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1:44 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Zach Hyman scored at 10:39 of overtime as the Edmonton Oilers rallied from three goals down, authoring a potentially season-saving victory in a 5-4 decision over the Los Angeles Kings Sunday night. Hyman’s snap shot from the left faceoff circle was his first goal of the

Tensions ran high between the Leafs and Lightning in the third period after an awkward hit on Brayden Point. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images) A wild sequence unfolded five minutes into the third period of Game 3 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Brayden Point took an awkward

CBS Sports The 2023 NHL Playoffs have arrived, and they will provide some of the most exciting action in all of professional sports. With the Colorado Avalanche ready to defend their title as champions, the hunt for hockey’s ultimate prize began on Monday night. The Boston Bruins won the Presidents’ Trophy with the best record

2:53 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Trevor Moore scored a power-play goal at 3:24 of overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Friday. After Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was called for high sticking at 1:44, Moore, who

Under plenty of pressure after their Game 1 debacle, the Maple Leafs bounced back in a big way on Thursday. (Getty) TORONTO — If you bought the premise that this was a completely different Toronto Maple Leafs team than the six versions that preceded it, then this was precisely the type of game you needed

USATSI 🔥 The Hot Ticket Kings at Warriors, 10 p.m. | TV: TNT Latest Odds: Sacramento Kings +6.5 The Pick: Kings +6.0 (-110) Key Trend: The Kings are 11-2 ATS in the last 13 meetings in Golden State. Not many gave the Kings much of a chance in this series. Yet here they are, with a

12:22 AM ET BOSTON — The Boston Bruins fell to the Florida Panthers 6-3 in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference playoff series Wednesday night, the defeat the product of uncharacteristic sloppiness with the puck. “Players didn’t make the best decisions at moments,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery after Florida evened the best-of-seven series at

CBS Sports The 2023 NHL Playoffs have arrived, and they will provide some of the most exciting action in all of professional sports. With the Colorado Avalanche ready to defend their title as champions, the hunt for hockey’s ultimate prize begins on Monday. The Boston Bruins won the Presidents’ Trophy with the best record in

Last season, Filip Gustavsson played just 18 games for the Ottawa Senators and posted a 3.55 goals-against average with an .892 save percentage. On Monday night, the 24-year-old Swede stopped 51 of 53 shots, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 double-overtime road win in his NHL playoff debut. When folks say “goaltending is voodoo”

2:25 AM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Alex Iafallo scored the overtime winner as the visiting Los Angeles Kings erased a two-goal, third-period deficit en route to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series Monday night. Iafallo scored a power-play goal at 9:19 of OT by converting

Through the history of the National Hockey League, no team had won more than 62 games before this season. The 2022-23 Boston Bruins won 65. Here’s what’s at stake for the Bruins the next couple months: If they win a Stanley Cup, they’ll have an argument as the greatest team in NHL history. There are

In a fairer sports world, stars would be judged by their larger body of work — ideally their careers, but at least their seasons — rather than how things go during the playoffs. Sadly, our cruel world just doesn’t work that way. Silly or not, these five NHL players will either silence critics or spend

USA Today Hours after their season-ending loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Columbus Blue Jackets fired head coach Brad Larsen. They also announced that they are not renewing the contract of goaltending coach Manny Legace.  Larson was named the eighth coach in franchise history on June 10, 2021. Under his watch, Columbus compiled a 62-86-16

7:45 AM ET As a service to fans who have a general interest in the National Hockey League but have no idea what’s happened since the Colorado Avalanche raised the Stanley Cup by preventing a Tampa Bay Lightning three-peat last year, we’re happy to provide this FAQ as a guide to the 2023 Stanley Cup

The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders are both teams who do things their way. Overall, the brilliance — and undoing — of these teams sometimes boil down to how they diverge from NHL trends and norms. Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello loves abruptly firing coaches almost as often as he channels Mr. Burns’ hatred

Getty Images After missing the playoffs for the first time in 17 years, the Pittsburgh Penguins are making major front office changes. On Friday, the Penguins announced that they have fired general manager Ron Hextall, President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke and assistant general manager Chris Pryor. Hextall and Burke were hired by the Penguins

1:20 AM ET ESPN staff The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs are here, as 16 teams compete for the most magnificent trophy in sports. The record-setting Boston Bruins are the No. 1 overall seed, but their path will be a tough one. Out West, the defending Cup champion Colorado Avalanche hope to continue their reign atop

Getty Images With just two days left in the 2022-23 NHL season, the playoff races are very hot. Valuable points are on the line, and these last few games are more intense because of it. At this point, several Eastern Conference teams have clinched a playoff spot, but many others are still trying to punch