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Getty Images Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been ruled out indefinitely after he took a knee to the head in the first period of his team’s playoff game against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. The 30-year-old has since been discharged from the hospital, the team announced Friday. Tavares had to be stretchered off

The first week of the Stanley Cup playoffs is almost in the books, and there’s been no shortage of entertainment. As always, the first round has provided fans with some pretty incredible moments, and here are the top 10 from the last seven days. 10. Alexander Ovechkin starts the playoffs with a BANG The Boston

7:00 AM ET The first tailgater arrived at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. “By noon, I saw about 20 or 30 tents set up,” Carolina Hurricanes GM and president Don Waddell said. When the gates opened for an 8 p.m. puck drop? You can only imagine the level of

6:44 AM ET Thursday night’s four-game playoff slate was all about theatrics, and plenty of offense. Thirty goals were scored over four games. Friday is a big day for clarification, as the Washington Capitals try to even their series with the Boston Bruins, the Colorado Avalanche look to build a 3-0 lead over the St.

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Getty Images Greetings fellow gamblers, it’s Chris Bengel stepping in for Tom Fornelli on this lovely Thursday. I feel a few years older this morning after watching the Play-In Tournament marathon between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Luckily, I didn’t have any bets in on that one and could simply enjoy it

Getty Images The NHL playoffs are just getting started, but the league is looking ahead and on Wednesday announced the details of the 2021 Draft. The two-day event will start with the 1st and 2nd lottery draws to determine which two teams get the top two picks. Following the first two picks being handed out,

8:45 AM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning had Nikita Kucherov and his $9.5 million salary-cap hit on the shelf for the entire regular season, only to have him recover in time to score two goals in their first game of the 2021 NHL playoffs. This is some next-level hockey villainy (at least to some outside

Craig Smith scores in 2OT, gives Bruins 2-1 series lead originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals give fans plenty of drama when they meet in the playoffs. For the third consecutive game in this first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series, overtime was needed to determine a winner. And for the second

Getty Images Meghan Duggan isn’t playing hockey anymore, but she couldn’t stay away from the game for that long. The former United States women’s ice hockey national team captain, who hung up her skates in October of 2020, is the new manager of player development for the Devils, the team announced on Wednesday. “I’m looking

7:00 AM ET Connor McDavid is inevitable. “He’s that good. You turn on the TV every night. If the Oilers played, you’re going to get a McDavid highlight, somehow and some way,” Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice said. The Edmonton Oilers‘ star treated the NHL’s 56-game regular season sprint like most of us treat vacation

The Minnesota Wild weren’t going to keep the Vegas Golden Knights off the scoresheet for the entire series, but they sure made them sweat. After earning a 1-0 overtime win in the series opener, Minnesota again scored the first goal Tuesday night. Matt Dumba netted the Wild marker at 12:07 of the second period, meaning

6:50 AM ET The incredible hockey continued on Day 3 of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, including the fourth overtime game of the postseason and the Cup favorite Colorado Avalanche showing how dominant they are. Tuesday brings the sequel to perhaps the best game of the playoffs so far, between the Florida Panthers and Tampa

Game 2 observations: Taylor Hall makes huge impact in B’s win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Bruins‘ mission was clear in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Washington Capitals. Be more aggressive offensively. The B’s made Capitals goalie Craig Anderson‘s job much easier than it should have

7:00 AM ET Anthony Mantha was accustomed to hating this time of year. The 26-year-old, a 2013 first-round pick of the Red Wings, became a regular for Detroit in 2016-17 — right after the franchise’s NHL record streak of 25 consecutive playoff appearances ended. The Red Wings entered a rebuild, with no end in sight.

It took until the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first Florida First Round series between the Lightning and Panthers. If the rest of this series is anything like Game 1, fans will beg the Lightning and Panthers to do this every year. Top players — yes, Nikita Kucherov included — made some big plays

7:38 AM ET The first night of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs set the bar high for the postseason. We had drama, with the Washington Capitals losing their starting goalie in the first period. We had intensity, as the Capitals and Boston Bruins had a spirited affair. Finally, we had a surprise, as the Caps

WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie’s goal song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” echoed through Capital One Arena and its 25% capacity crowd. It turned out the credit technically belonged elsewhere, but Capitals fans were in no mood to nitpick. Nic Dowd’s deflection of Oshie’ shot from the blue line found the back of