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7:43 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have settled a lawsuit by a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team’s 2010 Stanley Cup title run. After representatives for the Blackhawks and former first-round pick Kyle Beach met Wednesday with a mediator for the first

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The rise in COVID-19 cases is becoming an increasing concern throughout the NHL. In just over 36 hours (from early Monday to Tuesday evening), nearly 30 players and staff members were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Tuesday’s game between the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes was postponed because of

7:00 AM ET It’s certainly been a tumultuous start to the week, given a slew of additional game postponements due to COVID-19 — and many players and team staff entering the protocol — but the Power Rankings march on. And for the second straight week — and fifth time this season — the Florida Panthers

12:16 AM ET Edmonton Oilers coach Dave Tippett has been placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced after its 5-1 home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Tippett had missed the game due to what Edmonton initially called precautionary reasons. His absence was one of several for an Oilers team

2:40 PM ET ESPN staff The ESPN+ exclusive schedule continues on Tuesday night with a potential Stanley Cup Final matchup, as the New York Rangers visit the Colorado Avalanche, with coverage starting at 8:55 p.m. ET. To help get you ready for the game, we’ve put together a guide on all the key players to

7:01 AM ET Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss

6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Monday that star center Sebastian Aho, rookie center Seth Jarvis and a member of the training staff have entered the COVID-19 protocol. The team said all three would remain in Vancouver. The Hurricanes lost there 2-1 on Sunday, with Aho missing

2:56 PM ET Goalie Anton Khudobin was waived by the Dallas Stars on Monday. Khudobin, 35, has struggled this season. He has a 3-3-1 record with a .873 save percentage, second-lowest in the NHL for goalies with at least seven appearances. He also has a 3.73 goals-against average. Thanks to the stellar play of offseason

10:21 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche said defenseman Jacob MacDonald is “alert, responsive and has full movement” after taking a big hit Sunday night against the Florida Panthers. MacDonald was hit near the boards by the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg in the second period. He was stretchered off the ice. The Avalanche said MacDonald is currently

8:01 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks placed forward Reese Johnson on injured reserve on Sunday with a broken right clavicle. The Blackhawks also recalled forwards Brett Connolly and MacKenzie Entwistle from Rockford and assigned forward Mike Hardman to their American Hockey League affiliate. Johnson, 23, got hurt during Chicago’s 5-4 loss

4:52 PM ET Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that marks “the end of his career,” general manager Jim Nill told The Dallas Morning News on Saturday. Bishop, 35, underwent surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and had been

5:43 PM ET NHL Players’ Association executive director Don Fehr said a lack of “concrete answers” from the Beijing Organizing Committee about COVID-19 protocols, including quarantine logistics, has led to uncertainty from the players about participation in the Winter Olympics. The NHL and the NHLPA collectively bargained to allow players to participate in the 2022

2:16 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL announced that it made the wrong call in disallowing what would have been the Sabres‘ tying goal in the final minute of a 2-1 loss to the Rangers on Friday. In a statement released by the league Saturday, senior executive vice president Colin Campbell said

2:33 PM ET MANALAPAN, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics is “ultimately going to have to be a players’ decision.” The NHL and NHLPA negotiated to have players participate in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament, per their latest collective bargaining agreement. But concerns

6:59 AM ET ESPN staff No rivalry has electrified NHL fans during the past 15 seasons quite like Sidney Crosby‘s Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Alex Ovechkin‘s Washington Capitals. But the two superstars are still playing as well as ever, with Ovechkin chasing down Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record and Sid inspiring the league’s next wave of talent.

2:43 PM ET Despite having not yet announced where they’ll play next season, and after some embarrassing lapses in payments to the city of Glendale and the state of Arizona, Bettman said “there’s no issue” with the Arizona Coyotes and that the team is not a threat to relocate. “[Owner] Alex Meruelo is committed to

7:01 AM ET Sidney Crosby hears a lot on the ice during an NHL game. Cheers and jeers. The cacophony of trash talk, interrupted by a few goal horns. But as the years have passed, Crosby’s started to hear something else: Opponents openly confessing that they had the Pittsburgh Penguins star hanging on their bedroom

7:00 AM ET Stan Fischler entered the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday, enshrined there after a career in sports media that has spanned seven decades and continues on today with a new gig at The Hockey News. “There’s also a sentimental aspect to it that,” said the 89-year-old. “I was an original THN