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Hurricanes one win away from clinching series after 5-2 win over Caps
The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference finals thanks to a 5-2 victory Monday over the Washington Capitals in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series in Raleigh, N.C.,Sean Walker had a goal and an assist, the first two postseason points for t...
Report: Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard may miss rest of Vegas series
Edmonton goalkeeper Calvin Pickard is expected to miss the remainder of the Oilers' Western Conference semifinal series versus the Vegas Golden Knights due to injury, TSN reported Monday.,Pickard has won all six starts in the net for the Oilers during this postseason run. After Edmonton lost the fir...
Jets desperate to solve road shortcomings in Game 4 at Stars
Winnipeg must break a horrid trend when its Stanley Cup playoff series with the Dallas Stars resumes on Tuesday: The Jets must find a way to win on the road.,Trailing 2-1 in their Western Conference semifinals series, the Jets have lost all four road playoff games this year. In fact, they have lost ...
Leafs' Max Domi fined for hit on Panthers' Aleksander Barkov
The NHL fined Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi $5,000 on Monday for boarding Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov.,The incident occurred in the final moments of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second-round series on Sunday night in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won 2-0 to even the best-of-se...
Leafs Melting, Hellebuyck Leaking, and the NHL Playoffs Are a Beautiful Mess
Toronto chokes, stars vanish, and chaos reigns as the Panthers pounce and every NHL semifinal tilts toward mayhem....
Panthers shut out Maple Leafs, tie series at two apiece
Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 to even their second-round playoff series on Sunday night in Sunrise.,The Eastern Conference best-of-seven series, tied at 2-2, will continue on Wednesday in ...
With new life, Golden Knights ready for Game 4 with Oilers
The Vegas Golden Knights are back in the hunt in their Stanley Cup playoff series thanks to their last-second victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3.,Now the Golden Knights can regain home-ice advantage with a win in Monday's Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal series in Edmonton.,Edmon...
Down 2-1 to Canes, Caps look for Alex Ovechkin to deliver
The Washington Capitals understand the significance of Monday's Game 4 in their Stanley Cup second-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes.,With his squad down 2-1 in the best-of-seven series before they take the ice Monday in Raleigh, N.C, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery believes his veteran squad...
Mikko Rantanen, Stars rally in third for Game 3 win over Jets
Third-period goals 49 seconds apart by Alexander Petrovic and Mikko Rantanen sparked the host Dallas Stars to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Sunday's Game 3 of their Stanley Cup playoff series.,Rantanen continued his torrid spree with a one-goal, two-assist outing while Roope Hintz and Thom...
Knights stun Oilers with last-second goal, avoid 3-0 hole
Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game in the final second of regulation, giving the visiting Vegas Golden Knights a shocking 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round series.,With overtime looming after the Oilers erased yet another...
Knights' Mark Stone makes early exit from Game 3 vs. Oilers
Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone left the game late in the first period of Saturday night's Stanley Cup playoffs clash with the visiting Edmonton Oilers.,Stone did not play the final six minutes of the opening frame and the forward did not return with the club after the first intermission. Th...
Frederik Andersen's shutout gains Canes Game 3 win over Caps
Frederik Andersen recorded his first postseason shutout in five years as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the visiting Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C., to take Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.,Andersen stopped 21 shots for the Hurricanes, who took a 2-...
Stars ready to enjoy home cooking in Game 3 vs. Jets
The Dallas Stars already have wrested away home-ice advantage from the Winnipeg Jets in their Western Conference semifinals series.,Now the Stars have the opportunity to assume control of the series when they play host to the Jets in Game 3 on Sunday afternoon.,The best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff ...
Panthers have momentum now ahead of Game 4 vs. Maple Leafs
Two months after the Florida Panthers acquired an injured Brad Marchand from the Boston Bruins, it is the Toronto Maple Leafs who are starting to feel the pain.,Florida will face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday in Game 4 of a second-round Eastern Conference playoff series at Sunrise, Fla., with th...
G Anthony Stolarz remains out for Maple Leafs against Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz will miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers and seemingly will miss more time than that.,Stolarz, 31, has been out since he was injured in Game 1 on Monday. He left the game when he was struck in t...
Oilers G Stuart Skinner to start Game 3 vs. Golden Knights
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner will get the start in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series versus the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.,Skinner started 50 games during the regular season before struggling in the first two playoff games. The Edmonton native yielded 11 ...
Connor Hellebuyck, Jets blank Stars, level series 1-1
Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves to help the Winnipeg Jets even their Western Conference semifinal series against the visiting Dallas Stars with a 4-0 win in Game 2 on Friday night.,Hellebuyck, the front-runner to win a third Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie, has 49 shutouts in his career, inclu...
Brad Marchand shows off OT wizardry as Panthers down Leafs
Brad Marchand scored 15:27 into overtime as the Florida Panthers defeated the Maple Leafs 5-4 on Friday night in Sunrise, Fla., slicing Toronto's lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series to 2-1.,Marchand produced his fourth career overtime playoff goal when his shot bounced in off the body of...
Brad Marchand shows off OT wizardry as Panthers down Maple Leafs
Brad Marchand scored with 4:33 left in overtime as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Friday night in Sunrise.,It was Marchand's fourth career overtime goal in the playoffs, after the puck bounced in off the body of Toronto's Morgan Rielly. That number is the fourth-mo...
Golden Knights' Nicolas Roy not suspended for hit after hearing
Vegas Golden Knights forward Nicolas Roy received a fine but escaped a possible suspension following a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday night.,Roy was fined $7,812.50, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for cross-checking Trent Frederic of the ...