National Hockey League
Early Lightning Strikes Stop Panthers; Playoff Rematch on the Horizon
TAMPA - Brayden Point scored his team-leading 42nd goal of the season and Nikita Kucherov posted a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning skated by the Florida Panthers, 5-1, in their home finale on Tuesday evening. While the Panthers were without six of their...
Offensive Fervor Lifts Bolts Over Sabres
TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Lightning gave up two goals to the Buffalo Sabres in the last 22 seconds of the first period in the Bolts' 7-4 dismissal of Buffalo on Sunday evening. The win ended four one-point losses in the last five games as the Lightning's latest three...
Red Wings’ Overtime Goal Stops Lightning
TAMPA - Detroit Red Wings' center Marco Kasper scored at 3:32 in overtime and the Red Wings shaded the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, in a loss that once again thwarted the Bolts from being in position to secure a second seed in the Eastern Conference. The goal marked the...
Ducks “Goalie” Edmonton
Is the question whether the Ducks could skate with the Oilers or whether the Oilers would let them? In their first period together, the team from Anaheim went blade-for-blade with the Canadian team on Monday night. The Oilers way outshot the Ducks, anyway, 14-6, but all but one were either blockered aside with a “thwack” off the waffle or swallowed up in Lukas Dostal’s belly pad.
Going Out Excellent
It’s rare to find someone as good as his or her profession at the end of a career as he or she was at the start, particularly in sports. However, in Los Angeles, broadcasting excellence often carries from generation to generation: Chick Hearn, Vin Scully, Bob Miller, and Nick Nickson.
Can’t Ignore Core Four
What would it feel like if, at work, your every move was chronicled and analyzed endlessly on the radio the next day without your being able to explain any of the why’s for all of the what’s being bandied about? That’s how I imagine it feels to be a Toronto Maple Leafs player.

Pavel Buchnevich scored three goals for his first career playoff hat trick and added an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-2 in Game 3 of [...]
Simon Benoit scored on a slap shot from the point at 1:19 of overtime to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the Senators and a 3-0 lead in [...]
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov left their Game 2 win over Tampa Bay after a third-period hit by Lightning forward Brandon Hagel, which earned him a major penalty. [...]
Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog played in his first NHL game in nearly three years Wednesday night in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Stars. [...]
Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch watched his team allow six goals for the second straight game in a loss to the Kings in Game 2 of the West quarterfinals. [...]
The Rangers agreed to a multiyear extension with GM Chris Drury, keeping him in charge of their hockey operations moving forward after missing the playoffs. [...]
Boston Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs vowed that his team would return to the playoffs next season despite finishing in last place and trading away several players at the deadline. [...]
From the first round all the way through the Stanley Cup Final, ESPN has you covered this NHL postseason. [...]
