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The opportunity at hand is not lost on Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares. And he says it’s a great one for his team to rise to. Toronto holds a 3-1 lead in its first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Game 5 on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs have

DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz has the size, speed and shot that Dallas Stars teammate Max Domi says makes him pretty much the perfect hockey player. “I’m sure most hockey fans have played some form of NHL EA Sports or whatever it is, and he’s kind of the guy you’d probably try and create,” Domi

Matthew Tkachuk scored six minutes into overtime to help the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Wednesday night and force their first-round playoff series back to Florida for a sixth game. One game after Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark tried to fight Tkachuk, the Panthers forward took advantage of Ullmark’s sloppy puck play behind the

NEW YORK – The Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild will play a series of games in Stockholm, Sweden next season, the National Hockey League announced on Wednesday. The 2023 NHL Global Series will feature the four teams in a slate of four regular-season games to be played Nov. 16-19

The NHL is sending four teams to Sweden next season, with the Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators taking part in Global Series games there in November. The league on Wednesday announced its second and final venture outside North America in 2023: a game each day in Stockholm from Nov.

NORTH BAY, Ont. – The North Bay Battalion scored two third-period power-play goals to erase a 1-0 deficit and eventually beat the Barrie Colts 3-1 to win their Ontario Hockey League playoff series in seven games. Kyle Jackson, Kyle McDonald and Owen Van Steensel (empty-netter) scored for the Battalion, who trailed 1-0 after the first

Brock Nelson scored by knocking in an airborne puck that had bounced off the face of Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, and the visiting New York Islanders added two goals that came off turnovers, beating the Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night and extending their first-round playoff series. The Islanders trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, but staved

Morgan Barron’s stitched face sends a shudder through his NHL brethren, but players find the idea of more facial protection equally distasteful. While many players have voluntarily adopted cut-resistance socks and wristbands, they’ve historically met any augmentation of head gear with resistance. Barron is currently playing with a full cage because he was cut for

Sheldon Keefe had a strong sense Alexander Kerfoot was going to have a big moment for his team. The Maple Leafs head coach told him as much back in the winter — he just didn’t know when. It arrived on a memorable Monday night in Florida. Kerfoot scored on a power play at 4:14 of

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mackenzie MacEachern went from joining the Carolina Hurricanes as a call-up from the minors to skating on the team’s top line in a road playoff game for a team struggling with injuries. “Obviously it’s a playoff game,” MacEachern said, “but it’s just trying to approach it like another game and try

Jonas Siegenthaler scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, Akira Schmid had 22 saves in another shutdown start and the visiting New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Monday night to even their first-round playoff series at two games apiece. Jack Hughes and Ondrej Palat also scored for New Jersey, which got

WINNIPEG – Bruce Cassidy is in enemy territory these days, but the Vegas Golden Knights head coach is enjoying a special playoff atmosphere. When the Golden Knights hit the ice Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 of their first-round series, a sold-out crowd of 15,325 at Canada Life Centre continued the “whiteout” playoff

The Edmonton Oilers’ theme heading into the fourth game of their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings was to keep hammering at the rock until it split. The Oilers finally found the five-on-five offence to go with their potent power play Sunday in Los Angeles and edged the Kings 5-4 in overtime. The best-of-seven,

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Hall and Jake DeBrusk each scored twice, Linus Ullmark stopped 41 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Brad Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi also had goals for the Bruins, who got their second consecutive win at

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SEATTLE (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar weren’t interested in being side characters to a historic night for the Seattle Kraken. The trio took centre stage and reclaimed home-ice advantage for the defending Stanley Cup champions. MacKinnon and Rantanen scored in a 1:28 span early in the third period, and the Colorado

Morgan Rielly has experienced a lot of tough moments as the longest-serving member of the Maple Leafs. The veteran defenceman — and his Toronto teammates — showed plenty of fight and did just enough on a night where they were largely second best. Rielly scored at 19:15 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves

The Minnesota Wild have delivered a forceful and punishing performance to take the lead in their first-round NHL playoff series with the Dallas Stars. The Wild are wincing a little bit themselves, though. Joel Eriksson Ek, their best center, could be sidelined again after he missed the first two games and had his Game 3