Three misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against the son of former Avalanche forward and now Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Danny Briere after a video posted on social media showed him and another Mercyhurst University athlete pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase. Police in Erie, Pennsylvania, filed charges of criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy to […]

NEW YORK — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin missed the club’s game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night because of a lower body injury. It was the sixth time the Capitals played without Ovechkin this season, including four games last month following the death of his father. Washington lost the first five without […]

Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The NHL schedule Tuesday night includes a special volumetric broadcast of the Washington Capitals-New York Rangers game, where the action on the ice will be transformed into the world of “Big City Greens.” That broadcast will be available on […]

MONTREAL — Artturi Lehkonen was standing at the same end of the ice where he scored the Canadiens’ most important goal of this century. That goal, the Game 6 overtime winner that sent Montreal to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021, played above him on the Bell Centre jumbotron. Lehkonen is a vicious forechecker who […]

It goes without saying that if the Avs are fully healthy, their six best defensemen and their six best forwards stack up with almost any team’s. But what if the reality is simply that the Avalanche will not be fully healthy when the playoffs arrive in one month? That’s increasingly plausible, especially for the forwards […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand has seen his legacy redefined during in his 14-year NHL career. Early on, he was hockey’s preeminent pest who earned his “Little Ball of Hate” moniker with injurious plays and trash talk that was just as perilous for opponents. He’s still an elite […]

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo on Wednesday was suspended two games for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry, the NHL’s department of player safety announced. DeAngelo had received a major penalty and a game misconduct for spearing Perry below the belt as part of a scrum in front of the Tampa Bay net during […]

Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. There are some who say that the Western Conference playoff race is merely about the order in which the eight teams currently in playoff position will finish. The numbers from FiveThirtyEight back that up to some degree, as only […]

Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL trade deadline has passed, and with it the chance for Stanley Cup contenders to put themselves in the best position possible to achieve the sport’s ultimate goal this spring. This trade season featured no shortage […]

The Avalanche traded for depth center Lars Eller from the Capitals on Wednesday, the team announced. Colorado sent Washington a 2025 second-round pick in return, while the Capitals retain 31% of Eller’s $3.5 million cap hit, a team spokesperson told The Post. Eller, 33, is on the final season of a five-year contract. There’s a […]