Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk dies of cancer at 57Video
Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer. The Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts, a team Hawerchuk coached, confirmed the death on Twitter on Tuesday. “After an...
Ryan O’Reilly scores 2, Blues beat Canucks to tie series
EDMONTON, Alberta — Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks, 3-1, in Game 4 on Monday night to even in their first-round playoff series. Alex Pietrangelo also scored and had an assist and David Perron had two assists for the...
DeBrusk, Bruins rally in 3rd to beat Hurricanes 4-3Video
TORONTO — Jake DeBrusk scored twice in Boston’s dominating third period to help the Bruins rally and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Brad Marchand and Connor Clifton also scored in the third, helping Boston erase a 2-0 deficit...
Avalanche overwhelm Coyotes, 7-1, to take 3-1 series leadVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 14 shots and the Colorado Avalanche overwhelmed the Arizona Coyotes, 7-1, on Monday to take a 3-1 lead their first-round playoff series. The Avalanche jumped on Arizona after losing 4-2 in Game 3, scoring three first-period...
NHL goaltenders putting on puck-stopping clinic in playoffs
Nearly 20 years ago, Kevin Weekes and goaltending coach Sudarshan Maharaj rented some ice time at a Toronto arena with a Chinese food buffet above them and worked on the fundamentals of the position. It took Weekes’ game to a new level and he was reminded of the extra work...
Mark Madden: There’s a lot of randomness with these NHL playoffs
The last two Stanley Cup winners trail in their first-round playoff series. The team that won the Cup in the two seasons before is long since eliminated. Given the four-month break because of covid, then starting the postseason cold after a brief training camp, there seems an element of randomness...
Brayden Schenn scores in OT, Blues beat Canucks in Game 3
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brayden Schenn scored 15:06 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. Schenn, circling in the neutral zone, took a stretch pass, raced in and fired a shot high past Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom for the defending...
Carter Hart shuts out Canadiens in Flyers’ 1-0 Game 3 victory
TORONTO — Jake Voracek scored and Carter Hart stopped 23 shots to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night and grab a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Game 4 is Tuesday. The top-seeded Flyers got another sensational performance from...
Corey Crawford leads Blackhawks past Golden Knights to stay in seriesVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Corey Crawford made 46 saves in a stellar performance, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Sunday night to stay alive in their first-round playoff series. Drake Caggiula and Matthew Highmore scored first-period goals for the Blackhawks, and Alex DeBrincat added an empty-netter...
Stars win 5-4 in OT to even series with FlamesVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Dallas scored 16 minutes, 5 seconds into overtime after Joe Pavelski forced the extra period by completing a hat trick in the final seconds of regulation, and the Stars beat the Calgary Flames, 5-4, on Sunday to even their Western Conference playoff series. John Klingberg’s hard shot...
Islanders beat Capitals 2-1 in OT, take 3-0 lead in seriesVideo
TORONTO — Mathew Barzal slipped behind the defense, swooped in front of the net and beat Braden Holtby with a backhander that put the 2018 Stanley Cup champions on the brink of another early exit. Barzal scored 4 minutes, 28 seconds into overtime shortly after Semyon Varlamov made two saves...
Lindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatmentVideo
Oskar Lindblom heard the sound of his Philadelphia Flyers teammates tapping the ice with their sticks as he returned to practice and knew — after months of fear and fight in his battle with bone cancer — he was home. Lindblom turned 24 on Saturday, and a day later he...
Marc-Andre Fleury, Golden Knights beat Blackhawks for 3-0 series lead
EDMONTON, Alberta — Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights held off the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. William Karlsson and Patrick Brown scored for the Golden Knights. Vegas is 6-0 in the postseason, having also won...
Lightning beat Blue Jackets to seize 2-1 series lead
TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2, on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven playoff series. Alex Killorn, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman scored, and the Lightning held off a 6-on-5 push by the Blue...
Tuukka Rask-less Bruins defeat Hurricanes, take series lead
TORONTO — Jaroslav Halak stopped 29 shots after goaltender Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL playoffs, and Charlie Coyle provided plenty of offense, scoring once and setting up another goal to help the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, and take a 2-1 lead in their first-round series....
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask opts out of NHL playoffs to be with family
BOSTON — Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team’s playoff run to be with his family. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours before Game 3 of their playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes. “I want to be with...
Darcy Kuemper makes 49 saves in Coyotes win over Avalanche
EDMONTON, Alberta — Darcy Kuemper stopped 49 shots, and the Arizona Coyotes held on to beat the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2, on Saturday to close within 2-1 in their Stanley Cup playoff series. Arizona took the early lead on Derek Stepan’s first-period goal, then spent most of the day counterpunching against...
Islanders play Barry Trotz hockey, take 2-0 series lead on Caps
TORONTO — Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal on a second-period breakaway 15 seconds after Alex Ovechkin tied it, and the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series. Barry Trotz’s Islanders played his trademark structured, suffocating style...
Canadiens rout Flyers to strike 1-1 first-round series tieVideo
TORONTO — Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each scored twice, Carey Price stopped 30 shots and the Montreal Canadiens rebounded without coach Claude Julien to rout the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-0, on Friday and tie the series at a game apiece. Julien was home in Montreal a day after a stent...
Andre Burakovsky scores late, Avalanche beat Coyotes
EDMONTON, Alberta — Andre Burakovsky scored late in the third period, Philipp Grubauer stopped 30 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes, 3-2, on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in their Stanley Cup playoff series. The Coyotes were far more aggressive after being tentative against Colorado’s offensive...
Stars get late goal for 5-4 win over Flames to even series
EDMONTON, Alberta — Miro Heiskanen set the tone early for the Stars when on the ice with their top line. Corey Perry and Jamie Oleksiak made sure Dallas got a series-evening win without needing overtime. Oleksiak scored with 40 seconds left in regulation on a nifty pass from Perry as...
Dougie Hamilton helps Carolina beat Boston, tie series
TORONTO — This is what Dougie Hamilton was hoping for while he waited out the pandemic shutdown that put the NHL season on hold, and then waited some more after injuring himself in practice when the Hurricanes returned to the ice. The Carolina defenseman scored the game-winner with 11:30 left...
Vegas stays unbeaten in bubble, goes up 2-0 on Chicago
EDMONTON, Alberta — Even though Reilly Smith called it a lucky bounce, a whole lot more than luck is working right now for the Vegas Golden Knights. Smith scored in overtime, Robin Lehner made 22 saves, and the Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Thursday to take a...
Joonas Korpisalo helps Blue Jackets tie series with LightningVideo
TORONTO — Two days after making an NHL-record 85 saves in a five-overtime loss, Joonas Korpisalo stopped 36 more shots to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1, on Thursday to even the series at a game apiece. Ryan Murray and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in the...
Flyers edge Montreal in series opener
TORONTO — Carter Hart made 27 saves, Joel Farabee scored 16 seconds after Montreal tied it, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Ivan Provorov also scored for the Flyers. Shea Weber scored for the Canadiens, and Carey...
