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After five years of close calls and near misses in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning were finally able to win their second Stanley Cup during the 2019-20 season when they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the playoff bubble. On Friday, the Lightning officially revealed the Stanley Cup Rings to

Mantha describes his grandfather’s profound impact on him originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Capitals fans have been learning a lot about Anthony Mantha ever since the forward arrived in D.C. at the trade deadline a couple of weeks ago. Not only is he an expert goal scorer (goals in his first four games in

4:48 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin will be out for the rest of the season with an upper-body injury. Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill made the announcement Friday. Like many of his teammates, Larkin struggled this season. The 24-year-old center had nine goals and 14 assists in 44 games.

3:23 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg will be sidelined for four to six months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum and a bone problem in his right hip. Silfverberg had the surgery Thursday at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles, the Ducks announced Friday. Silfverberg had

3:05 PM ET Associated Press The Calgary Flames have had one player test positive for COVID-19 and called off their morning skate due to the test. The club said in a statement the player was in isolation and other players and staff members had tested negative for the coronavirus. Montreal was prepared to play at

The Columbus Blue Jackets lost their eighth consecutive game after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, and emotions are riding high. After the game, goaltender Elvis Merzlikins let it be known how upset he is at the recent streak of unfortunate events. “I’m tired,” Merzlikins told the media.

7:05 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. As the end of April nears, many teams around the NHL are down to a single-digit number of games remaining on the schedule. In other words, time is running out for clubs currently

7:00 AM ET At this point, the international soccer Super League might go down as one of the biggest public relations fiascos in the history of sports. When fans, politicians, the media and FIFA all find themselves on the same side of an issue, something has gone terribly wrong. For the uninitiated: 12 of Europe’s

10:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed forward Ryan Hartman to a three-year, $5.1 million contract extension Thursday night. The 26-year-old Hartman was eligible to become a restricted free agent with arbitration rights this summer. The deal with an average annual value of $1.7 million will give him the

The Associated Press Raptors ride strong 3rd quarter to 114-103 win over Nets TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Pascal Siakam had 27 points and nine rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors seized control in the third quarter in a 114-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to

The Telegraph Carla Suarez Navarro: ‘Chemotherapy was hard, but playing at Wimbledon one last time inspires me’ Carla Suarez Navarro trusts that Friday will herald the end of an eight-month horror. It was on August 28 last year that this ebullient Spaniard, seven times a Grand Slam quarter-finalist but stricken by a strange nausea that

Artemi Panarin stopped in front of net vs. Flyers NEW YORK (AP) — James van Riemsdyk scored two power-play goals and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night to snap a two-game slide. Jakub Voracek scored the deciding goal for Philadelphia, and Brian Elliott made 33 saves. Ivan Provorov had

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As the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs approach, NHL teams will start getting mathematically eliminated from contention. PHT’s “What Went Wrong” series aims to analyze why each team missed the playoffs. The “What Went Wrong” series begins with the Buffalo Sabres, the first team to be officially eliminated. When you ask most hockey fans “what went

9:00 AM ET Nicolas Deslauriers rose from the ice, blood trickling down his face from a cut on the bridge of his nose. He had thrown a flurry of right hands at San Jose Sharks forward Kurtis Gabriel before Gabriel threw him to the ice. It was the kind of spirited tussle that would have

Push for the Playoffs will run every morning through the end of the 2020-21 NHL season. We’ll highlight the current playoff picture in both conferences, take a look at what the first-round matchups might look like, see who’s leading the race for the best odds in the draft lottery and more. All due respect to

7:19 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. While the playoff races for the No. 4 seeds around the NHL sometimes get more attention, tonight the spotlight will be at the teams vying for the top spot in three of the

12:43 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Marchessault scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight win. Vegas, which leads the NHL with 33 wins and 68 points, became the first team in the NHL to clinch a playoff berth. The