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 crowd of 8,683.
Canada
EDMONTON – A shot at a Stanley Cup late in an NHL career is something to savour. Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith is a 39-year-old veteran aspiring to hoist the Cup before the end of his career. He’s aware of the chance in front of him when the Oilers open the post-season Wednesday against the
In times of crisis, people often turn to creature comforts to help them get through — baking bread, whipping up favourite family recipes or flipping through childhood photo albums. Hockey fans of a certain age are set to experience a similar type of escape thanks to the NHL North Division playoffs, an all-Canadian affair necessitated by COVID-19 restrictions on cross-border
QUEBEC – Nathan Legare scored the go-ahead goal at 10:40 of the third period as the Val-d’Or Foreurs topped the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 5-2 on Monday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. Samuel Poulin and Emile Lauzon added goals 1:32 apart following Legare’s winner to help Val-d’Or take Game 1 of the best-of-five third-round
Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal 30 seconds into the third period and wrapped it up with an empty-netter, Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Gabriel Landeskog also added a third-period goal by tipping in
VANCOUVER – A civil lawsuit has been filed alleging that Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sexually assaulted a young woman. A statement of claim filed in Kelowna, B.C. last week alleges Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and assaulted her as the woman repeatedly said no and pleaded
A civil lawsuit has been filed alleging that Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sexually assaulted a young woman. A statement of claim filed in Kelowna, B.C. last week alleges Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and assaulted her as the woman repeatedly said no and pleaded with him
SUNRISE, Fla.- (AP) — For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the return of several key players couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. Brayden Point scored two late goals, including the game-winner with 1:14 left in the third period, to lift the defending champion Lightning to a 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the return of several key players couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. Brayden Point scored two late goals, including the game-winner with 1:14 left in the third period, to lift the defending champion Lightning to a 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night in Game 1
Excerpt from Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player. Hockey trailblazer Fred Sasakamoose, a centre who played 11 games for the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1953-54 season, died in November at age 86 from complications related to COVID-19: My moosum made me feel special.
The NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs are here and you can watch the action live on CBC TV or live streamed through CBCSports.ca and the CBC Sports app. Dates and times are subject to change. The full broadcast schedule for the first round of the NHL playoffs, and where you can watch each game, is below: East
WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie’s goal song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” echoed through Capital One Arena and its 25% capacity crowd. It turned out the credit technically belonged elsewhere, but Capitals fans were in no mood to nitpick. Nic Dowd’s deflection of Oshie’ shot from the blue line found the back of
T.J. Oshie’s goal song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” echoed through Capital One Arena and its 25% capacity crowd. It turned out the credit technically belonged elsewhere, but Capitals fans were in no mood to nitpick. Nic Dowd’s deflection of Oshie’ shot from the blue line found the back of the net 4:41
There used to be a thing called the Governor’s Cup, a trophy presented to whichever team won the annual regular season series between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning. It was supposed to be a way of drumming up hockey interest around the Sunshine State. It never really caught on. Besides, there are far
Want to watch a free live stream of Stanley Cup playoff games on Hockey Night in Canada? CBC will live stream Hockey Night in Canada on all digital platforms, meaning more Canadians will be able to access the games. This Saturday, the Boston Bruins face the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of their series at 7 p.m. ET. Here’s your guide on how to
OTTAWA – Cole Reinhardt scored the winner 18 seconds into overtime, and the Belleville Senators picked up their fifth straight victory with a 3-2 win Friday against the Manitoba Moose. Logan Brown and Jonathan Aspirot also scored while Mads Sogaard made 26 saves for the Senators (15-15-1) Mikhail Berrdin stopped 37-of-40 shots for the Moose
The Winnipeg Jets’ top line is clicking at the right time. Kyle Connor scored twice including the eventual winner, while captain Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele each had two assists as Winnipeg beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Friday in the regular-season finale for both teams. “I feel good going into the playoffs, playing
By the time the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks cap their regular seasons, the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins will be well into the first round of their playoff series. Another bizarre anomaly in an NHL season with a COVID-19 backdrop is two teams’ regular seasons overlapping with other clubs’ playoff series. Neither the Flames