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Panthers jump out to 2-0 lead on Oilers in Stanley Cup Final

SUNRISE, Fla. — Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida’s Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a heated turn Monday night. Evan Rodrigues had a pair of third-period goals, Niko Mikkola and Aaron Ekblad also...
Stanley Cup Final notes: Healthy Eetu Luostarinen is boon for Panthers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A year after a broken leg sidelined Eetu Luostarinen for the Stanley Cup Final, the flexible Finn is healthy this time around. That’s a big deal for the Florida Panthers in their pursuit of the first championship in franchise history. Luostarinen made several noticeable defensive plays...
McDavid, Draisaitl and the Oilers hope to avoid Stanley Cup Final frustration

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Leon Draisaitl is nothing if not self-aware. Before the Stanley Cup Final, the versatile Edmonton Oilers forward acknowledged he’s a good hockey player and has a special skillset that makes him that way. The day after he and Connor McDavid lost their first foray into the...
Panthers say they have to be better in Game 2 after beating Oilers in Game 1

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Up 1-0 in Round 1 against Tampa Bay, the Florida Panthers said they had to get better. Down 1-0 in Round 2 against Boston, they said it again. Up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Final against the New York Rangers, same thing. And now, leading the...
Princeton’s Sarah Fillier is preparing for upcoming PWHL draft, where Canadian projected to go 1st

Sarah Fillier has a degree from Princeton, but she’s opting for a pro hockey career by entering the PWHL draft on Monday. The projected No. 1 pick from Canada took a moment to cherish her past six years in college. On the ice, Fillier capped a four-year college career —...
Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky shuts out Edmonton in Stanley Cup Final opener

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky put on a masterclass against Connor McDavid and every other player who dared shoot the puck at him, his teammates pounced when given the chance, and the Florida Panthers are off and rolling in the Stanley Cup Final. Bobrovsky was unbeatable in stopping all 32...
Montreal, Boston to host hockey’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament

SUNRISE, Fla. — Montreal and Boston will be the host cities for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in February, the NHL announced Saturday along with releasing the schedule for the event. In Montreal, Canada plays Sweden on Feb. 12, the U.S. plays Finland on Feb. 13, then a doubleheader —...
Oilers-Panthers is Stanley Cup Final of teams far apart in every way

SUNRISE, Fla. — By the time he was old enough to watch NHL games growing up in Sweden, Oliver Ekman-Larsson began dreaming about playing in the Stanley Cup Final. Now he’s here, a member of the Florida Panthers in a series against the Edmonton Oilers that marks the furthest distance...
Panthers determined to make Paul Maurice a Stanley Cup champion

SUNRISE, Fla. — It was Dec. 17, 2021, and Paul Maurice truly believed he was done with coaching in the NHL. He was fourth all-time in games coached, sixth all-time in wins and thought he would be perfectly content with letting his career end right there. So, he resigned as...
Level Green’s Brandon Svoboda enjoys a short summer after another USHL championshipVideo

Brandon Svoboda’s summer plans won’t offer an abundance of free time. The Level Green native is getting a head start on schoolwork at Boston University next month. And there was a little matter of winning the Clark Cup for the second consecutive season. After winning the United States Hockey League...
Oilers’ Connor McDavid, hockey’s biggest star, finally gets chance to win Stanley Cup

Sherry Bassin sees the intense look on Connor McDavid’s face during warmups and knows the best hockey player in the world is going to have one of those games. He noticed it before the clinching game that sent the Edmonton Oilers to the Stanley Cup Final, when McDavid scored less...
Matthew Tkachuk’s numbers are down from last year. The Panthers insist his value has gone upVideo

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk’s basic offensive numbers for the Florida Panthers are down this season. Goals, down. Assists, down. Points, down. Shooting percentage, down. On paper, that doesn’t look great. On ice, Florida sees things very differently. “You just have to look at some different numbers,” Panthers coach...
Calm and steadfast, Kris Knoblauch steers Edmonton out of awful start to Stanley Cup Final

When Kris Knoblauch became coach of the Edmonton Oilers, they had lost 10 of their first 13 games and the Stanley Cup was the last thing anyone on the team was talking about. Since then, no team in the NHL has won more games and Knoblauch is a big reason...
NHL to broadcast Stanley Cup Final games in American Sign Language, a 1st for a major sports league

Interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, the worry gnawed at Brice Christianson that it was a one-time thing, his only chance to open the door to hockey for the Deaf community. Two years later, it...
Rangers’ core focuses on next season as it looks to end Stanley Cup Final drought

TARRYTOWN, N.J. — Seven years ago, after the Henrik Lundqvist-led New York Rangers lost in the second round of the playoffs to Ottawa, there was talk of the team’s veteran core soon being dismantled. None of that chatter existed Tuesday as the Rangers vowed to return next season to finish...
Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky isn’t slowing down at age 35, and the Stanley Cup Final awaits

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky baffles his own teammates at times. Florida’s starting goaltender has his own schedule and regimen — slowing gliding across the entirety of the ice to begin his process of getting ready in the morning, an extremely strict diet and some moves in the weight...

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