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Nikita Kucherov would have much rather grinded through the season with his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates than sit out all 56 games while recovering from hip surgery. “Missing a whole year, you ask any player, you don’t want to be that guy,” Kucherov said. Kucherov was that guy. The leading scorer on Tampa Bay’s 2020

The uphill climb facing the Montreal Canadiens just got a little steeper. The only Canadian team with a shot at the Stanley Cup gave up a 4-1 loss Monday in their first of a best-of-seven semifinal battle against the top-seeded Vegas Golden Knights. It was Montreal’s first game outside of Canada in 2021, and it

The New York Rangers have reached an agreement to hire Gerard Gallant as their next coach, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the agreement. Gallant was a highly sought-after coaching candidate three years after

Watch live on television and online on Monday at 9 p.m. ET as the Vegas Golden Knights host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Hockey Night in Canada. Please note that this stream is optimized for desktop or mobile web. If you prefer viewing this on the CBC Sports app, please open or download to watch

LAS VEGAS – A difficult challenge awaits the Montreal Canadiens tonight as they enter their Stanley Cup semifinal as underdogs against the host Vegas Golden Knights. The top-ranked Golden Knights won an NHL-best 40 games in the shortened 56-game regular season and tied Colorado for the highest point total in the league – 23 points

Brendan Gallagher grew up hearing a constant chorus of doubt surrounding his dream of making it to the National Hockey League – mainly due to his lack of size and, later, draft pedigree. The Vancouver Giants product refused to waste energy on his critics, choosing instead to focus on proving correct the people who believed

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Semyon Varlamov and the New York Islanders are on a roll. The veteran goaltender made 30 saves to outplay Andrei Vasilevskiy, and the Islanders got goals from Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock to hold off defending champion Tampa Bay 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup semifinals. The Lightning lost

Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock both scored goals to give the visiting New York Islanders a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday and first blood in their Stanley Cup semifinal series. Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who have won four straight games. Game 2 of the best-of-seven semifinal series

MONTREAL – Marc Bergevin has every reason to smile these days. The Montreal Canadiens general manager assembled a team that is making a deep playoff run and is now preparing to face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup semifinals. But while Bergevin is happy with the team’s success so far, he says he’s

The Montreal Canadiens could be on the cusp of getting some key pieces back in the lineup as they prepare for their toughest challenge yet — the Vegas Golden Knights. Interim head coach Dominque Ducharme said Saturday defencemen Jeff Petry (hand), Jon Merrill (lower-body injury), and forward Jake Evans (concussion) are travelling with the team to

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Experience is an invaluable ally in the Stanley Cup playoffs. There’s little the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning haven’t encountered during deep postseason runs five of the past seven years. The New York Islanders haven’t achieved as much but have progressed enough in three seasons under Barry Trotz to not feel

Experience is an invaluable ally in the Stanley Cup playoffs. There’s little the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning haven’t encountered during deep postseason runs five of the past seven years. The New York Islanders haven’t achieved as much but have progressed enough in three seasons under Barry Trotz to not feel like heavy underdogs in

Where would the Vegas Golden Knights be without Max Pacioretty? For that matter, where would the Montreal Canadiens be if they hadn’t traded him? Pacioretty was the Canadiens’ captain before he was dealt to Vegas in the summer of 2018, helping to define the future of both franchises. Though they have never met in the

In the midst of a global pandemic, Akim Aliu has been places he’d never dreamt of. The former NHLer has gone from sharing his experiences as a Black hockey player on social media to gracing the covers of magazines, skating in a reality TV show and working with business leaders in his quest to help

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask will have surgery to repair a previously undisclosed torn labrum in his hip, he said Friday, two days after the team was eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Islanders. Rask, who is eligible to become a free agent, said he hopes to re-sign with the

Quebec’s Health Department says the Montreal Canadiens have made a request to increase capacity during home games at the Bell Centre. It said in an emailed statement Friday the request is being analyzed. No timetable was given for when a decision might come. The Canadiens have been allowed to admit 2,500 fans since Game 6

The Montreal Canadiens will face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup semifinals, with Game 1 set to go on Monday. The Golden Knights became the final team to qualify for the semifinals with a 6-3 win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 of the West Division final last night. Vegas finished

Alex Pietrangelo scored his first goal of the post-season to break a tie late in the second period, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 in Game 6 of their second-round series on Thursday night to advance to the Stanley Cup semifinals. Nick Holden, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, William Carrier, and Max