec 18, 2018
The last-place Chicago Blackhawks will be without one of their top defensemen for a while after they decided to loan Henri Jokiharju to Finland for the upcoming world junior championship.
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Dec 18, 2018
Sean Allen provides his rest-of-season top-250 rankings for fantasy hockey leagues, with a special look at how the Chicago Blackhawks will cope with the loss of goaltender Corey Crawford -- again.
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Dec 17, 2018
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang took part in a morning skate Monday and is in the lineup for Monday night's game against the Anaheim Ducks.
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Dec 17, 2018
After firing head coach Dave Hakstol, here are seven steps the Flyers can take to get back on track.
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Dec 17, 2018
The Flyers, who are on a four-game losing streak and have stumbled to a 12-15-4 record this season, fired head coach Dave Hakstol on Monday.
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Dec 17, 2018
Searching for some waiver adds for your fantasy hockey roster? Victoria Matiash lists the best players still available in the majority of ESPN leagues.
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Dec 17, 2018
Devils goaltender Cory Schneider, who has struggled to an 0-5-1 mark with a 4.29 GAA this season, has been put on IR with an abdominal strain.
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Dec 17, 2018
The struggling Flyers, last in the league in goaltending, are recalling top goalie prospect Carter Hart. the 20-year-old twice won CHL Goaltender of the Year. After a shaky start in Lehigh, Hart was won four of his last five starts.
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Dec 17, 2018
Montreal is one of the happiest surprises of 2018-19. What have been the biggest factors for their strong performance thus far?
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Dec 16, 2018
A Flyers spokesperson shot down a report Sunday that linked the team to former Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, saying, "Dave Hakstol is our coach."
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Dec 16, 2018
The Blackhawks say goaltender Corey Crawford suffered a concussion when he hit his head on a goalpost during a collision with two other players in Sunday's loss to the Sharks.
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Dec 16, 2018
Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford hit his head on a goalpost during a collision with two other players and left Sunday's game against the Sharks.
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Dec 16, 2018
The Blackhawks say goaltender Corey Crawford suffered a concussion when he hit his head on a goalpost during a collision with two other players in Sunday's loss to the Sharks.
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Dec 16, 2018
Police said the Blackhawks' mascot was attacked by a fan at the United Center on Friday.
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Dec 15, 2018
The Blues have signed veteran defenseman Robert Bortuzzo to a three-year extension worth $1.375 million per season.
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Dec 15, 2018
The Buffalo Sabres have suspended forward Patrick Berglund indefinitely for failing to report to the team.
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Dec 15, 2018
After suffering a knee injury last month, Golden Knights forward Erik Haula had surgery. No timetable has been given for his return.
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Dec 15, 2018
St. Louis overcame an obscure illegal-equipment penalty, called against Vladimir Tarasenko for playing with the much-taller Colton Parayko's stick in overtime, to beat the Avalanche.
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Dec 14, 2018
Only one team in the past 20 years has been a repeat Stanley Cup champ. Can Alex Ovechkin & Co. make it two?
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Dec 14, 2018
Only one team in the past 20 years has been a repeat Stanley Cup champ. Can Alex Ovechkin & Co. make it two? First, they have to get back to the Final.
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Dec 14, 2018
Sean Allen breaks down fantasy hockey matchup data heading into Week 12, pointing out certain category specialists who can help your team in one specific area without damaging your squad elsewhere.
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Dec 14, 2018
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 48 saves in his return from a broken left foot and the Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 4-1 on Thursday night in a matchup of the NHL's top two teams.
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Dec 13, 2018
Sidney Crosby and Beethoven? Tom Wilson and Britney Spears? Greg Wyshynski picks out personalized goal songs.
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Dec 13, 2018
Forward Rickard Rakell and defenseman Cam Fowler won't travel with the Anaheim Ducks when they begin their longest road trip of the season.
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Dec 13, 2018
Brandon Marshall was released by the Saints, keeping him on this all-sports list of players without playoff experience.
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Dec 13, 2018
Andrei Vasilevskiy is returning from a broken foot and will start against the Maple Leafs Thursday.
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Dec 13, 2018
Andrei Vasilevskiy is returning from a broken foot and will start against the Maple Leafs on Thursday.
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Dec 13, 2018
As the December weather starts to get colder, Victoria Matiash takes a look at several NHL players who might be in store for a fantasy cold spell of their own.
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Dec 12, 2018
Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a hand injury and is expected to be sidelined "weeks," according to coach Ken Hitchcock.
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Dec 12, 2018
Retired NHL referee Paul Stewart, inducted Wednesday night into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, wants to help women follow in his footsteps by officiating in the league. "I want to see someone break that glass ceiling," Stewart said.
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Dec 12, 2018
How high have the Flames climbed? Plus, looking ahead to the big free-agent contract negotiations next summer.
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Dec 12, 2018
Penguins goaltender Matt Murray practiced with his teammates on Tuesday for the first time since going on injured reserve last month with a lower-body injury.
