12:30 AM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, Philipp Grubauer was stellar in stopping 33 shots and the Seattle Kraken eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 win in Game 7 on Sunday night. The Kraken became the first expansion team to beat the reigning Stanley Cup
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10:01 PM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins, who set new NHL records for regular-season success, have been eliminated in the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ opening round after 4-3 Game 7 overtime win by the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. Winger Carter Verhaeghe‘s goal 8:35 into overtime sent the Panthers into a wild celebration and left
9:55 PM ET Brianna WilliamsESPN The Boston Bruins have cemented their place in the history books with one of the greatest regular seasons. With a 65-12-5 record, they became the fourth NHL team to win at least 60 games and set a new mark for single-season victories. And now they’re out of the playoffs. The
12:30 PM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have everything to lose in Game 7 against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. Foremost, a loss would mean elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs. But a first-round ousting would also make their record-shattering regular season just another footnote in the NHL’s “Presidents’ Trophy curse” file. Further,
7:30 AM ET ESPN staff After a record-setting season, the Boston Bruins find themselves on the brink of a first-round upset loss against the Florida Panthers. Can the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners avoid becoming the latest NHL team with the best regular-season record to flop in the postseason? Or will the Panthers pull off the
1:11 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Kailer Yamamoto scored his first playoff goal with 3:02 remaining, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday night to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Klim Kostin had two goals and an assist as the Oilers eliminated
12:20 AM ET NEW YORK — New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff blamed a parade of penalties for breaking his team’s early momentum in Game 6, as the New York Rangers pushed their Eastern Conference first-round series to a seventh game after a 5-2 win on Saturday night. “I thought the penalties took our best
10:45 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — John Tavares scored 4:35 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night for their first NHL playoff series win in nearly two decades. The Maple Leafs won the best-of-seven matchup in six games, winning three times in overtime
10:23 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally won a series. With their 2-1 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Leafs won a postseason series for the first time since 2004. Toronto won the series 4-2. The win
9:11 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Andrew Cogliano suffered a fracture in his neck during Game 6 in Seattle on Friday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press, confirming multiple reports. Cogliano is sidelined indefinitely, according to the person who spoke to the AP on Saturday night