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5:06 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said the Boston Bruins were handed a goal by the officials when his goalie interference challenge failed to overturn a second-period tally from forward Jake DeBrusk. “They’re too good a team to just give them goals. We have no chance if that happens,” said Brind’Amour after Sunday’s
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5:51 PM ET Colorado goaltender Darcy Kuemper left Game 3 of the Avalanche’s first-round series against the Nashville Predators on Saturday after taking a stick to the eye. Kuemper was struck in the final minutes of the first period by Predators forward Ryan Johansen while he battled Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon for position in front of
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11:10 PM ET ESPN News Services NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Predators coach John Hynes has ruled goaltender Juuse Saros out for Game 3 of Nashville’s series with the Colorado Avalanche. Connor Ingram, Nashville’s third goaltender who played well in the Predators’ 2-1 overtime loss at Colorado Thursday night that put them in a 2-0 hole, appears
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1:24 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The rest of the Penguins‘ playoff run won’t include goaltender Casey DeSmith. Coach Mike Sullivan said DeSmith underwent core surgery Friday morning and will miss the rest of the postseason. The surgery comes three days after DeSmith exited in the second overtime of Pittsburgh’s 4-3, triple-overtime victory over
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7:00 AM ET After back-to-back Stanley Cup championships for the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Jon Cooper still couldn’t believe he was uttering these words: “We’re going for three.” The last time an NHL team won three straight Stanley Cups was from 1981-83, as part of the New York Islanders‘ run of four straight championships. “‘We’re
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4:20 PM ET The Boston Bruins have ruled out defenseman Hampus Lindholm for Friday’s Game 3 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, who might be without starting goaltender Antti Raanta. Lindholm was injured during the second period of Wednesday’s Game 2 in a violent collision with Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov.
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9:30 AM ET Have we ever discussed how the Conn Smythe Trophy might be the NHL’s weirdest award? Let’s start with the hardware itself. In 1964, the trophy was donated to the NHL by Maple Leaf Gardens, to be awarded to the Stanley Cup playoffs MVP and as a bauble to honor Hockey Hall of
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7:58 PM ET Carolina goaltender Antti Raanta left Game 2 of the Hurricanes’ first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Boston on Wednesday following a collision with Bruins’ forward David Pastrnak. Raanta was playing the puck midway through the game’s opening frame when Pastrnak charged in and, while trying to avoid Raanta’s clearing attempt, collided with
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1:35 PM ET Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson will be a game-time decision for Game 2 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers after suffering a lower-body injury in Game 1 on Tuesday. Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said Wilson is getting treatment Wednesday. Wilson’s goal in the first period opened the
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1:04 AM ET Calgary and Dallas wasted no time getting acquainted in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The second-seeded Flames and 7-seed Stars faced off in Game 1 of their first-round matchup on Tuesday, and fists were flying before the first period ended. The initial melee started with a punishing hit by Calgary forward Matthew Tkachuk
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4:47 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford has been suspended one game by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for boarding Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ross Colton. The decision makes Clifford unavailable for Game 2 of the Leafs and Lightning first-round playoff series on Wednesday. This is the first time in his 12-year
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7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Stanley Cup playoffs are when the spotlight shines the brightest on the NHL. Not coincidentally, they’re also when hockey’s star players shine the brightest, too. Every preseason, we publish the ESPN NHL Rank, which rates the top 100 players based on how good they’re expected to be in the
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