1:18 AM ET ESPN News Services WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele left Monday’s 4-2 loss in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Scheifele, 30, a first-line center who has one goal this series, suffered an upper-body injury in the first period. “We’ll reevaluate him (Tuesday),”
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11:28 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Auston Matthews knows as well as anyone that Toronto‘s job is not finished. The Maple Leafs took advantage of another late collapse by the Tampa Bay Lightning, moving to the brink of their first playoff series win in nearly two decades Monday night with a 5-4
11:14 PM ET NEW YORK — New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant blasted his team’s effort in their 3-1 Game 4 loss to the New Jersey Devils, who rallied with two wins at Madison Square Garden to tie their Eastern Conference first-round series, 2-2. “Tonight was a close hockey game, but we didn’t show up.
12:21 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk was fined the maximum $5,000 on Monday for his cross-check of the Boston Bruins‘ Garnet Hathaway during Sunday’s game. Tkachuk delivered the shot to Hathaway at the end of the first period and was given a two-minute minor penalty
11:59 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Defenseman Justin Braun has decided to retire at age 36 after 13 NHL seasons. The NHL Alumni Association announced Braun’s retirement Monday, a week and a half after he played in the Philadelphia Flyers‘ season finale. Braun skated in 961 regular-season and playoff games with the San Jose
9:00 AM ET For the first time since 2016, the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs didn’t involve a series sweep. There are teams teetering on the brink of elimination, but as of Monday morning, all 16 playoff qualifiers are still alive. Which means, mathematically, hockey fans can still dream about those opponents from
1:44 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Zach Hyman scored at 10:39 of overtime as the Edmonton Oilers rallied from three goals down, authoring a potentially season-saving victory in a 5-4 decision over the Los Angeles Kings Sunday night. Hyman’s snap shot from the left faceoff circle was his first goal of the
8:03 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Linus Ullmark left the ice with a few minutes left to play, which ordinarily isn’t a great thing for hockey goaltenders. In this case, it only made the Boston Bruins appreciate him more. Ullmark stopped 41 shots before leaving the game with 3:11 remaining after drawing
5:25 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — The New York Islanders were undisciplined in their crushing 5-2 Game 4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at home Sunday. But when they weren’t earning their trips to the penalty box, they felt the officials were finding reasons to send them there anyway. The Islanders took four first-period penalties,
5:40 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek was scratched for Game 4 of their first-round NHL playoff series against Dallas on Sunday because of an injury that cut short his Game 3 after just one shift. Wild coach Dean Evason confirmed before the game that Eriksson Ek