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Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night, tying their best-of-five Stanley Cup qualifying series at one game apiece. Crosby beat Montreal’s Carey Price early in the first period and Zucker tallied with about five minutes left in the third.

Connor McDavid torched Chicago early and often, notching his first ever playoff hat trick while leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-3 win Monday night in NHL qualifying play. The win tied the best of five series at one game apiece and redeemed an Oiler team that was roundly criticized after being outhustled, outsmuscled, outshot and

Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov scored three times for the first post-season hat trick in franchise history and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday for a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup qualifier series. The 20-year-old Svechnikov beat Henrik Lundqvist for the game’s first goal less than five minutes into the game. He

Andrei Svechnikov recorded the first postseason hat trick in franchise history to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday afternoon in Game 2 of the best-of-five Eastern Conference qualifying series in Toronto. Svechnikov, a second-year left winger, scored a goal in each period. His last tally came

Nazem Kadri scored a buzzer-beating power-play goal to give the Colorado Avalanche a 2-1 comeback victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in Western Conference round-robin play Sunday night. Kadri’s shot crossed the goal-line with 0,1 seconds on the clock. The NHL reviewed the play for several minutes before calling it a

Minnesota Wild defenceman Matt Dumba raised his right fist for “The Star Spangled Banner” and “O Canada” prior to his team’s first game of the NHL’s restart against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday at Rogers Place. Dumba’s action came a day after he made a speech at centre ice stressing the need for social and

Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots and the New York Islanders opened their best-of-five playoff series with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday in the NHL’s return following a 4 1/2-month break. Anthony Beauvillier scored the decisive goal on a power play at 3:39 of the second period. The goal was scored a

While offering no update on the status of two injured forwards on Sunday, Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice continued to direct criticism at a player he felt was responsible for one of his key charges leaving the ice. After saying Matthew Tkachuk delivered a “filthy, dirty kick” to the back of Jets centre Mark

Jeff Petry scored at 13:57 of overtime, Carey Price made 39 saves, and the underdog Montreal Canadiens stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday to open their best-of-five qualifying round series. Petry picked up a loose puck in the right faceoff circle and ripped a shot through Murray before being mobbed by teammates. Jesperi Kotkaniemi

The sound of silence may benefit the Vancouver Canucks when they open their best-of-five Stanley Cup qualifying series against the Minnesota Wild Sunday night. For the nine Canucks who have never appeared in the NHL’s post-season, the intensity of the playoffs and the sudden momentum swings will be a new experience. Not having fans in Edmonton’s Rogers

Sebastian Aho scored a goal and set up another in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday in the NHL’s opening playoff game following a 4 1/2-month pause. Jaccob Slavin scored 61 seconds in on Carolina’s first shot on goal in helping the Hurricanes gain the edge in the best-of-five

The NHL’s most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying-round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes got things going 142 days after COVID-19 forced a suspension of the schedule on March 12 with a noon ET opening faceoff at Scotiabank Arena. Any concern about

EDMONTON—As the summer heat shimmers off the pavement and stationary cars double as sweltering four-door Dutch ovens, Canada’s favourite winter pastime is officially back. The National Hockey League begins its ground-breaking, five-round elimination tournament Saturday with 24 teams split between Edmonton and Toronto. The question is whether fans, finally able to enjoy the outdoors in

A lot has changed since the last time the puck was dropped in a National Hockey League game that mattered. The COVID-19 pandemic — which saw countries locked down and economies devastated — has already resulted in more than 17 million confirmed positive cases and about 675,000 deaths around the globe. There was upheaval elsewhere, too, with

Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman won’t travel with the team to the NHL’s Eastern Conference “secure zone” in Toronto because of a personal matter. General manager Julien BriseBois said Hedman will go from his home to the rink and back and avoid the general public in Florida this week before joining his teammates. Hedman

The recently woebegone Vancouver Canucks are retooled and ready to make some noise in the NHL’s return to play tournament, but first must avoid being smothered by the Minnesota Wild. The Canucks, out of the playoffs since 2015, have assembled one of the best group of top-six forwards in the NHL, with four 20-plus goal scorers:

The NHL resumes its season Saturday with a 24-team, two-hub-city setup during the coronavirus pandemic. Day hockey will be a thing, with the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers starting things at noon ET. Here are the biggest questions entering the restart: Will this work? Players who advance to the Stanley Cup final will be

Viktor Arvidsson supplied all the offence, and Juuse Saros and Pekka Rinne combined for the shutout as the Nashville Predators blanked the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Thursday in exhibition action. Arvidsson opened the scoring 3:53 into the game for the Predators and doubled the lead at 8:52 of the second. Filip Forsberg picked up an