DENVER—The brief message on social media from Colorado defenceman Nikita Zadorov was rhetorical in nature: “How is your bracket?” Obviously, it’s pretty messy. Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau, right, hangs his head as time runs out on the team’s season against the Colorado Avalanche in Calgary on Friday. The Avalanche, who had to push
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The young Dallas Stars have blossomed this post-season, and now their top line of Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov are showing just how much damage they can do together. The combination has put the West’s first wild card a win away from reaching the second round. Radulov scored two goals in the second
CALGARY—Add the Flames to shocking Stanley Cup playoff exits this season. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Flames 5-1 on Friday night to win their first-round series four games to one. The Avalanche advanced to the second round of playoffs for the first time since 2008. Calgary topped the Western Conference with a 50-27-7 record, but
Add the Calgary Flames to shocking Stanley Cup playoff exits this season. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Flames 5-1 on Friday to win their first-round series four games to one. The Avalanche advanced to the second round of playoffs for the first time since 2008. Calgary topped the Western Conference with a 50-27-7 record, but
Jacob Trouba hopes recent history will repeat itself for the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets face elimination from the playoffs in Saturday’s Game 6 in St. Louis, but the veteran defenceman and his teammates are drawing confidence from a pair of victories at Enterprise Center over the last week. “It’s the biggest game of the year
RALEIGH, N.C.—Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie lay flat on his back with both feet in the air before the pain looked so unbearable that he rolled over on his side and screamed. This first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes is tied at two games apiece, but that lasting image of Oshie down on the ice
The Detroit Red Wings have scheduled a news conference on Friday afternoon where — according to multiple media reports — it is expected the team will name former captain Steve Yzerman as their new general manager. JUST ANNOUNCED: The <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedWings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#RedWings</a> will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. EST with Christopher Ilitch, Steve
WINNIPEG—Jaden Schwartz scored with 15 seconds remaining in the third period, lifting the Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday and handing St. Louis a 3-2 series lead in their Western Conference quarterfinal. Ryan O’Reilly and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who host Game 6 of the best-of-seven series
DENVER—Summoning Johnny Hockey! His scoring prowess is required ASAP. After a 99-point regular season, Calgary all-star forward Johnny Gaudreau has been held to a single assist and just 12 shots against Colorado. It is a big reason why the top-seeded Flames trail the Avalanche 3-1 in a first-round series that heads back to Calgary for
The saying “when eating an elephant take one bite at a time” applies to the Calgary Flames. Facing elimination in Friday’s fifth game of their opening-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche, Flames head coach Bill Peters doesn’t want his players making the mountain bigger by thinking they have to win three games in a
DENVER—In the clear, Mikko Rantanen angled his stick back as he waited for the cross-ice pass to arrive. Once it did, he dropped to his left knee to give a little extra. His aim was true and his arms shot up before being mobbed by teammates along the boards. Rantanen scored on a slap shot
April 18, 1999 is a day many hockey fans have etched in their memories. On that day, Wayne Gretzky played is his final game in the NHL. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since his last game. Believe it or not, there is a generation of hockey fans that have never seen Gretzky play before.
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Washington Capitals decided to shake up their lineup during Wednesday’s practice at PNC Arena in hopes of creating a spark on a team that believes it hasn’t yet played its best game this post-season. Tinkering with all four forward lines, one of the biggest changes Capitals coach Todd Reirden made was slotting forward
The Buzzer is CBC Sports’s daily newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered directly to your inbox every weekday. Here’s what you need to know right now from the world of sports: The Blue Jackets KO’d the juggernaut Lightning So this actually happened last night: the clear Stanley Cup favourite and one of the best regular-season
LAS VEGAS— Max Pacioretty had two goals and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury earned his 15th playoff shutout and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference series. Vegas can eliminate the Sharks from the post-season for the second consecutive year on
Max Pacioretty had two goals and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury earned his 15th playoff shutout and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference series. Vegas can eliminate the Sharks from the post-season for the second consecutive year on Thursday in
Todd McLellan was hired as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, taking over a two-time Stanley Cup-winning franchise that slumped to the NHL’s second-worst record this season. McLellan replaces Willie Desjardins, who wasn’t retained after he replaced John Stevens early in the season and did little to halt the Kings’
When retired NHL agitator Sean Avery reached out to his 136,000 Instagram followers Sunday night and all-but-threatened to put an Ancaster dentist out of business for making an online racial slur, the predictable response arrived. By Monday morning, social media had erupted with many people labelling the dentist a racist, calls to his office offering