DENVER – Mike Smith will be back in the crease for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Colorado counterpart Darcy Kuemper, meanwhile, is out with an upper-body injury and won’t dress. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar made the confirmation following Thursday’s morning skate that his No. 1 goaltender won’t play
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Martin St. Louis has officially become the 32nd head coach in Montreal Canadiens history after signing a three-year extension with the National Hockey League club on Wednesday. St. Louis had been serving as interim coach after taking over from former bench boss Dominique Ducharme, who was fired on Feb. 9. Under St. Louis, the Habs
NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Chytil has found his scoring touch and it’s helping the New York Rangers get on quite a roll. Chytil scored twice in the second period and the Rangers routed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Filip Chytil has found his scoring touch and it’s helping the New York Rangers get on quite a roll. Chytil scored twice in the second period and the Rangers routed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. After scoring eight goals
Martin St. Louis has officially become the 32nd head coach in Montreal Canadiens history after signing a three-year extension with the National Hockey League club on Wednesday. St. Louis had been serving as interim coach after taking over from former bench boss Dominique Ducharme, who was fired on Feb. 9. Under St. Louis, the Habs
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Jared Davidson scored twice in the second period, including once on the power play, to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 3-2 Game 7 victory on Tuesday night against the Blazers in Kamloops. With the win in front of 5,400 fans at the Sandman Centre the T-Birds advance to the Western Hockey
The Oilers have seen this script play out before. This opponent, however, is a different beast. And if Edmonton doesn’t solve its defensive issues, the Western Conference final could be over quick. Cale Makar had a goal and two assists Tuesday as the high-flying Colorado Avalanche dominated early and hung on late to defeat the
The NHL’s much-anticipated west final between the Oilers and Avalanche will get started Tuesday night in Denver with plenty of star power and intrigue on both sides. Here are five things to know as we head into Game 1 of the Western Conference final: GENERATIONAL MATCHUP This year’s Western Conference final is being hailed as
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. They say all politics is local. Maybe they should say the same about hockey fandom. Once a team is eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, its supporters tend to lose
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nothing is fazing these New York Rangers, not multi-game series deficit nor playing in a building where no road team has won in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Instead, this resilient bunch is carrying an ever-growing confidence straight into the Eastern Conference finals, thanks to another Game 7 win and the latest
Nothing is fazing these New York Rangers, not multi-game series deficit nor playing in a building where no road team has won in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Instead, this resilient bunch is carrying an ever-growing confidence straight into the Eastern Conference finals, thanks to another Game 7 win and the latest strong performance from possibly
Connor McDavid has reached new heights in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Same goes for Nathan MacKinnon. Despite the good vibes of conquering past disappointments and silencing critics, both superstars — with 11 career individual NHL awards between them — are far from satisfied with the task only half complete. McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers and MacKinnon’s Colorado
The Edmonton Oilers have made it through two rounds of the NHL playoffs, but they’ve used two Game 1 mulligans along the way. They’ll look to start strong this time around against the Colorado Avalanche when the Western Conference final kicks off Tuesday in Denver. “We want to have a good first 10 minutes, good
SEATTLE – A goal by Lukas Svejkovsky at 3:28 of the third period held up as the winner Sunday as the Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the visiting Kamloops Blazers 2-1 to force a seventh and deciding game in the tight Western Hockey League playoff series. Kobe Verbicky gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead at 12:53 of
Sakari Manninen scored in overtime to lift host Finland to a 4-3 win over Canada in a wild gold-medal game at the men’s World Hockey Championship on Sunday in Tampere, Finland. Finland also got two goals from Mikael Granlund and another from Joel Armia. Dylan Cozens, Zach Whitecloud and Max Comtois scored for Canada, while
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers got off to a strong start and didn’t need a comeback to win another elimination game. One more like this — but on the road — and they’ll be heading to the Eastern Conference finals. Igor Shesterkin stopped 37 shots and became the fifth goalie in NHL
Veteran Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza announced his retirement Sunday after a 19-season NHL career. The 38-year-old is moving into the Maple Leafs’ front office as a special assistant to GM Kyle Dubas. Taken second overall by Ottawa in the 2001 draft, Spezza spent his first 11 seasons with the Ottawa Senators before joining the
ESTEVAN, Sask. – The Pickering Panthers and Brooks Bandits will meet Sunday in the Centennial Cup championship game, albeit the Panthers had a much tougher time getting to the winner-take-all showdown at Affinity Place. Jacob Partridge scored a shorthanded goal for the Ontario Junior Hockey League squad at 9:54 of the first period and teammate