11:20 PM ET After the Devils‘ first playoff game since 2018 ended with a humbling loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff sought a silver lining. “The good thing is that now everybody has a game under their belt,” he said. The Devils fell 5-1 to the rival
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9:59 PM ET TORONTO — Tampa Bay‘s Erik Cernak left Game 1 of the Lightning’s first-round playoff series against Toronto on Tuesday after taking a hit to the head from Leafs’ forward Michael Bunting. It was midway through the second period that Bunting caught Cernak up high with his elbow. Cernak was down on the
1:29 PM ET Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron is questionable for Game 2 of their series against the Florida Panthers, coach Jim Montgomery said Tuesday. Bergeron was a game-time decision for Boston’s Game 1 victory on Monday but didn’t end up taking the pregame skate. The center left the Bruins’ regular-season finale at Montreal with
9:00 AM ET The Boston Bruins have given the NHL so much this season, from shattered records to David Pastrnak‘s wardrobe. As the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs arrive, they’ve given us something else: a time machine. Most of us weren’t around when the Montreal Canadiens made the Stanley Cup Final every year in the 1950s,
7:00 AM ET Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Rangers, is 11 miles away from Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center, home of the New Jersey Devils. They are separated by a river. They are bonded by an intense, decades-long enmity. The Battle of the Hudson is one of the NHL’s most storied rivalries.
2:25 AM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Alex Iafallo scored the overtime winner as the visiting Los Angeles Kings erased a two-goal, third-period deficit en route to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series Monday night. Iafallo scored a power-play goal at 9:19 of OT by converting
12:12 AM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins finished the NHL regular season with loads of confidence, having set records for wins and points in the standings. But in Game 1 of their series against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, the Bruins admitted they had opening night playoff jitters in a 3-1 victory. “Definitely.
12:21 AM ET Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski had to be helped off after taking a hit from Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba in the second period of Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinals on Monday night. Pavelski had just fired a backhanded shot on net with 7:58 remaining in the second when Dumba
3:01 PM ET The Ottawa Senators are not bringing back goaltender Cam Talbot next season. General manager Pierre Dorion told reporters Monday that the team will not re-sign the pending free agent. Talbot went 17-14-2 with a 2.93 goals-against average and .898 save percentage this season. Dorion said Talbot is seeking a two-year deal and
1:13 PM ET BOSTON — Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk says he doesn’t believe his team is an underdog against the Boston Bruins in their first-round playoff series — because that label would put it too mildly. “It’s probably more spoiler at this point,” Tkachuk said before Game 1 of their Eastern Conference series on