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Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe scored in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 Thursday night for their fourth consecutive victory. Jonathan Quick made 36 saves in his 52nd career shutout for the Kings, while Frederik Andersen made 30 saves in his 19th career shutout for the Leafs. The

CENTRE GEORGES-VÉZINA, CHICOUTIMI, QC — Alexis Shank made 38 saves leading the Chicoutimi Saguenéens to a 3-1 victory over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Félix-Antoine Marcotty added a goal and an assist for the Saguenéens. After a scoreless first period, the score was tied 1-1 at the end of the second period. Christophe Farmer scored for the

For the time being, the Vancouver Canucks playoffs hopes are in the hands of goaltender Thatcher Demko. An injury to Jacob Markstrom has pushed Demko from his role of reliable backup to being the starter the Canucks must rely upon for the immediate future as Vancouver battles down the stretch for a playoff spot. In

COLISÉE FINANCIÈRE SUN LIFE, RIMOUSKI, QC — Alexis Lafrenière netted a hat trick leading the Rimouski Océanic to a 7-3 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres in QMJHL action. Zachary Bolduc added a goal and three assists for the Océanic. The Tigres took an early 2-1 lead in the first period after goals from Jérémy Michaud

Lawson Crouse broke a tie midway through the third period as the Arizona Coyotes used a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks to tighten the playoff race in the NHL’s Western Conference. A wild third period saw the teams combine for five goals and two lead changes. Crouse and Nick Schmaltz scored goals 2:29 apart

BOCA RATON, FLA.—The NHL has banned its employees from business travel outside North America in response to the widening new coronavirus outbreak. And if an individual ends up in a location affected by COVID-19 on their own, the league is mandating a two-week quarantine before that person can return to work. Speaking at the conclusion

New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk needed 90 stitches to his eyelid after being hit in the face with a skate but suffered no damage to his eye, president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said Wednesday. Boychuk was cut Tuesday night when he was hit by Artturi Lehkonen’s skate as the Montreal Canadiens left wing

CENTRE HENRY-LEONARD, BAIE-COMEAU, QC — Yaroslav Likhachev had a goal and an assist leading the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a 5-0 victory over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Simon Pinard also had a goal and an assist for the Armada. The Armada led 1-0 at the end of the first period after Miguël Tourigny scored. The Armada extended

Evander Kane scored two goals to give the San Jose Sharks their first three-game winning streak since November with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Stefan Noesen got the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Kane added an insurance tally 50 seconds later to give the Sharks three

VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks have recalled defencemen Guillaume Brisebois and Jalen Chatfield from Utica of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. The Canucks also announced forward Justin Bailey has been reassigned to Utica. Brisebois has four goals and 11 assists in 47 games with Utica this season. Chatfield has four assists in 46 games with

Steve Montador’s brain smashed against the inside of his skull 19 times in the course of his hockey career, each time hard enough to cause a concussion. Nineteen times, his brain torqued and twisted. And after each of those times, he eventually returned to the ice to play the game he loved. But in the end,

LORAIN, OHIO—Canadian women’s hockey team goaltender Shannon Szabados has announced she’s pregnant. The two-time Olympic gold medallist from Edmonton posted “Excited to announce our little family will be growing by one this summer!” on her Twitter account Monday. Szabados indicated in the post she’s due in August. The 33-year-old did not play for Canada in

Teams don’t score five goals in one period very often. Leon Draisaitl found a way to make the night even more memorable. The NHL’s scoring leader had the first four-goal game of his career and added an assist as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 8-3 on Monday to sweep the season series. “I

BOCA RATON, FLA.—NHL general managers will not make any changes to the league’s emergency goaltending procedure. On the first day of NHL GM meetings Monday, the topic was at the top of the agenda in the aftermath of an incident last month in Toronto. David Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver and the operations manager of

NHL general managers seem unlikely to suggest changes to the emergency backup goaltender policy, even after 42-year-old David Ayres became one of the biggest stories of the season by winning a game for Carolina last month. The issue was among the discussion points Monday, the first of three days of GM meetings, but the apparent

CENTRE GERVAIS AUTO, SHAWINIGAN, QC — Jordan Lepage had a goal and an assist leading the Shawinigan Cataractes to an 8-3 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads. Charles Beaudoin scored two goals for the Cataractes. The Cataractes led 3-0 at the end of the first period led by goals from Beaudoin, Jérémy Martin and Olivier Nadeau.

Cam Talbot made 38 saves, Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist, and the Calgary Flames beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 Sunday. TJ Brodie and Milan Lucic also scored for the Flames, and Mark Giordano had three assists. “I felt pretty good from the get-go, got a good warm-up in this morning,” Talbot said.

When a 42-year-old Zamboni driver entered as an emergency goaltender and won an NHL game, it became one of the best stories in sports. But David Ayres going from practising with the Toronto Maple Leafs to playing against them in the thick of a playoff race also generated debate about what should happen in those