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8:11 PM ET Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi and Washington Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov have been added to the 2022 NHL All-Star Game roster, the league announced Sunday. Josi, also the Predators’ captain, replaces Colorado Avalanche forward and All-Star captain Nathan MacKinnon, out with a facial fracture and concussion, on the Central Division roster. Dallas
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12:27 PM ET Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland — Jeremy Colliton has been elevated to head coach of Canada’s men’s hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after Claude Julien was sidelined by an injury. Hockey Canada said Julien slipped on ice and fractured his ribs during training camp in Switzerland, and medical staff
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11:17 PM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL — Evander Kane scored in his Edmonton debut, capping a whirlwind week for the veteran forward, and the Oilers handled the struggling Montreal Canadiens, 7-2, on Saturday night. Kane, brought in to add balance to a star-laden offense that features Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl but has struggled
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3:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon, who was bloodied on a hit Wednesday, has been diagnosed with a facial fracture and concussion, coach Jared Bednar confirmed Friday. Sources told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan on Wednesday that MacKinnon has a broken nose. MacKinnon left the ice in the first period of Wednesday
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9:38 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Seattle Kraken at New York Islanders game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to an impending snow storm in the New York area. A state of emergency was called by New York governor Kathy Hochul on Friday, and the game was rescheduled for Wednesday night
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9:22 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is out indefinitely because of a concussion. The 33-year-old Toews got hurt during Wednesday night’s 8-5 win at Detroit, but he played through the game. The center reported symptoms to the team’s medical staff on Thursday. “We’re going to miss him, but we’re
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4:38 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Evander Kane knows he will not be universally loved by fans of the Edmonton Oilers. Edmonton is the fourth franchise for the 30-year-old forward whose contract was dumped by the San Jose Sharks. There will be questions about his past, from suspensions due to violations of COVID-19
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5:45 PM ET Evander Kane has reached a verbal agreement to sign with the Edmonton Oilers for the rest of the NHL season, sources told ESPN’s Kevin Weekes on Thursday. A Kane-to-Edmonton agreement comes as the NHL on Thursday cleared the veteran winger of potential violations of COVID-19 protocols. Sources told Weekes that Kane’s deal
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2:07 AM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon left the ice after being bloodied on a hit in the first period of Wednesday night’s game against the visiting Boston Bruins and did not return. The Avs said MacKinnon suffered an upper-body injury after he absorbed a shoulder shot from the Bruins’ Taylor
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7:38 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres’ injury-depleted goalie ranks were thinned further on Wednesday after the NHL issued Aaron Dell a three-game suspension for body-checking Ottawa forward Drake Batherson into the end boards. In determining the length of the suspension, the NHL took into account that Batherson broke his left
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12:12 AM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Drake Batherson, Ottawa’s leading scorer, suffered an ankle injury in the Senators’ 5-0 win over the Sabres Tuesday night, the result of which appears like a deliberate shoulder check from Buffalo goaltender Aaron Dell. Late in the first period, Batherson chased a puck behind the Buffalo
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1:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is expected to miss at least two months with an injury to his left forearm. The Sharks said that Karlsson underwent surgery Monday to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm. The team said Tuesday that Karlsson is
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