Ryan O’Reilly scored twice and added an assist as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Monday to draw even in their NHL playoff series. The best-of-seven opening-round series is knotted at two games apiece. Game 5 goes Wednesday. Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Blues and added an assist. J.T. Miller
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Nearly 20 years ago, Kevin Weekes and goaltending coach Sudarshan Maharaj rented some ice time at a Toronto arena with a Chinese food buffet above them and worked on the fundamentals of the position. It took Weekes’ game to a new level and he was reminded of the extra work as he watches these unusual
Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as the Lightning pushed the Blue Jackets to the verge of elimination after being
EDMONTON—The St. Louis Blues were a desperate team and played like it Sunday, firing 49 shots at the Vancouver Canucks and finally earning a 3-2 overtime win. Brayden Schenn scored on a breakaway with less than five minutes to go in the extra frame to give the defending Stanley Cup champions their first win in
Chicago were in deep trouble. That’s when Corey Crawford took over. Crawford made 48 saves in a stellar performance, and Chicago beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Sunday night to stay alive in their first-round playoff series. “It’s probably as good as he’s ever been,” Chicago defenceman Duncan Keith said. “I don’t know what the
The Maple Leafs, one of hockey’s wealthiest teams, promoted a bright young executive and signed an NHL superstar. The New York Islanders, a vagabond organization without a permanent home, landed one of the great team builders in NHL history and set out to build a team. Those events happened over a period of about seven
Watch live on television and online on Friday at 3 p.m. ET as the Montreal Canadiens battle the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of their playoff series on Hockey Night in Canada. Please note that this stream is optimized for desktop or mobile web. If you prefer viewing this on the CBC Sports App, please open or download to watch this program.
The Chicago Blackhawks gave up a short-handed goal on their first power play. Patrick Kane clanked an open shot off the post. Alex DeBrincat bashed his stick in frustration after coming up empty on six shots in the first two periods. Through three games, that has been the Blackhawks’ fortunes in a nutshell: Costly mistakes
The last few springs haven’t been enjoyable for Bo Horvat. Horvat’s only previous NHL playoff experience was a six-game, opening-round loss to Calgary back in 2015 when he was a Vancouver Canuck rookie. Vancouver has missed the playoffs every season since, until this year. “It hasn’t been fun,” said Horvat. “I’m the type of guy
EDMONTON—Darcy Kuemper snatched up tipped shots, made saves from prone positions, saw pucks through traffic. One monumental effort by Arizona’s goalie and now the Coyotes are back in their series with the Colorado Avalanche. Kuemper stopped 49 shots and the Coyotes held on to beat the Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday in Game 3 of the
Watch live on television and online on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET as the Vaegas Golden Knights battle Chicago in Game 3 of their playoff series on Hockey Night in Canada. Please note that this stream is optimized for desktop or mobile web. If you prefer viewing this on the CBC Sports App, please open or download to watch
Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal on a second-period breakaway 15 seconds after Alex Ovechkin tied it, and the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series at Scotiabank Arena. Barry Trotz’s Islanders played his trademark structured, suffocating style against
The Dallas Stars blitzed Calgary Flames goalie Cam Talbot with shots early Friday night, and that was just fine by him. The 33-year-old goalie turned those pucks aside, and everything else that came his way, in a 2-0 shutout of the Stars to give the Flames a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round NHL playoff
Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice, Carey Price made 30 saves for the seventh post-season shutout of his career, and the Montreal Canadiens thumped the Philadelphia Flyers 5-0 on Friday to even their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. Joel Armia had the other goal for the Canadiens, while Max Domi added three
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid still wasn’t ready to sift through the ashes of an early exit from the NHL post-season a week later. However, McDavid did agree with general manager Ken Holland’s assessment that Edmonton’s defence wasn’t stout enough against Chicago in the best-of-five qualifying round. The Oilers scored 15 goals over four games,
EDMONTON—The goal-starved Dallas Stars found their offensive mojo just in time to keep from going deep in the hole in the NHL playoffs. Miro Heiskanen scored twice Thursday and the Stars held off a furious late comeback from the Calgary Flames to win 5-4 and tie their NHL best-of-seven playoff series 1-1. Dallas defender Jamie
Miro Heiskanen scored twice as the Dallas Stars held off a furious late comeback from the Calgary Flames to win 5-4 on Thursday and tie their NHL playoff series 1-1. Dallas defender Jamie Oleksiak redirected a pass from Corey Perry to score with 40 seconds left for the win. Tyler Seguin and Corey Perry also
Claude Julien marvelled at the Philadelphia Flyers this week. The head coach of the Montreal Canadiens was impressed by their depth, team play and skill from top to bottom. Despite a disappointing result Wednesday, Julien has now seen first-hand that his roster can hang with the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Carter Hart