10:34 PM ET Artemi Panarin‘s power-play goal at 4:46 of overtime gave the New York Rangers a 4-3 win in Game 7, eliminating the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night. The Rangers will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round, the first time New York has advanced past the first round since 2017. The Penguins
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The swelling around Colorado Avalanche goalie Darcy Kuemper‘s right eye has subsided a week after he caught a stick blade through his mask. “I can see now,” he said with a laugh Sunday after practice. This remains clear to him, too: The incident could’ve been far more serious.
12:59 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete a United States comeback from two goals down to edge Austria 3-2 at the ice hockey world championships on Sunday. Benjamin Nissner scored in the first period and Paul Huber added another early in the second to
2:24 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Nicklas Backstrom gutted through a hip injury that caused him to miss the first two months of the season, and Tom Wilson, as hard as he tried, couldn’t do the same in the playoffs on a bad knee. Now it’s possible neither is on the ice when
12:16 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins star center Sidney Crosby and goalie Tristan Jarry are “game-time decisions” ahead of Sunday’s Game 7 against the Rangers in New York, according to coach Mike Sullivan. Crosby, who had nine points in the first five games of the series, left Game 5 after suffering an upper-body injury from a
12:57 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in Game 7 at home Saturday 2-0 as star Connor McDavid scored a goal and assisted on the game winner. McDavid had the primary assist on defenseman Cody Ceci‘s second-period goal and tallied an insurance goal late in the third period as this first-round
9:55 PM ET Tampa Bay’s pursuit of a third consecutive Stanley Cup continues after the Lightning topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night. Third-line center Nick Paul, an in-season acquisition from the Ottawa Senators, scored twice for Tampa Bay in the win. Morgan Rielly had
9:18 PM ET With Boston’s season coming to an end Saturday, the question now is whether it was also the end for Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron. The 37-year-old center will become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and declined to engage in contract extension talks during the season. After the Bruins’ 3-2 loss to the
7:24 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes are headed to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating the visiting Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 7 of their first-round series on Saturday. Max Domi, an in-season acquisition, scored twice and tallied three points to lead the Hurricanes. Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak had the
5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Host Finland recovered from a first-period scare to defeat Latvia 2-1 for a second victory in two games at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund, less than a week removed from being eliminated in the NHL postseason back in North