LAS VEGAS — Coach John Tortorella confirmed on Saturday what was already expected, that center William Karlsson will not play for the Vegas Golden Knights in the do-or-die Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday.

“No,” Tortorella said when asked if Karlsson was available.

Karlsson left in the second period of Game 5 after being checked...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Two nights of shuteye, that is … if he slept, didn’t change the mind of Vegas Golden Knights coach John Tortorella, who bristled at a question on Thursday night about switching goalies in the Stanley Cup. Whether Vegas extends the series against the Carolina Hurricanes will be influenced on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena by Carter ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart said Saturday he was unfazed by chants from Carolina Hurricanes fans during the Stanley Cup Final regarding his involvement in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.

Carolina fans occasionally chanted “no means no!” toward Hart. The goaltender and four other players were acquitted ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It doesn’t take long in the Stanley Cup playoffs for a player to start feeling it.

There are the hard checks along the wall, body banging body. You go head-first into the boards after a cross-check. You take a shot flush to the face and the blood flows.

You take the pain. You go back on the ice. You’re playing for the Cup...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — He has the numbers, he has the awards, he has today’s spotlight.

Does he also have your adoration?

He has the Cups, he has the moments, he has the scoring titles.

Does he also have bragging rights?

Now that Nikita Kucherov has won his second Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, is it fair to say he is the ...Read more

PLANO, Texas — Satan’s winning bingo card reads: “183, 287, 121, 820, 635, 20, 30, 35.”

Throw in the words “toll way” or “George Bush” and residents of North Texas are liable to burst into tears, for there is no rubric to the equation of driving anywhere in Dallas-Fort Worth does not come with pain, suffering and money.

After a...Read more

DENVER — Reflections have become celebrations.

The Avs have failed four consecutive seasons to reach the finish line. But did you see the speed, the passing, the scoring before the final lap? Amazing, right?

Sports make hypocrites of all of us.

And the Avs’ long-awaited, season-ending press conference Thursday nestled their leadership ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Vegas Golden Knights are on the brink for the first time this year after losing, 4-2, to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at Lenovo Center on Thursday.

The Hurricanes lead the series 3-2 and will have a chance to win their second Stanley Cup championship in franchise history in Game 6 at T-Mobile ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It wasn’t Game 7, but it almost felt like it.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights went at it Thursday in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, and it was 60 minutes of hard checks and fights for pucks and a bruising battle to find open ice and any kind of scoring chance.

The Canes emerged with 4-2 victory after a ...Read more

DENVER — Joe Sakic says Cale Makar isn’t going anywhere.

The biggest piece of roster construction for the long-term future of the Colorado Avalanche this season has nothing to do with the 2026-27 roster. Makar is entering the final year of his contract and can be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2027.

He is also eligible to sign a new...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A strong argument could be made that Nikita Kucherov hasn’t gotten his due for the spectacular stretch he put together the past three seasons, over which he was the league’s top point producer.

The Lightning right wing led the league in scoring the first two seasons but didn’t receive the Hart Memorial Trophy, which goes ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Rod Brind’Amour was 35 when he captained the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup championship.

If anyone can identify with what Jordan Staal is doing now, at age 37, in the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights, it’s Brind’Amour.

Certainly no one can appreciate what Staal is doing more than Brind’Amour, who ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights rallied from two goals down to tie it, but ultimately lost, 5-3, to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

The series is tied 2-2. Game 5 is at Lenovo Center on Thursday

Carolina captain Jordan Staal scored twice, including the go-ahead goal while falling ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal called Game 4 a “massive game” before it even began.

Staal then went out and played a massive game himself, leading the Canes to a 5-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena.

Staal scored twice, his second goal on a beauty of a play ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Crazy. Go ahead. Use the word. It best describes what this Stanley Cup Final has been.

How it has played out. All that has occurred.

The swings back and forth. The ups and downs. The blown leads and comebacks. The overtimes.

And it has been just three games. Imagine what might be left in the proverbial tank between both teams.

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LAS VEGAS — There’s more Southern charm in Las Vegas than ever these days. There’s a new Bojangles on the Strip, offering all the same biscuits and sandwiches and chicken we’re used to in North Carolina.

Around the corner, a Chick-Fil-A.

One more block down, country music star Blake Shelton’s bar, Ol’ Red, sat dormant at 9:30 a.m.,...Read more

LAS VEGAS — PWHL Las Vegas has executed its first significant trade as a franchise, and it involves one of the best players in the world.

The team is acquiring a first-round pick in next week’s draft from expansion Detroit in a sign-and-trade that will send two-time Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight to Detroit, a source confirmed to the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — And when they needed to most in yet another wild and crazy game of this Stanley Cup Final, the Vegas Golden Knights followed the lead of their toughest player.

Resilience is just part of them. It sure is for Brayden McNabb.

Have you taken a breath yet?

The Knights on Saturday night won in the most dramatic of manners, beating ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Despite blowing a four-goal lead in the third period, the Vegas Golden Knights found a way to win 5-4 in double overtime over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

Defenseman Shea Theodore’s shot from the point caromed off the boards and deflected off goaltender Brandon Bussi ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Mitch Marner had already erased the doubts about his ability to perform in the playoffs by helping lead the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in his first year in the organization.

Now he’s on the verge of becoming a postseason legend after netting a hat trick in Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes for the Knights...Read more