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11:08 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists just a few hours after signing a new contract, and the surging Boston Bruins became the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points by beating the Buffalo Sabres 7-1 on Thursday night. Jakub Lauko scored twice, Dmitry Orlov

10:00 AM ET I recently asked a Western Conference veteran for his take on the 2023 NHL trade deadline. “The East is insane. That’s my take.” It was as accurate and succinct a recap as one could apply to the days leading up to Friday, March 3, during which the West essentially became a feeder

6:45 AM ET Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports There have been 25 trades in the NHL over the past five days — and the trade deadline is not until 3pm ET on Friday. The hockey world is operating at warp speed right now, so it’s been hard to process all of the changes, such as David

8:51 PM ET Mikael Granlund became the latest player to exit the Nashville Predators, with the Pittsburgh Penguins announcing Wednesday they acquired the veteran forward for a 2023 second-round pick. Granlund, who has nine goals and 36 points in 58 games, gives the Penguins another top-nine forward in their chase to secure a playoff spot.

6:47 PM ET The long-awaited Jakob Chychrun trade has finally come around. The Arizona Coyotes moved their top defenseman to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, in exchange for a conditional first-round draft pick in 2023, a conditional second-round selection in 2024 (from the Washington Capitals), and a second-round pick in 2026. The first-round choice is

7:00 AM ET For the record, the 2023 NHL trade deadline is still scheduled for Friday, March 3, even if most of the league has decided to get their holiday shopping done early. According to CapFriendly, the average number of trades made in the 14 days leading to the trade deadline was 17.6 over the

6:34 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers made their NHL trade deadline splash on Tuesday by acquiring defenseman Mattias Ekholm from the Nashville Predators, the teams announced. The Oilers are trading defenseman Tyson Barrie, prospect Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick for Ekholm, a 32-year-old defenseman who has spent his 12-season

5:56 PM ET What was already an active day for the Toronto Maple Leafs was even busier Tuesday when they reacquired defenseman Luke Schenn in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Getting Schenn, whom the Maple Leafs drafted with the No. 5 overall pick back in 2008, meant Toronto parted with a 2023 third-round pick

7:00 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL trade deadline is Friday at 3 p.m. ET. It’s already been an active trade season,

12:09 AM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored twice to reach the 50-goal mark for the first time in his career, but even the game’s best player couldn’t derail the league’s best team, as the Boston Bruins outlasted the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, on Monday night. Pavel Zacha scored the tiebreaking goal

7:00 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is a time for contenders to improve themselves, pretenders to delude themselves and those with lost seasons to prepare for the future. But there’s one problem facing all of those teams, according to Brian Burke, and that’s a math problem. “I just checked again with the NHL, and

8:20 AM ET Deals are going to get done ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Or at least that’s the plan. Although, there is a shared sentiment by a number of NHL executives that many of them are in “wait and see” mode. But how? How is it that teams are either approaching or have

11:37 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning traded for second-year Nashville Predators forward Tanner Jeannot on Sunday in a move that arms one team seeking a fourth straight Stanley Cup Finals appearance while the other continues its transition into a new reality. A Jeannot trade was thought to be a possibility, but that speculation intensified

5:41 PM ET Nashville Predators general manager David Poile — the winningest GM in NHL history and Nashville’s only GM to date — is retiring after 26 seasons with the club, sources told ESPN Sunday, confirming earlier reports. The move will be effective June 30. Poile, who also holds the title of president of hockey

10:37 PM ET ESPN News Services VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Goaltender Linus Ullmark scored into an empty net in the final minute, and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory. Ullmark made a save and fired a high wrist shot the length of the ice

11:29 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patrick Marleau walked to the stage as the fans chanted his name and began tearing up. The emotions carried through the entire ceremony until his No. 12 jersey was raised to the rafters Saturday night as the first to be retired in San Jose Sharks history.

4:48 PM ET The Nashville Predators traded right wing Nino Niederreiter to the Winnipeg Jets for a second-round draft pick in 2024, both teams announced on Saturday. Niederreiter, 30, was signed by the Predators as a free agent last season to a two-year, $8 million contract. He had 18 goals and 10 assists in 56