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EDMONTON – History repeating itself is the next goal for the Edmonton Oilers. A pair of squandered two-goal leads in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings isn’t how the Oilers intended to open their first-round playoff series. Edmonton has been here before, however, and recently. The Oilers also dropped their opener to

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov shed his suit jacket, grabbed the top of the siren with his left hand and started turning the crank with his right. Faster and faster he went, putting his entire body into sounding the “storm warning” announcing the Carolina Hurricanes’ charge onto the ice in front of a roaring

Alex Iafallo scored the overtime winner for the visiting Los Angeles Kings in a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series Monday. Iafallo scored a power-play goal at 9:19 of OT by converting a Victor Arvidsson feed from behind the net. Adrian Kempe scored twice and Anze Kopitar had a

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks expect to make changes this summer, says general manager Patrik Allvin. And he’s tasked players with figuring out how they can help improve the team going forward. “I’m excited by the response from the players,“ Allvin said in a season-ending press conference Monday. ”But I’m sure we’ve got to continue

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. It’s been 30 years since a Canadian-based team won the Stanley Cup. But, with two of them finishing in the top six of the NHL’s overall standings, there’s a reasonable

The Edmonton Oilers, who finished the regular season with nine consecutive wins, are one of three Canadian teams looking to get their names engraved on the Stanley Cup when the NHL playoffs commence Monday night in four North American cities. The Oilers, who are looking to become the first Canadian team since the 1993 Montreal

Vancouver Canucks winger Tanner Pearson says he’s still working his way back to health nearly six months after breaking his hand in a game. “I’m just trying to get my hand back,” he told reporters at a season-ending press conference Saturday. “I’m just trying to be a dad and be with my kids and be

EDMONTON – After their longest playoff run in 16 years in 2022, the Edmonton Oilers have the weapons to go further. While there’s currently no better one-two punch on the hockey planet than Oilers captain Connor McDavid and forward Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton’s supporting cast is also deeper and more seasoned heading into the 2023 post-season.

Whiteout parties will be back in Winnipeg starting next weekend, as the Jets’ first-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights comes to Winnipeg for games 3 and 4. The Jets announced the full schedule for the series on Friday night, after the return of the downtown whiteout parties was announced earlier in the day.

WINNIPEG – Connor Hellebuyck doesn’t think the Winnipeg Jets feel like underdogs as they head into the first round of the NHL playoffs against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Jets battled to grab the final wild-card berth in the Western Conference and travel to play the top-seeded Golden Knights in Game 1 of the best-of-seven

The Colorado Avalanche are peaking at the right time, giving the defending Stanley Cup champions a shot to repeat. “Once you taste it once, it’s something you want again,” Avs defenceman Bowen Byram said. It certainly won’t be easy to make it through the talented and tough teams in the Western Conference playoffs to reach

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Until now, Jack Eichel has only watched the NHL playoffs, which has given him some idea of the intensity that comes once the 16-team tournament begins. But the eight-year veteran who has played in 476 regular-season games won’t really know what it will feel like until he skates onto the T-Mobile

After winning an NHL-record 65 games and steamrolling opponents since October, the Boston Bruins look like the clear favourite to come out of the East and win the Stanley Cup. The reality? “Everyone’s 0-0,” veteran forward Charlie Coyle said. The climb to try to win the franchise’s first championship in more than a decade begins

It’s not the fault of either Brian Burke or Ron Hextall that Sidney Crosby was born in 1987 and already has 18 NHL seasons under his belt. Nature, as they say, is undefeated, and Sid the Kid is getting old. He’s still pretty great — and just finished putting up a 93-point season — but

The Pittsburgh Penguins asked Ron Hextall and Brian Burke to thread an impossibly thin needle when they were hired in February 2021. Hextall, the general manager, and Burke, the director of hockey operations, were asked to find a way to prop open the championship window for stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang without

BRAMPTON, Ont. – After a slow start, Finland found its speed and offence to flatten Germany 8-2 on Friday at the women’s world hockey championship at the CCA Centre. With the victory, Finland advances to the tournament’s fifth-place game, where it will face Japan or Sweden who are playing in Friday’s later game. Defending champion

Peter Laviolette won’t be back as coach of the Washington Capitals, who now have a big decision to make after missing the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade. The Capitals parted ways with Laviolette on Friday, less than 24 hours after their season ended, a decision general manager Brian MacLellan described as