The stars are scoring for the Vegas Golden Knights, all four lines are producing, and the goaltending has been superb. That’s how to take control of a playoff series. Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves for his 16th career postseason shutout, Nicolas Roy scored twice and the Golden Knights beat Minnesota 4-0 in Game 4 on
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves for his 16th career postseason shutout, Nicolas Roy scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota 4-0 in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series on Saturday night to push the Wild to the verge of elimination. Alex Tuch and Mark Stone each got
Auston Matthews scored the go-ahead goal and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Saturday night to even their first-round playoff series 1-1. William Nylander, with a goal and an assist, Jason Spezza, Rasmus Sandin and Alexander Kerfoot, into an empty net, also scored for Toronto, which got
How can something that should be the same be so different? In a normal year, it happens 82 times during the regular season. This time around, pandemic issues limited it to 56. And yet, once again, when the puck dropped for the first game of the 2020-21 NHL playoffs it immediately changed. The first game
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been cleared of structural damage to his head, neck, and spine, Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas told reporters on Saturday. Tavares was taken off the ice on a stretcher and transported to hospital after colliding with Montreal’s Ben Chiarot in the first period of Thursday night’s Game 1 in
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Graves had a goal and two assists, Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche used a three-goal second period to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Friday night and take a 3-0 series lead in their first-round West Division matchup. Alex Newhook scored his first NHL goal,
Paul Stastny scored the overtime winner for the Winnipeg Jets in a 1-0 playoff win Friday over the host Edmonton Oilers. Stastny’s screened wrist shot beat Oilers goaltender Mike Smith top corner 4:06 into the extra period. Winnipeg took a two-game lead in the best-of-seven, first-round series after winning the opener 4-1 on Wednesday. Games
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Wild right wing Marcus Johansson has a broken left arm that will take him out of the playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Johansson was hurt in the first period of Game 3, when he approached the net and appeared to trip on the puck with Golden Knights
The Toronto Maple Leafs say captain Jonathan Tavares has been discharged from hospital and will be out of the playoffs “indefinitely” following a frightening collision in Thursday night’s game against the Montreal Canadiens. The 30-year-old was taken off the ice in a stretcher and transported to hospital after colliding with Montreal’s Ben Chiarot in the first period. He was hit in
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Reilly Smith capped a three-goal second-period surge by the Vegas Golden Knights with the go-ahead score in a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild to grab the lead Thursday night in this first-round playoff series. Mark Stone had two goals, Patrick Brown and William Karlsson also scored, Nick Holden had
Paul Byron scored the short-handed winner from his knees with under eight minutes left in regulation and Carey Price made 35 saves as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Thursday in the opener of a much-anticipated first-round playoff series between Original Six rivals. Josh Anderson had the other goal for Montreal,
The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Clark Bishop to a one-year, two-way contract extension. The deal is worth US$800,000 at the NHL level and $200,000 in the American Hockey League for the 2021-22 season. Bishop, 25, appeared in 13 games with the Senators in 2020-21, registering three assists and four penalty minutes. The native of
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens resume their legendary rivalry in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday night. Before the puck drops on that game, listen to Roch Carrier read his beloved Canadian children’s story, as told to CBC’s As It Happens in 2014. LISTEN | Roch Carrier reads ‘The
EDMONTON – Connor Helleybuyck made 32 saves for the Winnipeg Jets in a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday to open their first-round playoff series. Dominic Toninato and Tucker Poolman scored goals and both Kyle Connor and Blake Wheeler added empty-netters for Winnipeg in its first playoff meeting with Edmonton since 1990 in
The Winnipeg Jets contained the NHL’s top two scorers and their goaltender Connor Hellebuyck did the rest in a 4-1 win Wednesday over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series. Hellebuyck was stellar with 32 saves. Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were held off the scoresheet with a combined six shots
Alberta and Manitoba are not ready to follow Quebec’s lead in allowing hockey fans to attend NHL playoff games. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province currently has much higher COVID-19 numbers than Quebec, while the Manitoba Health Department says “there are not plans at this time to have fans in the arena.” In a
Growing up as a new Canadian during the late fifties, I had a serious challenge. It started almost immediately after I got off the ship from Britain and walked down the gangway with a cricket bat in my hand and discovered it wasn’t going to be much use when I hit the ice. I had
LAS VEGAS – Alex Tuch had two goals, including the tiebreaking score in the second period, as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Tuesday night and tied the first-round playoff series at a game apiece. Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves in front of a sold-out