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The Montreal Canadiens, to a man, were rather pleased with their overall performance for most of Tuesday’s playoff game against the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre. Nevertheless, when the final horn sounded, it was the Sabres emerging with a 3-2 win, tying the second-round, best-of-seven series at 2-2.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored his second goal of the game at 4:10 of overtime to give Vegas a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, moving the Golden Knights a victory away from advancing to the Western Conference final.
Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period of their Game 5 meeting Tuesday night.
TSN Radio 690’s Mitch Gallo breaks down Game 3 between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres.
Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Tage Thompson scored the only goal of the second period as the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres are tied 2-2 after 40 minutes of Game 4.
Mattias Samuelsson opened the scoring for the Buffalo Sabres, but markers from Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield have the Montreal Canadiens ahead 2-1 after the first period of Game 4 of their second-round series.
Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended six games for a slash to Buffalo Sabres forward Zach Benson. The incident occurred in the closing seconds of Game 6 of the two teams’ first-round playoff series.
Sidney Crosby will be suiting up for Canada at this month’s IIHF World Championship. Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that the Pittsburgh Penguins captain and national program legend will be joining the team. But New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal is out with an undisclosed injury.
The Avalanche can wrap up their first postseason series win at home since 2008, when a team featuring Hall of Famers Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg beat the Wild — who had a youthful Brent Burns — in six games during the conference quarterfinals.
Colorado Avalanche defenceman Josh Manson has been fined $5,000, the maximum under the collective bargaining agreement, by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety, for butt-ending Minnesota Wild forward Michael McCarron.
Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas would like to see veteran Evgeni Malkin back with the team next season.
Bill Guerin of the Minnesota Wild, the Colorado Avalanche’s Chris MacFarland and Pat Verbeek of the Anaheim Ducks have been named as the three finalists for the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award.
The Buffalo Sabres are making a change in the crease after back-to-back lopsided losses in their second-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Montreal Canadiens will host the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday night at the Bell Centre with a chance to take a 3-1 lead in their second-round series.
Charlie Coyle isn’t going anywhere. The Columbus Blue Jackets announced a six-year, $36 million extension for the impending free agent on Tuesday.
Forward Owen Tippett was forced to miss the Philadelphia Flyers’ second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes due to internal bleeding, the team announced on Tuesday.
Ross Colton and Parker Kelly each scored in the third period for Colorado, an opportune time for their first goals of the postseason as the Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 in Game 4 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
After the Toronto Marlies eliminated the Laval Rocket on Saturday, some fans at Place Bell tossed beer cans on the ice. Marlies defenceman Dakota Mermis picked one up and pretended to chug, Mark Masters writes.
St. Louis has guided the Canadiens out of a rebuild and into the hunt for the Stanley Cup in Montreal, where hockey madness has taken on a new dimension this spring.
Buffalo Sabres forward Beck Malenstyn and Montreal Canadiens defenceman Arber Xhekaj were both fined following infractions made during Montreal’s 6-2 win over Buffalo in Sunday’s Game 3, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Monday.
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