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Health and consistency were key issues for the Edmonton Oilers as they look back at an "average" year that saw them fall to the Anaheim Ducks in six games during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
When Joel Quenneville took over the long-suffering Anaheim Ducks nearly a year ago, the veteran head coach cautiously said he hoped to get his new team into contention this season for its first playoff spot since 2018.
Already perhaps the deepest team in Wild history, the mid-December acquisition of Quinn Hughes made Minnesota a realistic Stanley Cup contender.
The Anaheim Ducks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Thursday to capture their first series win since 2017 and dethrone the two-time defending Western Conference champions.
The Edmonton Oilers trail the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 through 40 minutes in a do-or-die Game 6 at the Honda Center Thursday night.
The Edmonton Oilers trail the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 through 20 minutes in a do-or-die Game 6 at the Honda Center Thursday night.
The Minnesota Wild are advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after eliminating the Dallas Stars with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night at Grand Casino Arena.
The Montreal Canadiens can close out their first-round series and eliminate the experienced Tampa Bay Lightning in front of a charged Bell Centre crowd in Game 6 on Friday night.
Winnipeg Jets defenceman Elias Salomonsson underwent shoulder surgery on Thursday and will be sidelined for five to six months, the NHL team said.
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid didn’t participate in the morning skate ahead of Thursday’s must-win Game 6 for his team, but coach Kris Knoblauch said only centre Jason Dickinson was a game-time decision in Anaheim.
Stankoven has been rolling at nearly a point-per-game pace going back to mid-March, including scoring in every game of Carolina’s first-round sweep of Ottawa.
Growing up on the farm played a significant role in turning Carson Carels into one of the most promising players in this year’s draft class.
More changes are coming to the Seattle Kraken. Weeks after the departure of president Ron Francis, the team announced that assistant coach Jessica Campbell will not return behind the bench this fall with the expiry of her contract.
The National Hockey League announced the finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on Thursday, naming Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar, Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield, and Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson as the final three nominees.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the more experienced team by far in their first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens. But the Habs are learning quickly as the series carries on, and are now one game from advancing.
The Edmonton Oilers will once again lean on their superstars as Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will continue to play on the same line for Thursday’s must-win Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks.
The Edmonton Oilers are set for another must-win game tonight as they visiti the Anaheim Ducks for Game 6 in their first-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Brendan Gallagher stepped out of the press box and went straight back to his office. The blue paint. In his first shift of the playoffs, the veteran winger crashed the crease and opened the scoring, sparking the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win — and 3-2 series lead — over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 on Wednesday.
Brett Howden scored a short-handed goal at 5:28 of the second overtime Wednesday night to give Vegas a 5-4 victory over the Utah Mammoth and put the Golden Knights one victory away from winning the first-round series.
Cam York buried the winner 17:32 into overtime and chucked his stick into the crowd in a wild celebration to send the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round for the first time in six years with a 1-0 Game 6 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
TSN Radio 690’s Mitch Gallo breaks down Game 5 between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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