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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:15 PM ETCloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.Maple Leafs starting goaltender Joseph Woll is battling lower-body tightness and will not be available when Toronto opens its regular season...

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 9, 2024, 10:14 AM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN's senior NHL writer.Former Boston Bruins star goaltender Linus Ullmark has signed a four-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators, who acquired him in a high-profile trade in...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Hockey Club never trailed after getting first-period goals from Dylan Guenther and Clayton Keller and held off a late rally to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in the season opener for both teams...

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 8, 2024, 11:35 PM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN's senior NHL writer.Carter Verhaeghe, a vital part of the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup win last season, has signed an eight-year contract extension worth $56 million.The deal was...

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer has been cleared to return to the ice just before the team's season opener after recovering from an appendectomy."I got green light to get on the ice Wednesday and...

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Aleksander Barkov ended last season by hoisting the Stanley Cup, as the Florida Panthers fans got to roar in delight.And this season started the same way.Barkov, the Panthers' captain, skated the Cup onto the ice...

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Kraken selected Jordan Eberle as their captain Tuesday moments before their season opener, filling the last void at that spot among the NHL's 32 teams.Every team in the league has a captain for the...

Entering the final year of a four-year, $22.67 million contract with the New York Rangers, Igor Shesterkin turned down the team's offer to become the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, sources told ESPN's Kevin Weekes.Shesterkin was presented with...

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyOct 8, 2024, 11:00 AM ETCloseESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010Following the first game between the Sabres and Devils in Europe, the launch of the 2024-25 campaign on North American soil looms forthwith....

Even in hockey-crazed Detroit, the season opener for the Red Wings can wait.The team announced Tuesday that Thursday's scheduled season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, set for a 7 p.m., start will be pushed back an hour because...