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Dec 12, 2018
The Carolina Hurricanes have placed forward Jordan Staal on injured reserve with a concussion.
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Dec 12, 2018
The NHL confirmed that a shot by Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo that bounced off a referee, hit the goalie and went into the net is not a goal.
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Dec 12, 2018
The New York Rangers say defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk will be sidelined two to four weeks with a shoulder injury.
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Dec 11, 2018
Boston Bruins forward David Backes rushed himself off the ice Tuesday night after taking a skate blade to the face late in the first period, but he returned at the start of the second period and finished the game.
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Dec 11, 2018
Penguins goaltender Matt Murray practiced with his teammates on Tuesday for the first time since going on injured reserve last month with a lower-body injury.
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Dec 11, 2018
Who is shouldering the heaviest load thus far in 2018-19? We break down key players and assess how (and whether) their teams can help them out.
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Dec 11, 2018
The No. 3 overall pick from 2017 has taken on a big role for the Stars this season, leading some to pencil him in as the NHL's next great blueliner.
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Dec 11, 2018
Vitali Mikhailov, Jett Woo and Elias Pettersson had big weeks, but the 10-year-old Dallas Stars fan's story is the best of all.
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Dec 11, 2018
The Ducks will be without forward Rickard Rakell and goalie Ryan Miller, with the team signing former Blues backup Chad Johnson.
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Dec 11, 2018
Chicago has gone 3-11-2 since firing Joel Quenneville. But there are reasons for optimism as we look ahead to the future.
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Dec 11, 2018
Sean Allen provides his rest-of-season top-250 rankings for fantasy hockey leagues, with a special look at a surprisingly small number of goaltenders who can be honestly referred to as reliable.
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Dec 10, 2018
Blues teammates Robert Bortuzzo and Zach Sanford fought each other during Monday's practice and interim coach Craig Berube said it was a sign they care and want to win.
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Dec 10, 2018
After the greatest season of an incredible career, the Capitals' franchise icon is once again atop the goal-scoring leader board.
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Dec 10, 2018
A passenger says a Swift Air charter plane carrying the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes made an emergency landing in Oklahoma over the weekend after a noxious smell filled the cabin.
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Dec 10, 2018
Searching for some waiver adds for your fantasy hockey roster? Victoria Matiash lists the best players still available in the majority of ESPN leagues.
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Dec 10, 2018
The struggling St. Louis Blues have placed backup goaltender Chad Johnson on waivers and called up Jordan Binnington to take his place.
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Dec 10, 2018
An Outside the Lines analysis of 16,000 routine food-safety inspection reports covering 111 pro sports venues found that, at about 28 percent of the venues, half or more of their food service outlets incurred one or more high-level food-safety violations.
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Dec 10, 2018
Which players have shocked us the most with their great (or lackluster) play? We make our picks, and offer insight on what's to come.
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Dec 09, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman has been suspended two games for his hit on Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy on Saturday night in Boston.
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Dec 09, 2018
The Minnesota Wild, with captain Mikko Koivu day-to-day with a lower-body injury, have recalled Luke Kunin from the AHL.
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Dec 09, 2018
Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta was placed on injured reserve this weekend and the Coyotes announced Sunday he will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.
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Dec 09, 2018
Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta is out indefinitely and could miss the rest of the season after undergoing a procedure on a lower-body injury, general manager John Chayka said Sunday.
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Dec 08, 2018
Ryan Straschnitzki, who was one of 13 survivors in April when the Humboldt Broncos' team bus was hit by a semi-trailer, was "all good" after his bus was rear-ended by a truck earlier this week, his father said.
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Dec 08, 2018
Ryan Straschnitzki, who was one of 13 survivors in April when the Humboldt Broncos' team bus was hit by a semi-trailer, was a passenger on a bus that was rear-ended by a truck earlier this week.
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Dec 08, 2018
The Ducks have extended general manager Bob Murray's contract for two seasons. The extension announced Saturday means that Murray is now under contract through the 2021-22 season.
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Dec 08, 2018
Senators forwards Bobby Ryan (concussion) and Matt Duchene (lower-body) have both been put on injured reserve after suffering their injuries in a loss Thursday.
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Dec 07, 2018
Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for a game and coach Bill Peters fined $10,000 by the NHL for a confrontation at the end of a game with the Minnesota Wild.
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Dec 07, 2018
Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for a game and coach Bill Peters fined $10,000 by the NHL for a confrontation at the end of a game with the Minnesota Wild.
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Dec 07, 2018
In his weekly Wysh List, Greg Wyshynski makes his case for expanding the NHL playoffs. Plus, Gritty continues to shine.
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Dec 07, 2018
Sean Allen breaks down fantasy hockey matchup data heading into Week 11, pointing out which goalies are actually playing at a different level than their overall stats might indicate.
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Dec 07, 2018
Autographed photos of Ryan Reaves' hit that concussed the Capitals' Tom Wilson "were not distributed" and have been "destroyed," the Golden Knights said.
