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May 06, 2024
Following a Game 7 loss that ended Vegas' defense of the Stanley Cup in Round 1, Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy told reporters there were nine players who went through surgeries this season while his club battled to secure the final berth in the West.
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May 06, 2024
The Dallas Stars, seeded No. 1 in the Western Conference, completed their comeback from a 2-0 series deficit, winning Game 7 over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night 2-1, a victory that allows them to plan a Round 2 date with the Colorado Avalanche.
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May 05, 2024
The Dallas Stars, seeded No. 1 in the Western Conference, completed their comeback from a 2-0 series deficit, winning Game 7 over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night 2-1, a victory that allows them to plan a Round 2 date with the Colorado Avalanche.
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May 05, 2024
From the first round all the way through the Stanley Cup Final, ESPN has you covered. Explore the full results, and coverage on each team.
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May 05, 2024
The first round is complete. Which teams will make it to the conference finals? Our ESPN hockey experts make their predictions.
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May 05, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 05, 2024
Defenseman Tony DeAngelo did not want to "get into it" Sunday, after the Carolina Hurricanes were called for eight minutes in penalties on some calls they deemed questionable, during the New York Rangers' 4-3 win in this Eastern Conference Round 2 opener.
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May 05, 2024
Stars forward Radek Faksa will return to the lineup for Sunday's Game 7 of the Western Conference first-round series versus the Golden Knights.
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May 05, 2024
The first round is (mostly) complete. Which teams will make it to the conference finals? Our ESPN hockey experts make their predictions.
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May 05, 2024
2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs second round betting tips and Conn Smythe Trophy picks.
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May 05, 2024
Two heavyweights enter the ring Sunday night; only one will survive to Round 2. Here's everything you need to know about the matchup.
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May 05, 2024
There are many similarities between these two East heavyweights. Here's how they diverge -- and which differences will be most critical in Round 2.
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May 05, 2024
Auston Matthews returned to the lineup and registered an assist, but the Toronto Maple Leafs bowed out of the postseason on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 at TD Garden to the Boston Bruins, who advanced to meet the Florida Panthers.
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May 05, 2024
David Pastrnak scored on a feed from Hampus Lindholm 1:54 into overtime and the Boston Bruins outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 on Saturday to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs to a Round 2 date with Florida.
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May 05, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 04, 2024
Toronto's Auston Matthews, who missed Games 5 and 6 after exiting Game 4 with an illness, took the ice with the Maple Leafs on Saturday and will play Game 7 vs. the Bruins, but a source told ESPN's Emily Kaplan that by no means is Matthews 100%.
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May 04, 2024
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews is among three finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy.
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May 04, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 04, 2024
It all comes down to this. With two fan bases on edge, here are the critical factors for each club to win the decisive game on Saturday.
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May 03, 2024
Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Predators on Friday night in Game 6.
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May 03, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 03, 2024
After winning two elimination games, Toronto knows it has work to do in Game 7 and might have to do it without Auston Matthews.
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May 03, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins fired assistant coach Todd Reirden on Friday, just over two weeks after the organization missed out on the playoffs for a second straight season.
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May 03, 2024
The Jets' Rick Bowness, Predators' Andrew Brunette and Canucks' Rick Tocchet are finalists for this year's Jack Adams Award, which is given to the coach who "contributed the most to his team's success."
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May 03, 2024
With much of the opening round in the books, here are the top takeaways that will influence the next set of matchups through to the Cup Final.
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May 03, 2024
Jim Montgomery was asked if the Bruins needed more from their top skaters to avoid elimination come Saturday in Boston, and he identified David Pastrnak in particular as needing to provide more to the group.
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May 02, 2024
Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in Game 5 to win their first-round NHL playoff series.
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May 02, 2024
Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Thursday that he feels "really good" that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier.
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May 02, 2024
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has been ruled out for Game 6 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Bruins on Thursday.
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May 02, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 02, 2024
Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in Game 5 to win their first-round NHL playoff series.
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May 02, 2024
Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in Game 5 to win their first-round NHL playoff series.
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May 02, 2024
Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said the difference in their series against the Oilers was special teams play. "If we had performed well, we'd still be playing," he said.
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May 02, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 01, 2024
A day after the Bruins' 2-1 overtime loss to Toronto in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series, Boston coach Jim Montgomery said he's "still pissed off."
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May 01, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper apologized for making what he called an inappropriate analogy about putting skirts on goalies.
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May 01, 2024
The Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenseman Tony DeAngelo, while veteran blueliner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the playoffs.
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May 01, 2024
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill will start Wednesday in Game 5 of the team's Western Conference first-round series against the host Dallas Stars.
