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San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson has undergone groin surgery before becoming eligible for free agency this summer. The Sharks said Wednesday that Karlsson had the operation last week and has already started rehabilitation. The team says Karlsson is expected to recover fully in the offseason and be ready for the start of the 2019-20

Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara could miss Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final after taking a puck to the face in Monday night’s loss to the St. Louis Blues. The veteran Chara, who has played in 179 career playoff games, left the ice in the second period with blood running down his face. He

BEDFORD, MASS.—The Boston Bruins reached the Stanley Cup final despite a run of regular-season injuries that prevented anyone on the roster from playing all 82 games. Now comes the real test. The Bruins are preparing for Game 5 against the St. Louis Blues without captain and No. 1 defenceman Zdeno Chara, who did not return

Dylan Cozens wants to clear up a couple misconceptions about Whitehorse. Yukon’s capital has real houses — not igloos — and working electricity. They even have, wait for it, wireless internet. “Lots of people don’t know what it’s like up there,” the 18-year-old said with a laugh. “It’s just a normal place. “A normal little

Connor McDavid didn’t want to answer any questions about his knee. The brace hugging the superstar’s left leg and an accompanying limp said enough.  Speaking at a promotional event Tuesday morning, the Edmonton Oilers captain declined to discuss his recovery from the injury suffered April 6 after he crashed into a goal post during the team’s

ST. LOUIS—Ryan O’Reilly scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, his second of the night, and the Blues thrived in a chaotic Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night to beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 and tie the series at two games apiece. O’Reilly ended an eight-game goal drought by

Ryan O’Reilly was the man for the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final. His brilliant two-goal outing gave his club a determined 4-2 victory in front of the Blues boisterous home crowd to knot the best-of-seven championship series at 2-2 on Monday. O’Reilly’s effort against the Boston Bruins was no

BUFFALO—Dan Marr went to observe a skills camp last summer featuring Connor McDavid, John Tavares and Taylor Hall. That those three established NHL stars — all former No. 1 picks — would stand out to the league’s director of central scouting was a given. The fourth-best player on the ice that July day in Toronto

Each morning Anthony Maroon woke up during a visit to see his father, he’d ask his grandmother how many days he had left with him. Nine? All smiles. The goodbyes were brutal. Patti Maroon told her grandson she couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t cry, but she’d try. By the last day, she had to wear sunglasses

David Pastrnak flashed a wry smile, brimming with confidence. No even-strength points through the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final for the first line put plenty of pressure on Boston’s best players to produce. Pastrnak shrugged it off, saying on scale of 1 to 10 they felt the pressure level was something around

ST. LOUIS—Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best. When the Bruins go on the

BOSTON – When Jordan Binnington first donned the pads of a goaltender as a 7-year-old growing up in Richmond Hill, he was a fan of both Patrick Roy and Curtis Joseph. Roy, then with Colorado, and Joseph, then with the Maple Leafs, were workhorses, products of a generation of goalies that didn’t like to give

Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best. When the Bruins go on the power

This was far from the Stanley Cup homecoming the long-suffering sports fans of St. Louis hoped for their beloved Blues. They had waited for more than 49 years since the city known as the Gateway to the West played host to a game in the NHL championship series —  17,924 days to be exact. The

ST. LOUIS—It was a game St. Louis had waited 49 years to see, and you have to think that for most off the fans at Enterprise Center on Saturday night, it was not worth the wait. The first Stanley Cup final game in St. Louis since 1970 was a disaster, with the Blues losing 7-2,

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Dan Marr will never forget the first time Jack Hughes landed on his radar as a potential top NHL draft prospect. It happened last summer, when the NHL Central Scouting director was attending a skills camp in Toronto. After listing New Jersey’s Taylor Hall, Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and then-Islanders captain John Tavares as the

Bruce Cassidy figures sometime before the puck drops for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final, the Boston Bruins’ first line will get together. Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will talk about what hasn’t gone right so far in the series against the St. Louis Blues and what they need to do better.

ST. LOUIS—Tyler Bozak witnessed the first NHL playoff game in Toronto after a seven-year drought. David Perron experienced the first Stanley Cup final game in Las Vegas. They ain’t seen nothin’ yet. When the St. Louis Blues host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 on Saturday night, it’ll mark the first Stanley Cup final game