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Under the fiery John Tortorella, the Golden Knights (39-26-17) have clinched a second-straight Pacific Division title and are one of the league’s hottest teams heading into their postseason matchup against the Utah Mammoth.
The Edmonton Oilers will finish their regular season tonight with one goal in mind: Beat the visiting Vancouver Canucks and avoid a first-round playoff clash with one of the Central Division heavyweights.
The only silver lining in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ final game of the season is that it finally ended a long year of disappointment.
Mitch Marner broke a third-period tie and the Vegas Golden Knights won the Pacific Division for the fifth time in their nine-year history, beating the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Wednesday night to close the regular season.
Defenseman Louis Crevier scored twice in the final period, Ryan Greene and Nick Lardis also added third period goals, and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied in their season finale to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Despite resting six players, the Ottawa Senators wrapped up their regular season with a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday night to head into the post-season riding a high.
Tye Kartye scored two goals and had an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Wyatt Johnston scored the decisive shootout goal and the Dallas Stars posted their third consecutive 50-win season with a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Mike Benning got his first two NHL goals, Wilmer Skoog, Mikulas Hovorka and Ludvig Jansson all got their first NHL points, and the Florida Panthers closed out their injury-plagued season by routing the Detroit Red Wings 8-1 on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks extended general manager Kyle Davidson’s contract Wednesday without providing the length of the deal.
A Swiss hockey coach who admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he’d been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China’s travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics has been fired.
For the second time in four seasons, Rick Bowness had a front row seat to one of his teams collapsing down the stretch and ending the season with disappointment.
The New York Islanders are facing questions about a jumbotron promotion urging hockey fans to donate to a former New York City police sergeant who was recently convicted of manslaughter for hurling a cooler of ice at a man fleeing arrest.
Dallas Stars top-line center Roope Hintz will miss the start of the playoffs after experiencing a setback in his recovery from a lower-body injury, while the team is getting healthier at other positions, coach Glen Gulutzan said Wednesday.
Heading into Thursday’s final night of the regular season, the Oilers sit second in the division, two points behind Las Vegas Knights and one ahead of Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings.
Toronto coach has repeatedly declined to go into detail about how this Leafs season, which started with high hopes, went off the rails so dramatically.
Logan Thompson stepped off the ice and headed up the tunnel before turning left.
The WNBA’s best player is being paid like it. ESPN’s Andraya Carter and Shams Charania report the Las Vegas Aces have signed reigning Most Valuable Player A’ja Wilson to a three-year supermax contract worth $5 million.
The Ottawa Senators have signed left-winger Blake Montgomery to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team announced Wednesday.
There are plenty of reasons for Nathan MacKinnon to smile over one of the finest seasons for him and for the Colorado Avalanche. Actually getting the all-business centre to break into a grin, well, that can prove challenging — even for teammates.
After numerous rebuilds and coaching and front office changes, the Sabres are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2011 after snapping the NHL’s longest postseason drought at 14 years.
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