Ranking the top 50 players in the Olympic hockey tournament
Neil PaineJan 21, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseNeil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight.Multiple AuthorsThe 2026 Winter Olympics are a celebration of international hockey at its peak again. For the...
Lapsed fan’s guide to the Olympic men’s hockey tournament
Greg WyshynskiFeb 10, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN's senior NHL writer.Multiple AuthorsThe 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic men's ice hockey tournament begins Wednesday with round-robin play, and it's the first time NHL players have participated in the...
Can the U.S. beat Canada for a men’s hockey gold medal?
Team USA defeats Team Canada in the gold medal game in overtime. If I was a script writer, that's how the men's Olympic hockey tournament would end.I'm tapping into my pro wrestling fandom to "book" the Olympics for...
Olympic hockey betting odds: Canada favored to win men’s gold, USA favored to win...
The NHL will take center stage at the 2026 Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, as star-studded rosters featuring Nathan MacKinnon, Jack Eichel and more head to Milan Cortina. In the men's ice hockey competition, Canada...
Avalanche star Cale Makar exits game with injury vs. Kraken
DENVER -- Colorado star defenseman Cale Makar left the Avalanche's 6-3 victory over Seattle in the middle of the second period with an undisclosed injury and returned for less than 30 seconds in the final period Tuesday night.During...
Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov exits, then returns after being hit by puck
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov was struck in the mouth by an errant puck and left in the second period of Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Kings before returning for the third.Kaprizov, who...
Blues’ Holloway to hospital after being hit in neck by puck
ST. LOUIS -- Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Tuesday night's contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and departed the rink on a stretcher after being struck by a puck late in the first period.Holloway was hit in the...
Lightning F Brayden Point (lower body) out Tuesday vs. Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning top-line forward Brayden Point has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the host St. Louis Blues due to a lower-body injury.Point sustained his injury during the first period of Tampa Bay's 7-4 loss to...
Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews day-to-day with upper-body injury
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the visiting Boston Bruins due to an upper-body injury.Matthews, who is considered day-to-day with the injury, had an assist and logged just over 22...
Fantasy hockey stock watch – Who’s up and who’s down this season?
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comNov 5, 2024, 12:00 PM ETCloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard.The fantasy...