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May 01, 2024
Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said he's "very hopeful" the team can re-sign captain Steven Stamkos, as the Lightning star approaches unrestricted free agency this offseason.
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May 01, 2024
Quinn Hughes, Roman Josi and Cale Makar are finalists for this year's Norris Trophy.
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May 01, 2024
Seasoned pros like Toronto's Mark Giordano and Dallas' Ryan Suter aren't letting age -- or in some cases gray hair -- slow them down.
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May 01, 2024
Canucks coach Rick Tocchet defended his decision not to use a coach's challenge to review the Predators' game-tying goal Tuesday night in what was an eventual 2-1 Nashville victory.
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May 01, 2024
After dropping the first game of this first-round series, and being eliminated in Round 1 last year, the Colorado Avalanche rolled off four consecutive wins, eliminating the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5 on Tuesday night with a 6-3 victory.
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May 01, 2024
Canucks coach Rick Tocchet defended his decision not to use a coach's challenge to review the Predators' game-tying goal Tuesday night in what was an eventual 2-1 Nashville victory.
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May 01, 2024
The Hurricanes were helped to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by some puck luck, with Islanders captain Anders Lee lamenting, "It's just a tough way to lose a game."
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May 01, 2024
After dropping the first game of this first-round series, and being eliminated in Round 1 last year, the Colorado Avalanche rolled off four consecutive wins, eliminating the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5 on Tuesday night with a 6-3 victory.
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May 01, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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May 01, 2024
Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Stefan Noesen added another 8 seconds later as Carolina beat New York to clinch its first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series.
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Apr 30, 2024
Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Stefan Noesen added to it 8 seconds later as Carolina beat New York to clinching their first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series.
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Apr 30, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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Apr 30, 2024
Auston Matthews will not play in Game 5 for Toronto, which also will go with Joseph Woll in net Tuesday night.
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Apr 30, 2024
Washington veteran forward T.J. Oshie, 37, didn't call it a career on Tuesday, but the Capitals winger acknowledged that he and doctors must find a solution to his chronic back problems before committing to return for a 17th season in the NHL.
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Apr 30, 2024
Winnipeg forward Vladislav Namestnikov and defenseman Brenden Dillon are recovering from injuries and won't be available for Game 5 against Colorado.
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Apr 30, 2024
Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said doctors would again decide if forward Auston Matthews plays in Game 5 against Boston on Tuesday.
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Apr 30, 2024
The Blackhawks' Connor Bedard, the Wild's Brock Faber and the Devils' Luke Hughes are the finalists for the Calder Award, given to the NHL's top first-year player.
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Apr 30, 2024
The Rangers look dominant, the Canucks remind us of another recent champ, and will the hit parade continue? Plus, the real key to Stars-Knights.
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Apr 30, 2024
The franchise's relocation was somehow both lightning fast and painfully slow. Here's how it all fell apart in Arizona, and what lies ahead.
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Apr 30, 2024
The Panthers beat the Lightning 6-1 in Game 5 on Monday night to clinch the first-round series and advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Apr 30, 2024
Two goals, overturned because of goaltender interference, were "clearly a turning point" on Monday night, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, as the Lightning saw their season end with a 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of their first-round series.
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Apr 29, 2024
The Panthers beat the Lightning 6-1 in Game 5 on Monday night to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs.
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Apr 29, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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Apr 29, 2024
Dave Hakstol, who had a 107-112-27 record and took the Kraken to the playoffs in just the franchise's second year, was fired after not making the postseason in Year 3.
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Apr 29, 2024
The Toronto Maple Leafs, down 3-1 and facing elimination in the first round of the NHL playoffs vs. the Boston Bruins, say they're still not sure on the status of center Auston Matthews (illness) for Game 5.
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Apr 29, 2024
Winnipeg Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov suffered a fractured cheekbone when he was struck by a slap shot in Sunday's Game 4 loss at Colorado.
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Apr 29, 2024
Sergei Bobrovsky, Thatcher Demko and Connor Hellebuyck were named the finalists for the Vezina Trophy.
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Apr 29, 2024
Every player's odds to win the Conn Smythe Trophy in the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Apr 29, 2024
The Golden Knights are showing why they're the defending champs. The Maple Leafs are struggling to score. Let's evaluate the Stanley Cup playoffs so far.
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Apr 29, 2024
2024 NHL futures odds for every team to advance from the first round, to the Stanley Cup and to win it all.
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Apr 29, 2024
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, 38, took the blame for his team's opening round sweep at the hands of the No. 1 seed New York Rangers on Sunday night, the first time the star winger ever went scoreless in a postseason series.
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Apr 29, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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Apr 28, 2024
Artemi Panarin scored the go-ahead goal on the power play early in the third, and the Rangers advanced to the second round by finishing off a sweep of the Capitals with a 4-2 victory in Game 4. They'll await the Hurricanes-Islanders winner.
