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WASHINGTON (AP) — Charlie Lindgren allowed three goals on 21 shots, the last by Jake Sanderson in overtime, and the Washington Capitals lost a sixth consecutive game, a 3-2 defeat to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night that’s yet another blow to their playoff hopes late in the NHL season. The Capitals sit on the

Open Extended Reactions The homestretch of the 2023-24 NHL season is here. Eleven tickets to the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs dance have been printed, and five remain. Much will be gained and lost by the end of the 11-game slate on Super Saturday. Here are the key matchups to watch: Editor’s Picks 2 Related Tampa

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid and Evander Kane each scored two goals, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 Friday night to clinch a playoff spot. Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers, who ended a two-game losing streak and improved to 9-0-1 in their last 10 games at

Getty The NHL is in the home stretch of the 2023-24 regular season. That means playoff races are healing up atop divisions and on the wild card bubble. Throughout the last eight or so games, every point will be crucial as team’s battle for playoff positioning. Fans will be doing a lot of scoreboard watching

Emily Kaplan, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 07:31 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions Connor Bedard‘s remarkable rookie season has been defined by confidence and offensive wizardry. But on Jan. 5, as he tried to knife through the New Jersey Devils defense while driving to the net, he was flattened

Yahoo Sports Stefon Diggs trade changes the entire AFC landscape | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by senior NFL reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to discuss the breaking news that Stefon Diggs has been traded to the Houston Texans. The trio dive into the how and why of the blockbuster trade, including what

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports Only a few weeks are left in the 2023-24 regular season, and the Dallas Stars appeared to be peaking at exactly the right time. The Stars are riding a seven-game winning streak, and their most recent outing was a 3-0 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. Goaltender Jake Oettinger has

Open Extended Reactions Heading into the 2023-24 season, it was unclear what to make of the Nashville Predators. GM Barry Trotz had been busy in the offseason, and that included cutting ties with veteran centers Matt Duchene and Ryan Johansen. Andrew Brunette took over as the new head coach. The club hovered in the mushy

MILWAUKEE — Terry Crisp glanced at his caller ID sometime around Christmas, pressed “accept call.” He had a hard time believing what he was hearing. The phone number belonged to former Nashville Predators forward Cody Hodgson, who was in search of some advice from the team’s former broadcaster, the man with three Stanley Cup rings.

SUNRISE, Fla. — In a possible first-round NHL playoff matchup – should they make the it – the Detroit Red Wings showed some mettle. They scored in the first period and withstood a late charge Saturday by the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena, ultimately settling for a 3-2 loss in a shootout. “It’s definitely tough,” Wings’ David

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports There’s just under a month remaining in the 2023-24 regular season, but the Colorado Avalanche already look to be in peak postseason form. The Avalanche did finally see their nine-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday with a 2-1 loss against the Montreal Canadiens. Still, star forward Nathan MacKinnon

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMar 29, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Another week closer to the end of the regular season — and start of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs — and we have another new team sitting atop the throne of the

Getty Images Welcome to the NHL Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list it may not be a good thing — it means that they are capturing a large amount of the hockey world’s attention. These players are in

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNMar 28, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored his 42nd goal of the season to break a second-period tie, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves, and the surging Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins 3-1 on Wednesday night. Tampa Bay also got goals from Mitchell Chaffee and Nikita Kucherov as the Lightning improved to

Getty Images The City of Alexandria, Va. announced Wednesday that negotiations aimed at luring the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to relocate to the city have ended, and that a proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the two teams “will not move forward.” In a statement posted

Neil PaineMar 27, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions Want to know how long it’s been since the last time a Canadian NHL team won the Stanley Cup? More than three-quarters of the nearly 1,000 current NHL

Yahoo Sports Teams that will shape the Draft: Chicago, Washington, New England hold keys to QBs To help kick off our ‘Teams that will shape the Draft’ series on the pod, Bleacher Report’s QB wizard Derrik Klassen joins Matt Harmon to breakdown the teams that hold the top three pick. The pair dive into the