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
NHL
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
3:09 AM ET SEATTLE — Needing answers to stave off elimination, the Colorado Avalanche found quite a few on Friday in a 4-1 series-tying win in Game 6 against the Seattle Kraken. Exactly how did the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche force a Game 7 on Sunday against the upstart Kraken at Ball Arena? They
12:26 AM ET The Boston Bruins aren’t ruling out a goalie change for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers. In fact, Boston coach Jim Montgomery thought about pulling starter Linus Ullmark during Game 6 on Friday night, a 7-5 loss for the Bruins in which Ullmark gave up
12:37 AM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Roope Hintz got Dallas going early, Jake Oettinger stonewalled his home-state team again and the Stars eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 4-1 win in Game 6 of their first-round NHL playoff series on Friday night. Wyatt Johnston and Mason Marchment scored in the second period
10:38 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — The team that posted the best regular-season record in NHL history, facing a team that needed to fight and claw all the way to the end just to get into the playoffs. On paper, it was a mismatch. On the ice, it’s going to Game 7.
10:20 PM ET ELMONT, NY — Paul Stastny’s goal at 6:01 of overtime gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 win in Game 6 and eliminated the New York Islanders on Friday night on Long Island. The veteran forward fired the puck from a bad angle on the right side of goalie Ilya Sorokin and snuck