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NHL Connor McDavid became the first player in 27 years to reach 150 points in a season when he had a goal and an assist in the first period of Edmonton’s road game against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Social Sharing Edmonton captain has 63 goals and 87 assists in 80 games The Canadian Press

SASKATOON – Egor Sidorov scored twice, Trevor Wong added two assists and the home team finally won a game as the Saskatoon Blades defeated the visiting Regina Pats 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series. Vaughn Watterodt and Conner Roulette also scored for the Blades, who outshot the

It had been awhile since the Vancouver Canucks held an opponent off the scoresheet — 133 games, to be precise. That changed Thursday when Thatcher Demko stopped all 33 shots he faced, backstopping Vancouver to a 3-0 victory over struggling Chicago for the third shutout of his NHL career. “He’s just solid,” coach Rick Tocchet said

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Matias Maccelli charges across the blue line and stops so abruptly near the right circle that the defender skates right past. Without appearing to even glance back, he slips a pass between two defenders right on the tape of a trailing teammate. An athletic move, adept vision, goal. It’s the type

David Pastrnak scored his 57th goal of the season at 2:30 of overtime to give the history-chasing Boston Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Pastrnak blasted a shot from inside the left circle as the Bruins notched their 61st victory — one off the NHL season record set by

New York Rangers (46-21-12, third in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (24-46-8, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers face the Columbus Blue Jackets in Metropolitan Division play on Saturday. Columbus is 24-46-8 overall and 6-14-3 against the Metropolitan Division. The Blue Jackets

The National Hockey League announced this week Dean Smith of Halifax has been named a Canadian finalist for the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. The award is given to an individual who has made an impact on his or her community, culture or society through hockey. “Being named a finalist is incredibly special for me,”

Some six years later, Caroline Harvey finds it much easier reflecting back to when the sting of homesickness began to sink in after her parents dropped her off to attend the Selects Hockey Academy in Rochester, New York, at 14. The decision to move some 400 miles from her New Hampshire home and pursue Harvey’s

Montreal Canadiens forward Denis Gurianov won’t participate in warmup for the team’s Pride night on Thursday ahead of a game against the Washington Capitals, head coach Martin St. Louis said. The Canadiens will wear rainbow-coloured warmup jerseys as part of the Pride night celebration. St. Louis said Gurianov’s decision was for family reasons. “I think

Tampa Bay Lightning (45-27-6, third in the Atlantic Division) vs. New York Islanders (39-30-9, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) Elmont, New York; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Islanders -115, Lightning -105; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning take the ice in Eastern Conference action.

When Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was the top overall pick by the Edmonton Oilers in 2011, many thought he would be on the verge of a couple 100-point seasons. The veteran forward finally reached that milestone Wednesday night in his 12th NHL campaign. Nugent-Hopkins became the third Edmonton skater to reach 100 points this season as the

Eager as coach Carla MacLeod is to see how her Czech Republic team handles the challenge of making its Group A debut at the women’s world hockey championships, the two-time Canadian Olympian understood the reality of the situation before the tournament even opened in suburban Toronto Wednesday. The chances of the Czechs or any one

Columbus Blue Jackets (24-45-8, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (49-21-8, second in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The New Jersey Devils host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Dawson Mercer’s hat trick against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Devils’ 5-1 win. New Jersey is 49-21-8

Joseph Woll entered this season wanting to be prepared for whatever opportunity came his way. With less than two weeks left in the regular season, the rookie goaltender is right where he wants to be. Woll made 24 saves following an emergency recall from the minors as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Columbus Blue

Team Canada’s Danielle Serdachny will begin her first women’s world hockey championship in Brampton on Wednesday, but she isn’t nervous. In fact, the rookie winger sounds confident having already scored some important goals in the Rivalry Series against the United States and earned a nomination for the top individual award in NCAA women’s hockey —

The Toronto Maple Leafs won’t wear themed warmup jerseys for the team’s annual Pride night celebration Tuesday. The organization has held Pride nights in support of the LGBTQ community since 2017 but has never sported special warmup jerseys. The Leafs say rainbow stick tape will be available to players during the pre-game skate, and the

Vegas Golden Knights (48-22-7, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Nashville Predators (38-29-8, fifth in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Golden Knights -129, Predators +108; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Nashville Predators after Pavel Dorofeyev’s two-goal game against the Minnesota Wild

The son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Danny Briere has been dismissed from the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team after a video showed him and another athlete at the school pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase. Mercyhurst posted Monday night on Twitter that Carson Briere “has been removed” from the team. The school