11:41 PM ET The Florida Panthers stunned the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 overtime win in Wednesday’s Game 5, defiantly avoiding what could have been the first elimination of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Matthew Tkachuk‘s goal at 6:05 of overtime gave new life to the Panthers, who had dropped consecutive games at home — games
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9:06 PM ET Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski will be a game-time decision on Friday for Game 6 of its first-round Western Conference playoff series with the Minnesota Wild. Pavelski has not played since April 17 after sustaining a concussion in the second period of Game 1 of the series, when the Stars fell 3-2
8:21 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets won’t have star forward Mark Scheifele for Thursday’s Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights, but they could have forward Nikolaj Ehlers for the first time in the opening-round series. Scheifele left in the first period of Monday’s Game 4 with an upper-body injury, and Jets coach Rick Bowness
2:56 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Jack Drury has resumed skating after being knocked from Game 4 against the New York Islanders following a jarring hit into the boards, coach Rod Brind’Amour said Wednesday. Drury missed the Hurricanes’ Game 5 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday after the hit by
2:30 PM ET TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs welcomed Michael Bunting back from suspension — but not into their lineup. Bunting, who served a three-game ban for elbowing and interference on Tampa defenseman Erik Cernak in Game 1 of the Leafs and Lightning Eastern Conference first-round playoff series, skated as an extra at his
8:59 AM ET Associated Press The NHL is sending four teams to Sweden next season, with the Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators taking part in Global Series games there in November. The league on Wednesday announced its second and final venture outside North America in 2023: a game each
8:56 AM ET Brianna WilliamsESPN Despite the city’s slogan, what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there — and the Golden Knights are taking that to a new level in their partnership with a local tattoo shop during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Revolt Tattoos is making sure that some fans leave
8:00 AM ET It’s not enough that the Colorado Avalanche have won four straight first-round series. They’ve been so strong in the first round that they swept their past two first-round series and only had two first-round losses in four years, with their last one coming after the 2019-20 season. Then came the upstart Seattle
11:53 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames will get a new arena to replace the aging Saddledome under a deal between the team’s ownership and city and provincial governments. Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp. — which owns the Saddledome and the Flames — announced the deal on Tuesday, as did the
9:14 PM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno received a game misconduct and a five-minute major penalty just more than two minutes into Game 5 against the Dallas Stars after a knee-on-knee hit with Radek Faksa on Tuesday night. Faksa remained face-first on the ice after the collision near the