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Matt Boldy had two goals with an assist, Joel Ericksson Ek scored two power-play goals and rookie goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 shots in his postseason debut to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6-1 on Saturday in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series.
Martin St. Louis isn’t concerned with labels. The Montreal Canadiens coach knows his team is facing a perennial contender in the Tampa Bay Lightning. He’s also confident his group can match up.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have to beat one of the franchise’s greatest players to get where they want to go. Hall of Fame forward Martin St. Louis, whose No. 26 hangs in the rafters at Benchmark International Arena, leads the Montreal Canadiens against the Lightning in a first-round series that begins Sunday.
The meeting with Boston will be a franchise record-tying ninth for Buffalo, and the first since the Bruins eliminated the Sabres in a six-game, first-round series in 2010.
The Anaheim Ducks have signed forward prospect Roger McQueen to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2026-27 season.
Frederik Andersen stopped all 22 shots he faced and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-0 in the opening game of the first round.
Key defensemen Miro Heiskanen and Quinn Hughes were active for Game 1 of the Western Conference playoff series between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild on Saturday after both had missed the end of the regular season for different reasons.
San Jose Sharks superstar forward Macklin Celebrini is eligible to sign a contract extension as of July 1 and told reporters on Saturday he has every intention of working something out.
Ottawa Senators defenceman Artem Zub was forced out of their series-opening game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday with an apparent injury.
The Carolina Hurricanes are leading the Ottawa Senators 1-0 after two periods in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoffs series.
The Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes could not find the opening tally after 20 minutes in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference series on Saturday.
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Victor Hedman (personal leave) has started skating and is around the team but he remains unavailable to play at the moment, head coach Jon Cooper said on Saturday.
Anze Kopitar wrapped up the last regular season of his storied career. The Los Angeles Kings captain wants to prolong his final playoff run for as long as possible.
When the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks open their first-round NHL playoff series Monday, it will be a complete reversal from 2017, the last time the teams met in the playoffs.
As members of the Winnipeg Jets cleared out their lockers following a disappointing season in which the team missed the playoffs for the second time in the last nine years, Connor Hellebuyck was as honest as he’s been all season, Danielle Bain writes.
Demko’s injury was among many disappointments the Vancouver Canucks weathered during the 2025-26 campaign.
The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild have expected this first-round playoff matchup for months, and the Central Division rivals really set a tone for the series in a physical game just over a week ago in the same building.
Sidney Crosby would not take the bait, even though the smile on his face and the gleam in his eye hinted that maybe the Pittsburgh Penguins captain kind of wanted to.
Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk says the Senators have achieved their goal coming into the season by returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Now comes the next step, as the Senators open their first-round series against the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes.
Jakub Dobes is well aware of the massive gap in experience. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender is a fresh-faced rookie with fewer than 60 games under his belt. Andrei Vasilevskiy, meanwhile, is a two-time Stanley Cup champion and a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, arguably the best netminder of his era.
Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford told reporters on Friday that the status of Canucks head coach Adam Foote will be decided primarily by the team's next general manager.
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