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12:53 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers will be making their first Western Conference finals appearance since 2006 after defeating the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Connor McDavid‘s overtime winner in Game 5 in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday. Edmonton will next face the winner of the Colorado Avalanche–St. Louis Blues series; the Avalanche

11:41 PM ET RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes set an NHL record on Thursday night in their 3-1 Game 5 victory over the New York Rangers, as the home team won for the 12th straight time in their games since the start of the postseason. But Game 6 is Saturday night back in New

8:35 AM ET Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith is an agent of chaos. He’s the most exhilarating player in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, according to Edmonton-area cardiologists. His teammate, Connor McDavid, is the playoffs’ most exciting and entertaining player. To watch him play is to watch poetry in motion. To watch Smith play is

7:00 AM ET EDMONTON — There’s much at stake for the Oilers in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Just ask their fans. Thousands of them gather in droves before each game all around Rogers Place. Every side street is filled to the brim. There’s a formal — and free — tailgate party set up across from

5:45 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals right winger Tom Wilson is expected to miss six to eight months after undergoing surgery to reconstruct the torn ACL in his left knee. The team announced Wednesday that Wilson had a successful ACL replacement procedure a day earlier — four weeks after injuring the

9:00 AM ET We’re past the halfway point of each second-round series in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and one conference semifinalist has already begun its offseason, as the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning. What have the first four games of each series taught us? And how will those

1:43 AM ET The Calgary Flames needed a small miracle. They almost got it, too. The Flames trailed the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in the third period of Game 4 in their second-round playoff series when Rasmus Andersson fired a puck 132 feet from the Flames’ blue line that somehow beat Oilers goaltender Mike Smith to

4:27 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — The United States secured a quarterfinal spot at the ice hockey world championship on the last day of group play Tuesday. It only gets harder from here. The U.S. knew it would qualify before stepping onto the ice against Norway, thanks to Sweden’s 1-0 win over Latvia

7:00 AM ET New York Rangers winger Ryan Reaves had some regrets after Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Not about the result, which was a 3-1 Rangers victory at Madison Square Garden that cut their series deficit to 2-1. But about the immediate aftermath. Reaves was on the ice at the final buzzer when

7:00 AM ET EDMONTON — Connor McDavid is putting on a masterclass of postseason performance, and it’s pushing the Edmonton Oilers to greater heights. Take, for example, McDavid’s play in Game 2 of Edmonton’s second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames. The Oilers were trailing 3-1 after a disallowed goal and McDavid had

10:15 PM ET The Florida Panthers have been swept out of the NHL postseason, falling 2-0 to host Tampa Bay in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Monday. Florida was the NHL’s top-seeded team entering the playoffs, having earned the franchise’s first Presidents’ Trophy title on the strength of a 122-point

9:00 AM ET St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn didn’t want to talk about Nazem Kadri. He didn’t want to talk about Blues goalie Jordan Binnington‘s collision with the Colorado Avalanche center that forced him out of Saturday’s Game 3, and eventually the entire series, with a lower-body injury. About the conjecture that followed the

12:43 AM ET Mike Smith was half a period away from shutting out the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Edmonton Oilers‘ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday. And then came Milan Lucic. Calgary trailed 4-0 midway through the third period when Lucic barreled into Smith while he played the puck behind Edmonton’s

8:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche are working with St. Louis law enforcement regarding threats made towards center Nazem Kadri after their Game 3 victory against the Blues Saturday night. The threats followed a series-ending injury to Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington after a collision involving Kadri. Just 6:45 into the first period of Game 3,

7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Tony DeAngelo swears that playing the New York Rangers in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs doesn’t change anything on his end. “I could care less who the opponent is,” the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman said. “Real good team. Real good power play. I know from experience.” DeAngelo

11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will miss the rest of the postseason with a broken sternum, coach Jared Bednar said Saturday night. Girard, who occupies major minutes on Colorado’s No. 2 defensive pairing, suffered what the team initially labeled an upper-body injury 1:49 into the first

10:04 PM ET St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington left Game 3 of their series against the Colorado Avalanche with an injury on Saturday night in the first period. Binnington was replaced by backup Ville Husso just 6:45 into the game in St. Louis. Husso returned to start the second period. Avalanche forward Artturi Lehkonen

2:44 AM ET CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers would not be denied. Not by another bad start. Not by a cascade of tough (stick) breaks or disallowed goals. In Game 2 of the Oilers’ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Calgary on Friday, Edmonton got the 5-3 win it needed to even the Battle of