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Apr 28, 2024
We explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast its 2024-25 outlook.
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Apr 28, 2024
David Rittich started in goal for the Kings in Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Oilers on Sunday night.
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Apr 28, 2024
The Canucks on Sunday became only the second team in NHL history to have three different goalies win each of their first three games in a postseason.
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Apr 28, 2024
For a consecutive postseason, the Winnipeg Jets are on the verge of elimination in five games in the first round of the playoffs, this time after a 5-1 loss Sunday to the Colorado Avalanche in which coach Rick Bowness said "our issues are self-inflicted."
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Apr 28, 2024
Winnipeg defenseman Brenden Dillon missed Game 4 against Colorado with a hand laceration that required stitches.
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Apr 28, 2024
Avalanche forward Nikolai Kovalenko made his NHL debut in Game 4 against the Jets.
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Apr 28, 2024
David Rittich will be the starting goaltender for the Kings in Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Oilers on Sunday night, replacing Cam Talbot, who allowed 13 goals in the Kings' two losses during this round.
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Apr 28, 2024
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews is still feeling the effects of an illness that forced him from the third period of Toronto's 3-1 loss in Game 4.
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Apr 28, 2024
Avalanche forward Nikolai Kovalenko was called up to make his NHL debut in Game 4 against the Jets.
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Apr 28, 2024
Winnipeg defenseman Brenden Dillon will miss Game 4 against Colorado with a hand laceration that required stitches.
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Apr 28, 2024
Wyatt Johnston scored twice, including the winning goal in overtime, as Dallas won a pivotal Game 3 to cut their series deficit against Vegas to 2-1.
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Apr 28, 2024
All-Star center Auston Matthews did not finish Saturday's Game 4 because of an illness, as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell on home ice 3-1 to the Boston Bruins, placing their season on the line Tuesday in Game 5 of their first-round series at TD Garden.
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Apr 28, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, out since fracturing the tibia and fibula in his left leg Feb. 7, made a stunning return to the lineup as his club looked avoided elimination in Game 4 of its series against the Florida Panthers Saturday.
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Apr 27, 2024
After the Islanders fought off elimination, outlasting the Hurricanes in double overtime on Saturday afternoon, Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour told reporters that New York is "back in it. We gave them some hope here now."
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Apr 27, 2024
From the Rangers' victory variety to the Leafs' power-play struggles to the Predators' new identity, here's what we've learned in the 2024 postseason.
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Apr 27, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, out since fracturing the tibia and fibula in his left leg Feb. 7, made a stunning return to the lineup as his club looked to avoid elimination in Game 4 of its series against the Florida Panthers Saturday.
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Apr 27, 2024
Jets coach Rick Bowness said Brenden Dillon's hand required multiple stitches after it appeared to have been cut by a skate blade and he is questionable for Game 4 vs. the Avs.
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Apr 27, 2024
Capitals players and coaches are frustrated with Rangers rookie Matt Rempe for his questionable hit on Trevor van Riemsdyk in Game 3 of their series on Friday night.
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Apr 27, 2024
The Avalanche scored five goals in the third period, showing off a "deeper" team in a 6-2 victory over the Jets that gave them a 2-1 series lead.
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Apr 26, 2024
The 2024 NHL draft lottery will take place on May 7, the league announced Friday.
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Apr 26, 2024
Maple Leafs forward William Nylander is nearing a return from injury ahead of Saturday's Game 4 against the Bruins.
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Apr 26, 2024
The Blackhawks have agreed to a six-year contract with defenseman Alex Vlasic, rewarding one of their best young players with a long-term deal.
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Apr 26, 2024
Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin was pulled in the second period of Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes after giving up three goals on 14 shots.
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Apr 25, 2024
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery thinks goaltender Jeremy Swayman's dominance against the Maple Leafs -- before and during their current first-round Stanley Cup playoff series -- has started to rattle some players.
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Apr 25, 2024
The Capitals need production out of Alex Ovechkin to get back in their series against the Rangers, but the Washington captain says the best plan is to "just settle down a little bit."
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Apr 25, 2024
Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half-century, died at the age of 90 on Wednesday night.
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Apr 25, 2024
The Blackhawks have agreed to a six-year contract with defenseman Alex Vlasic, rewarding one of their best young players with a long-term deal.
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Apr 25, 2024
The Kraken will be the first NHL team to have a streaming deal with Amazon Prime Video for all non-nationally televised games.
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Apr 25, 2024
From the Rangers' victory variety to the Leafs' power-play struggles to the Predators' new identity, here's what we've learned in the 2024 postseason.
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