6:41 PM ET Mike Milbury will not appear on NBC Sports’ coverage for the rest of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, he said Saturday. The news comes one day after the NHL condemned Milbury’s on-air comments that players aren’t as distracted because there are no women in the bubble as “insensitive and insulting.” “In light
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7:45 AM ET Sachin Chandan There’s little time to rest after the end of a thrilling first round, as the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins Saturday night when the Dallas Stars take on the Colorado Avalanche. The last time we saw these teams, they were each dropping seven goals on their opponents,
7:20 AM ET The 2020 NHL playoffs roll on to the conference semifinals beginning on Aug. 22 with the Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars. The Avs defeated the Stars 4-0 in the round-robin portion of the postseason, but the Stars won all four matchups in the regular season (including one in overtime and
2:11 AM ET Ryan O’Reilly stared down at the table in front him, moments after the Vancouver Canucks completed their six-game upset of his St. Louis Blues. After last season’s final game, he and his teammates passed around the Stanley Cup in victory. But O’Reilly didn’t recognize the team around him Friday night, as far
6:24 PM ET After the Colorado Avalanche closed out their first-round series with the Arizona Coyotes in five games on Wednesday, their schedule looked clear for most of the next week. But on Friday, the NHL cut that vacation short, moving up the start of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Dallas Stars to
6:34 PM ET Associated Press The Arizona Coyotes have laid off and furloughed staff because of financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The NHL team did not specify how many staff members nor which departments were affected. “These are incredibly challenging times for everyone and we’ve had to make some extremely difficult decisions,” the
2:34 PM ET The NHL condemned what it called “insensitive and insulting” comments that analyst Mike Milbury made about women during an NBCSN broadcast on Thursday night, saying they did not reflect the league’s “value and commitment to making our game more inclusive and welcoming to all.” Milbury and analyst Brian Boucher were discussing the
6:56 AM ET Fare thee well to the Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames, who were eliminated on Thursday night. That means that the No. 7-seeded New York Islanders are through in the East, and the No. 3-seeded Dallas Stars have joined the conference semifinal crew in the West. Will the St. Louis Blues and Montreal
7:00 AM ET When Carter Hart was 10 years old, his parents wanted to get him a goalie coach. Another family recommended John Stevenson, who lived close to their home in Alberta. Stevenson is famous for working with Braden Holtby — he was the first person the Capitals goalie mentioned on TV, moments after hoisting
3:01 AM ET The Calgary Flames started Game 6 of their quarterfinal series against Dallas by scoring three goals before the Stars had recorded a shot. The Stars’ response was record-breaking: They scored seven consecutive goals in a 7-3 win to eliminate the Flames, marking the first time in Stanley Cup playoff history that a