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A three-goal burst in the second period spurred the Vegas Golden Knights to Friday’s 4-3 win and pushed the Edmonton Oilers to the brink of elimination from the NHL playoffs. Vegas took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Pacific Division final. The Oilers need a Game 6 win at home Sunday to send the series

TORONTO (AP) — Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves as the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Friday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final. Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an

The Maple Leafs are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves as the visiting Florida Panthers downed Toronto 3-2 on Friday to win the teams’ second-round playoff series 4-1. Cousins buried his second goal of the playoffs off the rush shortside on Leafs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The head of the Philadelphia Flyers understood the optics of a franchise going on 48 years since winning a Stanley Cup deciding to hire more former Flyers in the front office to try and win one. But the Flyers did it anyway. “I know some people are thinking,“ Comcast Spectacor chairman Dan

NHL·New Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo has been suspended one game by the NHL for slashing Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl. Defenceman was assessed 5-minute major, game misconduct in Game 4 loss The Canadian Press · Posted: May 11, 2023 8:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Alex

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesper Fast deflected in a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi on a power play at 7:09 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a series-ending 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Fast’s deflection while shielding Akira Schmid set off a celebration for the Hurricanes, who never led until

Jesper Fast deflected in a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi at 7:09 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a series-ending 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Fast’s deflection while shielding Akira Schmid set off a celebration for the Hurricanes, who never led until the final play and twice trailed by a

Leon Draisaitl is scoring goals in the NHL playoffs at a rate not seen in four decades. The big German has 13 goals through Edmonton’s first 10 games, the most since Mark Messier scored 14 in 1983 and the third-highest total through 10 games in more than a century. Newsy Lalonde had 17 in 1919.

The Philadelphia Flyers have named long-time television analyst Keith Jones team president of hockey operations and have removed the interim tag from general manager Danny Briere’s title. Jones was a surprise choice Thursday after he spent the last 23 years as an analyst for Flyers telecasts on NBC Sports Philadelphia. He worked on national broadcasts

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots in his first playoff start, Mitch Marner and William Nylander had the goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night. Nylander was the beneficiary of an odd bounce

The Maple Leafs entered Wednesday with their backs firmly pressed against the wall. Sheldon Keefe’s team responded with what he described as their best effort of the season — one peppered with desperation and urgency — to keep its flicking hopes alive. It was only one night, but Toronto isn’t done yet. Mitch Marner had

MONTREAL – A study of former National Hockey League players shows that enforcers who spent a lot of time dropping their gloves or in the penalty box lived significantly shorter lives than their peers. Researchers at Columbia University in New York reached the conclusion after analyzing data from 6,039 NHL players from 1967 to last

Joseph Woll isn’t thinking about all the work that got him to this point. All the Maple Leafs rookie goaltender is focusing on is keeping his team’s season alive. Toronto will turn to Woll for Game 4 of its second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers staring down a 3-0 deficit with No. 1 option

SEATTLE (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games

An NHL player from Manitoba says he accepts the apology of an American sportscaster who made a derogatory joke about his surname after a Stanley Cup playoff game on Monday night. Zach Whitecloud, 26, had just scored his first goal of the playoffs to help his Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-1 win over the Edmonton

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is set to undergo cartilage transplant surgery on his right knee and expected to miss the entire 2023-24 NHL season. The team on Tuesday announced that Landeskog will have the operation Wednesday in Chicago. Dr. Brian Cole at the Rush University Medical Center is scheduled to perform

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Seattle Thunderbirds have punched their ticket to the Western Hockey League championship series. Kyle Crnkovic’s goal 10 minutes into the third period stood up as the winner as the T-Birds defeated the Kamloops Blazers 4-2 to win the best-of-seven Western Conference final in six games. Jared Davidson, Sawyer Mynio and Reid

OTTAWA – The Weekend is the latest celebrity to join the race to purchase the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun. The recording artist from Toronto, whose birth name is Abel Tesfaye, has agreed to be a partner in a bid led by Toronto billionaires Jeffrey and Michael Kimel, according