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Just one year removed from capturing the Presidents’ Trophy, the Winnipeg Jets must now prove its aging roster is still good enough to compete for a Stanley Cup, while facing an NHL landscape that no longer views them as legitimate contenders.
The Edmonton Oilers got a boost in Monday’s opener of their first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks with the return of Leon Draisaitl.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ resilience carried them to a surprise playoff berth. Sidney Crosby and company will need to rely on it, maybe a lot of it, if they want their postseason appearance to be more than a token cameo.
The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to do something they haven’t managed all season in Game 2 — stay out of the penalty box.
While it’s a small sample size, Connor Ingram’s first career playoff victory boded well for the Edmonton Oilers.
Linus Ullmark finished with 43 saves on a night where Ottawa was on its heels early. He turned aside 27 efforts off Carolina sticks in Saturday’s 2-0 defeat in Game 1.
Nothing came easily Monday night for the Eastern Conference’s top seed against the Ottawa Senators in a 3-2 double-overtime win that secured a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
Kasperi Kapanen’s second goal of the game, scored with under two minutes left in the third period, lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Anaheim Ducks in the opening game of their first-round playoff series on Monday.
Wyatt Johnston had two unusual goals, Matt Duchene scored a tiebreaking power-play goal and had an assist, and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 in Game 2 on Monday night to even their first-round Western Conference series.
Jason Dickinson and Kasperi Kapanen each scored two goals to power the Edmonton Oilers over the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in Game 1 Monday night.
A pair of goals from Troy Terry in the frame has helped the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 advantage over the Edmonton Oilers through two periods in Game 1.
Jordan Martinook scored the winner in double overtime for the Carolina Hurricanes as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven, first-round series.
Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark has made a series of big saves in the Game 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, but through the first four periods of the game the biggest was turning away a Jordan Martinook penalty shot late in the first overtime period to keep the game tied 2-2.
Jason Dickinson and Kasperi Kapanen found the back of the net late in the first period to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-0 lead over the Anaheim Ducks through the first period in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series.
The Edmonton Oilers got a boost in Monday’s opener of their first-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks with the return of Leon Draisaitl.
Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots, rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game and the Philadelphia Flyers shut out Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Monday night to take a 2-0 series lead.
The Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes are headed to overtime tied 2-2 after a scoreless third period of Game 2 of their first-round series.
Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens scored in the second period for the Ottawa Senators, Sebastian Aho found the net for the Hurricanes as the teams are tied 2-2 after 40 minutes of Game 2.
Logan Stankoven scored on the power play as the Carolina Hurricanes lead the Ottawa Senators 1-0 after the first period of Game 2 of their first-round series.
Artem Zub was not in the lineup for the Ottawa Senators for Game 2 of their series against the Carolina Hurricanes after suffering an undisclosed injury in Game 1 on Saturday.
Right now the Washington Capitals’ offseason feels like a big flow chart, with arrows at the top pointing in two very different directions. The front office is just waiting to be told which direction to take.
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