The Boston Bruins are heading to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They have a date with the Columbus Blue Jackets who shocked the world and swept the NHL’s first-place Tampa Bay Lightning in four games and who were rewarded with the league’s second-place team, the Bruins. Related: Bruins Ready for Blue Jackets,
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report this ad BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have home-ice advantage through a potential trip to the Stanley Cup Final, and they have the Columbus Blue Jackets to thank for it. They’ll get a chance to show their gratitude in the TD Garden on Thursday night. The Bruins host Columbus in Game 1 of the
Keys of the Toronto Maple Leafs offseason Greg Wyshynski and Chris Peters of ESPN: Looking at the keys to the Toronto Maple Leafs offseason. The Nazem Kadri question – A salary cap hit of $4.5 million through 2021-22. A solid third-line center for the Maple Leafs but has been suspended in each of the past
10:43 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman is expected to miss the start of the 2019-20 season following ACL surgery, the team announced Thursday. The team said Hyman, 26, tore his ACL during the first round against the Boston Bruins, though he appeared in all seven games of the series. Surgery is scheduled
The San Diego Gulls are heading to the Pacific Division Finals after a 5-2 win over San Jose at SAP Center on Wednesday night. The Gulls won the series, three games to one, and will face either Bakersfield or Colorado as they reach the second round for the third time in four years. Andy Welinski‘s
Auston Matthews is the face of the franchise in Toronto. But he also got razzed by his Maple Leafs teammates for doing a stylish fashion photo shoot for GQ magazine. “It was a lot of fun,” Matthews said. “Kind of something that definitely got you out of your comfort zone.” The rink for long decades
The Buzzer is CBC Sports’s daily newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered directly to your inbox every weekday. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: Mike Babcock is taking heat When he parted ways with Detroit and became Toronto’s head coach in May 2015, it looked like a savvy
report this ad There are few, if any, sports broadcasters who will ever match colorful Bay Area legend Bill King. King had some of sports most memorable calls in some of sports most stunning moments. So I’ll borrow from him to describe the San Jose Sharks comeback win over the Vegas Golden knights. “The most
report this ad The Columbus Blue Jackets finally have a second-round opponent. The Boston Bruins finally knocked out the Toronto Maple Leafs. The two teams finally get it on at TD Garden starting Thursday. The Blue Jackets come in off a long nine-day layoff after sweeping away the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bruins last played
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames And The Vegas Golden Knights Vancouver Canucks owner on Lombardi speculation Francesco Aquilini: “I want to correct erroneous media reports that I tried to hire Dean Lombardi. In fact, I’ve never spoken to Dean Lombardi in my life.” The Canucks could have some options this
7:52 PM ET Associated Press NHL players and coaches were split Wednesday on whether changes are needed to video review protocol a day after a major penalty played a dramatic role in San Jose’s Game 7 victory over Vegas. Cody Eakin was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking and injuring Joe Pavelski in the third
The defending champions are moving on. Adam Brooks scored all three goals and the Toronto Marlies made quick work of the Rochester Americans, finishing off a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Marlies await the winner of the Syracuse-Cleveland series. Kasimir Kaskisuo (3-0) made 28 saves for the
It’s unclear if the Washington Capitals intentionally scrapped one of their chief traditions from last post-season, or if it just fell by the wayside on its own. Every morning skate on the road during the playoffs a year ago began with a hot lap, one player skating around the rink before everyone else joined in.
Barclay Goodrow scored 18:19 into overtime to send San Jose into the second round of the playoffs with a 5-4 win Tuesday night, capping a wild Game 7 that featured the Sharks erasing a three-goal deficit by scoring four times on a disputed major penalty in the third period and Vegas tying the game in
report this ad On March 19, Jared Clinton of The Hockey News wrote that the Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Petterson had a chance to become the first unanimous Calder Trophy winner since Teemu Selanne in 1992-93. That season, Selanne broke every rookie goal-scoring record in NHL history by collecting 76 goals and 56 assists, for an
report this ad Wild-card winners are the story of this season’s NHL playoffs. The Columbus Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars upended the NHL’s No. 1, No. 2 and No. 8 teams respectively in the post-season’s first round. The Carolina Hurricanes pushed the No. 4 Washington Capitals to a seventh game Wednesday. Related: Hurricanes Control
Holland won’t be heading to Edmonton Darren Dreger: It is believed that Ken Holland has withdrawn his name from being an option for the Edmonton Oilers vacant GM position. He would have been a good option for the Oilers. A position with Seattle is intriguing. Will Lightning staff be following Yzerman out the door? Joe
7:10 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN This might have been the craziest first round in Stanley Cup playoff history, and Tuesday night featured one of the wildest Game 7s you’ll ever see. And oh yeah, there’s another Game 7 in store on Wednesday. Here’s a recap of last night’s action (check out replays of every playoff