10:59 PM ET Washington is one and done. The Capitals were sent packing in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers on Friday night, falling 4-3 in overtime. Carter Verhaeghe had the game-winner for Florida, his sixth goal of the postseason. The defeat made for four consecutive first-round exits
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11:46 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins squandered a two-goal lead on home ice and, more importantly, a chance to eliminate the New York Rangers in a Game 6 loss on Friday night. “Nobody said that it was going to be easy, you know?” said defenseman Kris Letang, after his team’s 5-3 loss that extended their
5:09 PM ET Associated Press HELSINKI, Finland — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship on Friday. Cole Sillinger and Dubois scored from the slot in the first period of the Group A game in Helsinki. Germany
3:33 PM ET Bruce Boudreau will return to the Vancouver Canucks next season, ending speculation that the team and its veteran coach might part ways in the offseason. “We are pleased to see Bruce’s commitment to return to the Canucks next season,” general manager Patrik Allvin said. “He has done a great job since arriving
11:38 AM ET Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is out for Game 6 against the New York Rangers, coach Mike Sullivan announced Friday. The Penguins lead the Rangers 3-2 in their opening-round series. Game 6 is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh. Crosby suffered what the Penguins called an upper-body injury after taking a
11:00 AM ET While the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs has included a few too many blowouts for our liking, it has also provided at least three Game 7s, the ultimate “tension convention.” According to ESPN Stats & Information, Saturday will be the first time since Apr. 30, 2014, that there will
10:32 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi have been named the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award, which honors the NHL’s most outstanding player as voted by members of the NHL Players’ Association. Matthews and McDavid are also finalists, along with New
12:41 AM ET Minnesota fell 5-1 in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against St. Louis on Thursday, dropping the best-of-seven 3-2. The Blues advance now for the first time since 2019, when they won the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup. They will face the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed Colorado Avalanche in
1:08 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs were tight-lipped on the officiating after several plays went against them in a Game 6 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the teams’ first-round Stanley Cup playoff series Thursday night in Tampa, Florida. Toronto had a chance to send the defending two-time Stanley Cup champions packing
12:19 AM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins won all three games they played against the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden, including Thursday night’s 5-2 Game 6 victory. But Game 7 on Saturday is back in Raleigh, where the Hurricanes have won three games by a combined score of 15-4. To advance to the second