On an evening six years in the making, the Iowa Wild rolled to a 7-0 victory over Milwaukee in their playoff debut, the opener of their Central Division semifinal series at Wells Fargo Arena. Game 2 is set for Tuesday night. The Wild, who missed the playoffs in each of their first five seasons of
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ST. LOUIS—Last in the NHL in early January, the St. Louis Blues keep making history and celebrating an unlikely run. After having a league-worst 34 points on Jan. 2, St. Louis became the seventh team to make the playoffs after being in last place at the start of the new calendar year. St. Louis Blues’
Game 7 in Boston is not a comfortable position for long-suffering Leafs fans. They’ve been here before, and they’ll be there again after the Bruins’ impressive 4-2 win in Toronto on Sunday forced another Game 7 between the storied franchises. It will be the third since 2013. The Maple Leafs and their fans need not be
At long last, the Columbus Blue Jackets and their fans have something to celebrate that will last a lifetime. The Blue Jackets swept the top-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning out of the first round of the 2019 NHL Playoffs in stunning fashion. The hockey world will remember this for a long time. Hockey is a copycat
The Arizona Coyotes lost their starting goaltender after 12 starts, the kind of setback that could spoil an entire season. The injuries kept coming, piling up like no other team in the league, which should have sent them to the bottom of the standings again. Yet there they were the final week of the season,
Home NHL Rumors NHL Rumors: The Calgary Flames and the Buffalo Sabres Keys to the Calgary Flames offseason ESPN: Looking at the keys to the Calgary Flames offseason. Assess their goaltending – Mike Smith had a good playoff, but the pending unrestricted free agent only posted .898 save percentage during the regular season. 26-year old
Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate. Playoff Brackets | Today’s Scoreboard | League Stats | Series Infographics @ Game 2 – Today, 5:05 ET, (CHA leads series, 1-0)Follow @CheckersHockey Follow @AHLBruins Tweet #CHAvsPRO Charlotte and Providence face off in Game 2 of
1:32 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers have officially removed the statue of Kate Smith from its location outside their arena and will no longer play Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” at games, the team announced in a statement on Sunday. This follows the New York Yankees’ decision to suspend the use of Smith’s “God
WASHINGTON—Nicklas Backstrom needed five games to match his goal output from the entire 2018 playoffs, and he and Alex Ovechkin have the defending champion Capitals one victory away from the second round. Backstrom had two goals and two assists, Ovechkin had a goal and two assists and Braden Holtby stopped all 30 shots he faced,
report this ad RThe Anaheim Ducks just wrapped up their 25th season in franchise history. With the draft lottery behind them and the NHL Draft ahead, the Ducks and their fans are hoping that the next batch of draftees will develop into future pieces of a Stanley Cup winning team. In the Ducks’ 25-year history,
Nicklas Backstrom needed five games to match his goal output from the entire 2018 playoffs, and he and Alex Ovechkin have the defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals one victory away from the second round. Backstrom had two goals and two assists, Ovechkin had a goal and two assists and Braden Holtby stopped all 30 shots
report this ad TORONTO — Jake Muzzin knows about closing out series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Maple Leafs defenceman won a Stanley Cup as a member of the L.A. Kings in 2014 and is one of just four players in Toronto’s room to play past the first round in the post-season. Muzzin’s message to his
Mikheyev getting NHL interest Andrew Zadarnowski: Sport-Express reporting that 24-year old KHL forward Ilya Mikheyev will be signing with the Vegas Golden Knights. Igor Eronko: The Golden Knights are interested in Mikheyev but he has other NHL offers as well. Mikheyev is a “Speedy versatile RW with a heavy wrist-shot who loves to dangle and
8:15 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Fare three well Winnipeg Jets, as the St. Louis Blues sent yet another higher seed home with a Game 6 elimination. Meanwhile, two other teams were pushed to the brink. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+), and what to
Andrew Agozzino scored three goals, lifting Colorado to a 4-1 win over Bakersfield in Game 2 of their series on Saturday night. The best-of-five Pacific Division semifinal is tied at 1-1 as it shifts to Bakersfield, where the Condors will host Game 3 on Tuesday. Julien Nantel, who scored once in 45 regular-season games, found
DENVER—The brief message on social media from Colorado defenceman Nikita Zadorov was rhetorical in nature: “How is your bracket?” Obviously, it’s pretty messy. Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau, right, hangs his head as time runs out on the team’s season against the Colorado Avalanche in Calgary on Friday. The Avalanche, who had to push
The young Dallas Stars have blossomed this post-season, and now their top line of Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov are showing just how much damage they can do together. The combination has put the West’s first wild card a win away from reaching the second round. Radulov scored two goals in the second
report this ad WINNIPEG — Jaden Schwartz scored with 15 seconds remaining in the third period, lifting the Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday and handing St. Louis a 3-2 series lead in their Western Conference quarterfinal. Ryan O’Reilly and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who host Game 6 of the