LAS VEGAS — Wyatt Johnston scored his second goal with 3:38 remaining in overtime and the Las Vegas Golden Knights lost 3-2 to the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of their first-round series at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

The Knights lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Game 4 is at T-Mobile Arena on Monday.

Goaltender Logan Thompson tied his career-...Read more

TORONTO — With a chance to grab a stranglehold of this first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins played their best game of the series on Saturday night.

Going away from their goalie rotation and starting Jeremy Swayman for the second straight game, the B’s did a tremendous job of limiting the Leafs’ scoring chances ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Mikhail Sergechev could not sleep Friday night. The Lightning defenseman had just proven to his coaches that, not even 12 weeks after breaking the two major bones in his left leg, he was ready to return.

With Tampa Bay facing possible elimination Saturday night in its first-round series against the Florida Panthers, Sergechev ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There will be no series sweep.

The Florida Panthers couldn’t recover from a three-goal first-period deficit and dropped Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs opening-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-3, on Saturday at Amalie Arena.

Florida still leads the best-of-7 series 3-1 and needs just one more win to ...Read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t sweep the New York Islanders for the second time in six years. Instead, they’ll have a chance to close out the series at home on Tuesday.

Mathew Barzal’s goal 84 seconds into the second overtime gave the Islanders a 3-2 win on Saturday and sent the series back to Raleigh for Game 5 on ...Read more

DENVER — The best comeback team in the NHL during the regular season did it again in its first home game of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Colorado Avalanche quickly erased a one-goal deficit early in the third period and got plenty of help from a suddenly undisciplined Winnipeg Jets club en route to a 6-2 victory Friday night at Ball ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Zach Hyman, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid were three of the most dangerous scorers during the NHL regular season, combining for 127 goals and 315 points for the Edmonton Oilers. Stopping one of them is a challenge, stopping all three is pretty much impossible.

The Los Angeles Kings certainly haven’t found a way to do it, ...Read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — There’s no place like home. Although for the Carolina Hurricanes, Long Island isn’t far off.

The Hurricanes posted their fifth playoff road win in six tries at the New York Islanders on Thursday, moving within a win of a sweep after holding on for a 3-2 win in Game 3.

Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov and Sebastian Aho scored for ...Read more

TORONTO — The Bruins entered the playoffs believing goaltending is the team’s strength. And in the first round, they haven’t been wrong.

And yet, all of a sudden, the goalie rotation question is back on the table.

That is not to say that Linus Ullmark was bad in Game 2, a 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden. Far from it. He ...Read more

EDMONTON, Canada — The NHL regular season is like an anthology of 82 stories, each with its own beginning, middle and end. The playoffs, however, are like a novel, each game a new chapter that builds on the last one.

Kings coach Jim Hiller likes it that way.

“We all love the playoffs because we play the game, you review the game, ...Read more

DALLAS – The Golden Knights knew the Dallas Stars would push back Wednesday.

The Knights just pushed harder.

They weathered a physical start and shut down the Stars for a 3-1 win in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series at American Airlines Center on Wednesday.

The Knights are up 2-0 in the series. Game 3 is at T-Mobile Arena on ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Certainly, the Panthers deserved to celebrate. Their pressure was relentless.

The Lightning deserved their fate, too. They have allowed Florida to control the puck and the pace.

As for Andrei Vasilevskiy? He deserved so much more.

If the Lightning cannot win a playoff game with their goaltender sliding, diving and denying ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Following one of the worst seasons in franchise history, David Quinn on Wednesday was fired as coach of the San Jose Sharks.

“After going through our end-of-the-season process of internal meetings and evaluating where our team is at and where we want our group to go, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at...Read more

WINNIPEG — The margins are never thinner, and the swings are never greater than in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Colorado Avalanche was centimeters from a potentially back-breaking goal and about 27 minutes from a 2-0 series deficit Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. A few minutes later, the Avs had control of the game and a period later ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Carter Verhaeghe scored 2:09 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena to go up 2-0 in their Stanley Cup Playoffs opening-round series.

Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in the first period for Florida, which got 21 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

Brayden ...Read more

DALLAS — The American Airlines Center crowd booed Mark Stone each time he touched the puck.

The first two times lasted around two seconds. The third time was much louder.

Stone scored a power-play goal 1:23 into his return to the Knights’ lineup, sparking a 4-3 win against the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the two teams’ first-round playoff ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bruins stuck with their goalie rotation for Game 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs and, though they got a very good performance from Linus Ullmark (30 saves), this best-of-seven series is tied at 1-1.

The Leafs earned the split. They were the better team most of the night on Tuesday and they finally forged ahead late in the game ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — There are comeback wins in hockey and then there are great comeback wins.

The Carolina Hurricanes had a great one Monday in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup series against the New York Islanders, erupting for four goals late in the third period for a 5-3 win and a 2-0 lead in the series.

After pulling goalie Frederik Andersen for ...Read more