The 64 days spent in the NHL playoff bubble feel like six months to Barclay Goodrow. “It’s tough,” the Tampa Bay Lightning forward said. “It’s been a grind.” It’s a grind he and players won’t do again next season. The league and Players’ Association will meet within the next two weeks to discuss the many
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Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has been ruled out for the remainder of the Stanley Cup final. “Stamkos, he’s done for the series,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Sunday. “Hopefully next time you see him on the ice it’s during a trophy presentation.” The Lightning are up three games to two on the Dallas
After a very un-Dallas Stars-like first overtime period in which they sat back and let the Tampa Bay Lightning take it to them, players and coaches in the dressing room had a very distinct message. “We’ve got to play to win, let’s go at them, let’s get back on our toes and get skating again,”
The irony is not lost on Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry that they are teammates chasing their Stanley Cup dreams with the Dallas Stars. Through the glory days of California hockey, they were mortal enemies. Perry’s Anaheim Ducks were the first of the three California-based NHL teams to win the Cup, back in 2007. Pavelski’s
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos will not play again during the Stanley Cup final, head coach Jon Cooper said on Sunday, adding the next time the team’s top star might be seen on the ice is during the trophy presentation. The Lightning, who lead the best-of-seven final 3-2, will have a chance on Monday
It’s fair to say the Dallas Stars haven’t played their best hockey. And the Stanley Cup final is not exactly the time or place for a team’s game to decline. But in Game 5 — the second of back-to-back games that both went to overtime — they did just enough to extend the playoffs by
The Dallas Stars are still alive in the Stanley Cup final, lead by two veterans who are simply refusing to let them lose. Corey Perry, age 35, scored two goals, including the winner in double overtime, to give the Stars a 3-2 win Saturday over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup final, forcing
DETROIT—The Detroit Red Wings acquired defenceman Marc Staal and a second-round draft pick from the New York Rangers for future considerations Saturday. The draft pick is in 2021. The 33-year-old Staal had two goals and nine assists in 52 games this past season. He has played his whole 13-season NHL career so far with the
The Ottawa Senators bought out the remainder of forward Bobby Ryan’s contract after he cleared waivers on Saturday. In turn, the NHL team will save $3.67 million US in cap space in each of the next two seasons, but add a cap charge of $1.83 million in each of the following two years. “This was
EDMONTON—The end is near for the bubbled NHL playoffs, and those in charge of the rinks say it’s been smooth as an ice sheet — except maybe when teams come to play for three periods and stay on for another five. “That was a fun game, definitely something I’m going to remember,” said Derek King,
The Tampa Bay Lightning moved to within one win of the Stanley Cup on Friday, beating Dallas 5-4 on an overtime power-play goal that left the Stars livid. Kevin Shattenkirk fired the puck from the right face-off circle through traffic and past Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin at 6:34 of overtime. Stars captain Jamie Benn was
Victor Hedman, six-foot-six before his skates go on, is used to standing head and shoulders above everybody on the ice. He’s doing it again, this time as the leading candidate for the Conn Smythe Trophy. The Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman had 10 playoff goals going into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final Friday night.
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos will not play in Friday’s Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars, head coach Jon Cooper announced. In making the announcement, Cooper did not rule out his star for the remainder of the series. That would include Game 5, which is Saturday — the only
Patric Hornqvist’s grit helped the Pittsburgh Penguins win a pair of Stanley Cups. To keep their championship window opened, they decided it was time to move on without him. The Penguins traded the 33-year-old forward to Florida on Thursday in exchange for Mike Matheson and forward Colton Sceviour. Hornqvist spent six seasons in Pittsburgh after
Kevin Shattenkirk had watched one former team, the Washington Capitals, win the Stanley Cup in 2018. Then he watched another former team, the St. Louis Blues, win the Stanley Cup in 2019. That sort of thing gets to a player, he said. If that wasn’t enough, the once highly coveted defenceman, a right-handed shot, found
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. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: Steven Stamkos made a surprising and dramatic return Before last night, the injured Tampa Bay Lightning
Steve Stamkos is back, making a dramatic return from injury in the Stanley Cup final. The Tampa Bay Lightning captain, who hadn’t played since Feb. 25 and had core muscle surgery in March, returned to the ice Wednesday night in Game 3 against the Dallas Stars in Edmonton. And he didn’t waste any time getting
Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept dominating without him. Tampa Bay leads Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final 5-1 over the Dallas Stars through two periods Wednesday night. Stamkos made his 2020 playoff debut 211 days since he last played in an