6:52 PM ET TORONTO — Victor Hedman did not dress for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday after failing to take part in warmup. Zach Bogosian and Haydn Fleury were drawn into the lineup. The Lightning were short a top-pairing defenseman in
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Stars center Joe Pavelski didn’t travel with the team to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Wild while still in concussion protocol from a crushing hit in the opener. Coach Pete DeBoer said Thursday before the Stars left for Minnesota that
1:19 PM ET TORONTO — The Maple Leafs expected Michael Bunting would be suspended. Their focus now is moving on without him. Toronto’s top-six winger was handed a three-game suspension Wednesday for an illegal check to the head and interference against Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak in Game 1 of the teams’ first-round NHL
10:50 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have ironic taste in goal songs. When a Leaf lights the lamp at home, it’s celebrated to the dulcet tones of 1980s duo Hall & Oates crooning their classic “You Make My Dreams (Come True).” Never mind that the tune was recorded before anyone on the roster was
8:00 AM ET In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it doesn’t take long for narratives to form. One developed quickly after the New York Rangers defeated the rival New Jersey Devils in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series: That the experienced Rangers were poised and the playoff newbie Devils were panicky. But Rangers defenseman
12:22 AM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins fell to the Florida Panthers 6-3 in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference playoff series Wednesday night, the defeat the product of uncharacteristic sloppiness with the puck. “Players didn’t make the best decisions at moments,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery after Florida evened the best-of-seven series at
12:24 AM ET Carolina Hurricanes winger Teuvo Teravainen will miss the remainder of the first round after suffering a broken hand in his team’s 4-3 overtime win Wednesday against the New York Islanders. The Hurricanes, who have a 2-0 series lead, will be without one of their top-six forwards after Teravainen was injured on a
3:20 PM ET TORONTO — Victor Hedman will be a game-time decision for the Tampa Bay Lightning when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 2 of their first-round NHL playoff series Thursday. “We’ll hope,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “We’ll see what kind of roster we can [tee up].” That was one
7:17 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Alexandre Texier is set to return to the Columbus Blue Jackets next NHL season after spending 2022-23 playing closer to home in Europe for personal reasons. The Blue Jackets announced Wednesday that Texier would rejoin them after playing this past year in Zurich in the Swiss National
6:50 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head/interference against Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak. The discipline was announced on Wednesday following a hearing for Bunting with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety earlier in the day. Bunting will sit out Games