7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs was a doozy, including five series going to Game 7 — and two of those Game 7’s going to overtime. Now we’re onto the second round, which features four superb matchups: Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes vs. New
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5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Sakari Manninen scored and added two assists as host Finland defeated the United States 4-1 to keep a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. After Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund gave Finland a 1-0 lead on a power play in the opening
5:14 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have signed Iaroslav Askarov to a three-year, entry-level contract, two years after making him the sixth Russian-born goalie taken in the NHL draft’s first round at No. 11 overall. The 19-year-old spent most of the 2021-22 season with the VHL’s Neva Saint Petersburg in
12:33 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have fired coach Peter DeBoer after failing to make the playoffs for the first time in their short history. “We would like to thank Pete DeBoer for his commitment to the Vegas Golden Knights over the past three seasons,” Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said in a
1:57 PM ET The first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs lasted 51 games — including a pair of Game 7 overtime thrillers in games No. 50 and 51 — and now we’re on to Round 2. To help digest what we saw from each of the eight surviving teams, as well as preview
11:50 AM ET The New York Islanders have named Lane Lambert as their new head coach, the team announced Monday. Lambert served as the associate coach of the Islanders the past four seasons. Before his time with the Islanders, Lambert spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals. The announcement comes a
1:22 AM ET Just call him Johnny Clutch. Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau scored the overtime winner to put Calgary past the Dallas Stars 3-2 in Game 7 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday. The Flames now advance to the second round for the first time since 2014-15, and it’ll be for
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
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