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NHL players who sat through the 2012-13 lockout will receive the first of three annual installments of collectively bargained "transition payments" in October, a source confirmed to ESPN.com.

Sylvan Lake, AB - Kraft Canada, the National Hockey League Players' Association, the National Hockey League, and Sportsnet today announced a new three-year commitment to evolve the award-winning Kraft Hockeyville, focuse...

New York Rangers top-line center Derek Stepan will miss four to six weeks after fracturing his fibula during a conditioning drill Wednesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel have been compared in hockey circles for years. Only one of them can be the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NHL draft but their careers will be forever linked. Even amid the hype, th...

The puck hasn't dropped yet and already the Red Wings are facing a key injury: Pavel Datsyuk is out a month with a separated right shoulder.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. - New York Rangers centre Derek Stepan has broken his lower left leg during a conditioning drill. The Rangers say it's unclear how long Stepan will be sidelined. The 24-year-old Stepan missed a scrimmage...

Stepan's broken fibula could force the Rangers to start the N.H.L. season without their top-line center.

TORONTO / NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the National Hockey League (NHL®) will celebrate the start of the 2014-15 regular season with the 2014 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off, a free hockey and music festival and viewi...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Louis Domingue stopped all 28 shots he faced through two periods, and the Arizona Coyotes got two goals from Justin Hodgman in a 4-0 preseason victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. Lucas Less...

San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture left late in the second period of a 4-2 loss against the Vancouver Canucks in a preseason game Tuesday. Couture was hit on the shoulder with four minutes left in the second period an...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Carolina Hurricanes centre Jordan Staal broke his lower right leg in a preseason game at Buffalo on Tuesday night, general manager Ron Francis said. Staal is scheduled to return to Raleigh, North Carolina...

"I know people think I have this list tucked away in a vault with cities lined up," Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "We don't."

CHICAGO - Jonathan Toews deflected in defenceman Duncan Keith's shot from the left point 3:01 into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 preseason victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Toews moved ...

Carolina Hurricanes center Jordan Staal broke a bone in his right leg in a preseason game at the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Staal, who was hit by Buffalo defenseman Josh Gorges in the third period, sustained the injury i...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals in the third period, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-2 victory against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Filip Fo...

Carolina Hurricanes center Jordan Staal was walking on crutches and will require further tests to determine the severity of a right leg injury sustained in a preseason game at Buffalo on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL - Drayson Bowman scored with 48 seconds left in regulation time to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in the opening NHL pre-season game for both clubs on Tuesday night. Christia...

TORONTO - William Nylander created and got some opportunities and showed flashes of offensive skill in his pre-season NHL debut. Time will tell if he's ready for full-time duty at hockey's highest level, but Nylander sco...

ESPN.com previews the 2014-15 NHL season with a look at the St. Louis Blues.

ESPN.com previews the 2014-15 NHL season with a look at the Colorado Avalanche.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sergei Bobrovsky and Oscar Dansk combined to make 42 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-0 in a preseason game on Tuesday night. Bobrovsky played the first two periods a...

TAMPA, Fla. - NHL linesman Tim Nowak has left the preseason game between the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning due to an injury. Nowak needed assistance from trainers to walk to the locker room after being hurt...