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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos each had two goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 on Saturday to open a commanding lead in their second-round playoff series. The defending Stanley Cup champions improved to 10-0 in games following a playoff loss over the past

Goaltender Taya Currie made history on Saturday by becoming the first female athlete ever chosen in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection draft. The 16-year-old from Parkhill, Ont., was selected in the 14th round, 267th overall, by the Sarnia Sting. Currie was touted as one of Alliance Hockey’s top goaltenders as a member of the

Colorado Avalanche (39-13-4, first in the West Division during the regular season) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (40-14-2, second in the West Division during the regular season) Paradise, Nevada; Sunday, 8:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Knights -114, Avalanche -106; over/under is 5.5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Avalanche lead series 2-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado

Jonathan Marchessault and Max Pacioretty scored 45 seconds apart in the third period to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series. William Karlsson also scored for Vegas and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 18 shots, including two point-blank saves inside

The New York Islanders have been in this situation before — trailing in a series after three games. They’re just keeping their focus on the next game. They trailed 2-1 against Pittsburgh in the first round before winning three straight to take the series. Now, after losing Game 3 in overtime at home to Boston,

Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele says he won’t appeal the four-game suspension he was handed for a crushing blow on Montreal’s Jake Evans. Scheifele says he doesn’t agree with the sanction handed down by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Thursday, calling it “excessive,” but added that he doesn’t want to be a distraction

Carolina Hurricanes (36-12-8, first in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-3, third in the Central Division during the regular season) Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lightning -147, Hurricanes +121; over/under is 5.5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Lightning lead series 2-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay

Jordan Staal scored on a power play at 5:57 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night in Game 3 of the second-round series. Staal deflected Sebastian Aho’s shot with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov serving a penalty for holding the stick to cut Tampa Bay’s

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Relegated to the fourth line down the stretch of Minnesota’s season and left off the ice for the beginning of the playoffs, Zach Parise was not pleased with his diminished role. The people responsible understood his frustration as well as anyone. Wild general manager Bill Guerin and coach Dean Evason,

Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice feels Jets forward Mark Scheifele’s crushing hit on Jake Evans of the Montreal Canadiens was “clean.” Maurice says it was a “heavy, heavy” hit by Scheifele on Evans after he scored an empty-net goal in the final minute of the opener of the teams’ playoff series on Wednesday. But Maurice argues

Colorado Avalanche (39-13-4, first in the West Division during the regular season) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (40-14-2, second in the West Division during the regular season) Paradise, Nevada; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Avalanche lead series 2-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche visit the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round of

Mikko Rantanen scored a power-play goal 2:07 into overtime, Philipp Grubauer outdueled fellow Vezina Trophy finalist Marc-Andre Fleury and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series. Rantanen took a cross-ice pass from Nathan MacKinnon and sent a liner over the

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are struggling to beat one of the NHL’s best goaltenders and facing injuries to two players who could help them change that. The challenge of derailing the reigning Stanley Cup champion just isn’t getting easier. Carolina trails 2-0 in the second-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning,

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. The North Division final starts tonight A few things to know for the first-ever Jets-Canadiens playoff series: No one expected this. Even the most diehard Winnipeg and Montreal fans had

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the NHL’s North Division final tonight. Both teams recorded upsets in the first round of the playoffs. The third-place Jets swept Connor McDavid’s second-place Edmonton Oilers, while the fourth-place Habs shocked the first-place Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games. The Jets have

In the midst of a global pandemic — where the unexpected has become the norm — perhaps it’s fitting Canadian hockey fans won’t witness the expected Connor McDavid vs. Auston Matthews matchup in the NHL North Division Final. In its place: legendary netminder Carey Price backstops his Montreal Canadiens against 2019-20 Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck and the

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Kevin Labanc and Conor Garland scored two goals apiece and the United States won its sixth straight game with a 4-2 victory over Italy in its final preliminary game at the world hockey championship on Tuesday. With the victory, the U.S. clinched first in Group B and will play Slovakia in

Chicago’s Al Yellon knows the pain that Toronto Maple Leafs fans were feeling Tuesday after the team’s Stanley Cup drought was extended to 54 years and counting. He became a Cubs fan as a youngster and endured over half a century of so-so results before the team finally won a World Series in 2016, ending