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Rookie Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored twice, and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch the Eastern Conference’s top seed through the playoffs. The Lightning not only dropped the game in completing preliminary round-robin play with a 2-1 record, Tampa Bay’s star defenceman Victor Hedman did not return after appearing

Barely making the cut for the NHL’s 24-team return to play, few hockey observers gave the Montreal Canadiens much of a chance in the qualification round against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Habs used it as motivation and it paid off with a stunning upset that secured their place in the first round of the playoffs.

Chris Tanev is the link to the Vancouver Canucks past while Quinn Hughes holds the promise of the future. Like they do so often on the ice, the two defenceman had each other’s backs while answering questions following the Canucks thrilling 5-4 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild Friday night. Tanev, the stringy-haired, 10-year veteran

EDMONTON—The Chicago Blackhawks bounced the hub-city host Edmonton Oilers out of the NHL’s post-season tournament Friday, beating them 3-2 at Rogers Place. The Blackhawks won the best-of-five qualifying series 3-1 and now move on to the round of 16. Brandon Saad, Matthew Highmore and Dominik Kubalik scored for Chicago. Josh Archibald and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins replied

The Vancouver Canucks battled back from deficits three times Friday to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 and qualify for the NHL playoffs for the first time since 2015. Chris Tanev scored on a wrist shot from the blue line 11 seconds into overtime at Rogers Place to give the Canucks a 3-1 win in the

The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to goaltender Tristan Jarry with their season on the line. Coach Mike Sullivan said hours before Friday afternoon’s game that Jarry will make his first playoff start when Pittsburgh faces Montreal in Game 4 of their play-in series. The Canadiens lead the best-of-five 2-1 after rallying for a 4-3 victory

EDMONTON—Mark Stone scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection with under seven minutes left, and the Vegas Golden Knights took a big step toward clinching the top seed in the Western Conference by beating the St. Louis Blues 6-4 in round-robin play Thursday night. Vegas would be the West’s No. 1 seed with a win

The Calgary Flames overwhelmed the injury-addled Winnipeg Jets, beating them 4-0 Thursday to knock them out of the NHL’s post-season. Dillon Dube, Sean Monahan, Sam Bennett and Rasmus Andersson scored for the Flames while Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the shutout at Rogers Place. Calgary won the best-of-five qualifying series 3-1. Connor Hellebuyck stopped

EDMONTON—Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 shots as the Vancouver Canucks edged Minnesota 3-0 to put the Wild on the precipice of elimination in NHL playoff qualifying action Thursday. The Canucks lead the best-of-five series two games to one and can punch their ticket to the round of 16 with a win Friday night. Vancouver hasn’t been

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: The NHL playoffs are heating up Six days into the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, things are getting

EDMONTON—The Chicago Blackhawks pulled out a shocker Wednesday night, getting a tying goal from Matthew Highmore with 5:47 to play before Jonathan Toews scored the winner with 1:16 left for a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup qualifier series. With the Hawks up 2-1 in the best-of-five series

The future of the Vancouver Canucks belongs to a core of talented young players led by Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser, who are all experiencing their first NHL post-season action. But if the current edition of the Canucks hopes to advance to the next round of this year’s Stanley Cup tournament, it needs

Mike Hoffman and Brian Boyle scored 2:07 apart in the opening minutes of the third period, and the Florida Panthers avoided elimination with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders in Game 3 of their preliminary round playoff series on Wednesday. Erik Haula also scored and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 shots. The 10th-seeded Panthers

Brian Boyle and the Florida Panthers turned the tables on the New York Islanders by playing with more discipline and patience to avoid being swept from the playoffs. Boyle and Mike Hoffman scored goals 2:47 apart, and the Panthers took advantage of several miscues in beating the Islanders 3-2 in Game 3 of their best-of-five

Sebastian Aho scored twice in the third period while James Reimer was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday night and sweep the Stanley Cup qualifier series. Warren Foegele scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period for the Hurricanes, redirecting a shot from the

J.T. Miller’s goal and assist led the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, evening their qualifying series at one win apiece. Tanner Pearson, Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat also scored for the Canucks, with Jacob Markstrom turning in a 32-save performance for the win. Kevin Fiala had two goals

Jordan Eberle scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, and the New York Islanders rallied to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers and take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NHL preliminary round playoff series on Tuesday. Ryan Pulock and Matt Martin also scored, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 shots in a game New York

In a move it says is aimed to include more diverse perspectives, Hockey Canada has mandated a minimum of two women must sit on any of its future board of governors. Currently, the 10-member board is composed of white men. Candidates are being sought for board elections in November that will fill nine positions, including