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Dec 07, 2018
Autographed photos of Ryan Reaves' hit that concussed the Capitals' Tom Wilson "were not distributed" and have been "destroyed," the Golden Knights said.
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Dec 06, 2018
Comebacks? Records? Those are nice. But ESPN's Peter Keating says the 20 most dominant athletes of 2018 made our list by redefining the impossible.
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Dec 05, 2018
The Lightning are our new No. 1 team. Plus, if the expansion draft were this summer, here are the players Seattle would select from each club.
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Dec 05, 2018
A day after Seattle secured an NHL expansion team, a formal groundbreaking was held as work began on renovating the team's future arena.
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Dec 05, 2018
The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Stefan Elliott and forward Tobias Lindberg in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Macoy Erkamps and forward Ben Sexton.
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Dec 05, 2018
With two months in the books, here's how the races for the big awards are shaping up.
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Dec 05, 2018
The New York Rangers led a strong showing by Original Six teams at the top of the Forbes' list of most valuable NHL franchises.
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Dec 05, 2018
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves knocked Capitals forward Tom Wilson out of the game Tuesday with a questionable hit, but he will not face discipline.
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Dec 05, 2018
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves knocked Capitals forward Tom Wilson out of the game Tuesday with a questionable hit, but he will not face discipline.
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Dec 05, 2018
We're through about one-third of the campaign, and some teams' good (or bad) starts are misleading. Here's who will turn things around.
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Dec 04, 2018
The big news this week was on Seattle's expansion team. But a few other interesting tidbits emerged. Here are the big takeaways.
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Dec 04, 2018
Unlike with some other recent expansion teams, Seattle looks like a wide-open, empty net goal for the NHL.
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Dec 04, 2018
Sean Allen provides his rest-of-season top-250 rankings for fantasy hockey leagues.
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Dec 04, 2018
Dwayne Wade crashes into Florida Panthers star Aleksander Barkov during Sunday's Heat game in Miami. Barkov had courtside seats and said later that getting tweeted at by an apologetic Wade was "a big honor."
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Dec 04, 2018
When will they start playing? What will they be called? How is the NHL going to re-align? We answer the key questions after the big announcement.
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Dec 04, 2018
Seattle has been granted an expansion team for the 2021-22 NHL season. The team will play in the Pacific Division and will play at a renovated KeyArena.
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Dec 04, 2018
Seattle has been granted an expansion team for the 2021-22 NHL season. The team will play at a renovated KeyArena and compete in the league's Pacific Division.
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Dec 04, 2018
Adin Hill, Vadim Shipachyov and Meeri Räisänen had big weeks, but the winger for the South Carolina Stingrays takes the honor.
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Dec 03, 2018
Detroit forward Tyler Bertuzzi was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Monday for his hit on Colorado's Matt Calvert over the weekend.
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Dec 03, 2018
The Senators' downtown-arena project is in danger of falling apart, and Coyotes owner Andrew Barroway is looking for a partner as he tries to secure a long-term home in Arizona. The NHL also would like to begin making plans for a 2020 World Cup of Hockey.
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Dec 03, 2018
Chuck Fletcher was hired as executive vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, one week after Ron Hextall was fired.
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Dec 03, 2018
UMass hockey has earned its first No. 1 ranking after improving to 12-1.
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Dec 03, 2018
Searching for some waiver adds for your fantasy hockey roster? Victoria Matiash lists the best players still available in the majority of ESPN leagues.
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Dec 03, 2018
The Penguins have traded 21-year-old winger Daniel Sprong to the Ducks for defenseman Marcus Pettersson. Sprong has impressed in juniors and the AHL, but got inconsistent ice time in Pittsburgh.
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Dec 03, 2018
The winger's standoff and subsequent six-year contract will impact teammates Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, along with other players and teams.
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Dec 03, 2018
The speedy winger explains how each team helped contribute to the education of a player still realizing his potential, and what comes next.
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Dec 03, 2018
Now that the NHL is headed to Seattle, our readers offer their best ideas on everything from names to uniform designs.
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Dec 02, 2018
Los Angeles Kings center Adrian Kempe is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
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Dec 02, 2018
The Hershey Bears, Washington's AHL affiliate, hosted the largest Teddy Bear Toss in hockey history, with 34,798 stuffed animals making their way onto the ice during Sunday's game.
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Dec 02, 2018
Vic Hadfield joined his former GAG Line teammates as the latest to have his number retired by the New York Rangers.
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Dec 02, 2018
We check in with Buffalo's scoring whiz on the team's turnaround, playing with Jack Eichel and his former team's postgame celebrations.
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Dec 02, 2018
Los Angeles Kings forward Ilya Kovalchuk will miss about four weeks after undergoing an ankle bursectomy Sunday.
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Dec 01, 2018
The Maple Leafs and restricted free agent William Nylander have agreed to a six-year, $41.77 million deal that will keep the 22-year-old in Toronto.
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Nov 30, 2018
In his ninth game after returning from a suspension, Washington's Tom Wilson was ejected from Friday night's game against the Devils after a hit from behind on Brett Seney.
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