It’s not a position the Calgary Flames wanted to be in, but they find themselves cheering for their provincial rivals for the remainder of the season. The Flames kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 6-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Now they need the Edmonton Oilers to beat the Montreal
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Carolina Hurricanes (36-11-8, first in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (30-23-2, fourth in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Predators +108, Hurricanes -131 BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit Nashville after Luke Kunin scored two goals in the Predators’ 3-1 victory against the Hurricanes. The Predators are 30-23-2
Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid sprinted to a 100-point NHL season with a goal and three assists Saturday in a 4-3 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks. McDavid collected his 97th to 100th point before the end of the second period of his 53rd game. The 24-year-old became the ninth player in NHL history —
SHAWINIGAN, Que. – The Charlottetown Islanders beat the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-0 in the opening game of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Maritimes Division final on Saturday. The best-of-five series is being played in Shawinigan, Que., because of provincial COVID-19 restrictions. Charlottetown finished first in the regular-season standings, while Acadie-Bathurst beat out New Brunswick rivals
Mitch Marner scored his 20th goal of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday night to clinch first place in the North Division. William Nylander and Pierre Engvall also scored for Toronto (35-13-6), while goalie Jack Campbell made 21 saves. The Leafs finished their season series against the Canadiens with
Tampa Bay Lightning (36-15-3, second in the Central Division) vs. Florida Panthers (35-14-5, third in the Central Division) Sunrise, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Panthers -110, Lightning -110; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: Florida hosts the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Panthers took down Dallas 5-4 in overtime. The Panthers are 35-14-5
Tom Wilson reached out to Artemi Panarin in the aftermath of the most talked about incident in hockey this week, and now he’s ready to move on from his latest controversy. In his first interview since a scrum against New York that left Panarin injured, led to a $5,000 US fine and sparked a fight-filled
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kirill Kaprizov scored 17 seconds into overtime to send the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Kaprizov, the rookie sensation with 27 goals this season, snapped a quick shot that was stopped by Anaheim goalie John Gibson, but drove the net and found the
Vancouver Canucks forward Zack MacEwen has been suspended for one game for kneeing Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the discipline Friday, saying in a video that MacEwen “directed a deliberate knee” at Nurse’s head in Vancouver’s 6-3 win over Edmonton on Thursday. Nurse hit MacEwen in the neutral
Buffalo Sabres (15-33-7, eighth in the East Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (36-16-3, first in the East Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Penguins -313, Sabres +247 BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins host Buffalo after Drake Caggiula scored two goals in the Sabres’ 8-4 loss to the Penguins. The Penguins are 36-16-3 against
It was the kind of offer a 17-year-old with big-league hockey ambitions didn’t feel he could turn down: A chance to be an instructor at the Regina Pats’ summer hockey school and a free place to stay with the junior team’s new assistant coach. So on a hot Sunday in August 1988, the teen, himself a Pats prospect,
PITTSBURGH – Jeff Carter scored a career-high four goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved back into first place in the crowded East Division with an 8-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. The 36-year-old Carter, acquired from Los Angeles at the trade deadline, beat Michael Houser three times in the first 25 minutes
Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 40th goal of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday night. Mitch Marner and John Tavares, with a goal and an assist each, Alex Galchenyuk and Pierre Engvall also scored for Toronto (34-13-6). Jack Campbell made 20 saves for the North Division leaders.
CALGARY – Canada’s top players in women’s hockey will finally get to play real games later this month in Calgary. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) is holding Canada’s first Dream Gap Tour event in over a year May 24-30 at a Calgary venue yet to be announced. Sixty players from the PWHPA’s three
The Jets can finally exhale. Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler had two goals each as Winnipeg defeated the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Wednesday to snap an ugly seven-game losing streak and clinch a playoff spot. Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for his third shutout of the season and Andrew Copp added two assists for the
ST. LOUIS – Haydn Fleury scored the shootout winner after also connecting in regulation in the Anaheim Ducks’ 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. Max Jones also scored for the Ducks. Anthony Stolarz made 25 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout. Fleury beat Jordan Binnington with a forehand-backhand
It didn’t take long for the New York Rangers to retaliate to Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson’s antics. A line brawl featuring all six forwards erupted on the ice in the opening seconds of the game Wednesday after Wilson injured Rangers leading scorer Artemi Panarin in Monday’s contest. WATCH | Line brawl to start Rangers-Capitals game:
New Jersey Devils (18-28-7, seventh in the East Division) vs. New York Islanders (31-16-6, fourth in the East Division) Uniondale, New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Islanders -239, Devils +192 BOTTOM LINE: New Jersey visits the New York Islanders after the Devils defeated Boston 4-3 in overtime. The Islanders are 31-16-6 against