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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams’ second-round playoff series. Evander Kane, with his NHL-best 11th and 12th of the post-season, and Zach Hyman had the other goals for

St. Louis Blues (49-22-11, third in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (56-19-7, first in the Central Division) Denver; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Avalanche -249, Blues +202; over/under is 6.5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Avalanche lead series 3-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the St. Louis Blues in the second round

Canada is through to the quarter-finals at the men’s world hockey championship after beating France 7-1 Tuesday in Helsinki, Finland. Coming off a surprising 3-2 loss to Denmark on Monday, the Canadians jumped out to 2-0 lead before the end of the first period and refused to relent for the rest of the game. “I

HELSINKI – Canada is through to the quarterfinals at the men’s world hockey championship after beating France 7-1 Tuesday. Pierre-Luc Dubois had two goals and an assist, Dylan Cozens scored and added a pair of helpers, Zach Whitecloud put up one of each and Drake Batherson contributed four assists. Max Comtois, Eric O’Dell and Damon

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory Monday night that sent the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions back to the Eastern Conference final for the sixth time in eight years. Pat Maroon snapped a scoreless tie, batting Zach Bogosian’s shot

Feel free to blame Evander Kane or Nazem Kadri if hats suddenly become the next supply chain issue. Also, if it’s proven that “a good number” of Florida Panthers were partying at a Tampa strip club into the wee hours of the morning before playing a do-or-die game, how do you explain their best effort

NEW YORK—Former NHL enforcer Sean Avery has been ordered by a New York City judge to appear in person on June 15, when his trial on a charge of intent to damage property is set to begin. Avery appeared Monday via FaceTime for a brief procedural hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court before Judge Marisol Martinez

Denmark beat Canada for the first time in a 3-2 upset win at the world ice hockey championship on Monday, while the United States slumped in a loss to the Czech Republic in Tampere, Finland. Sebastian Dahm’s 29 saves helped Denmark to hold on to stun Canada and move into contention for a place in

Evander Kane scored a natural hat trick during an electric six-minute span and captain Connor McDavid provided more magic with three assists in another dominant performance as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series. Mike Smith, who was briefly replaced by Mikko

Carolina Hurricanes (54-20-8, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Rangers (52-24-6, second in the Metropolitan Division) New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -116, Hurricanes -104; over/under is 5 NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Hurricanes lead series 2-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the New York Rangers in the second

Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the visiting Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the NHL Eastern Conference final on Sunday. Corey Perry and Erik Cernak also scored, and reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner Andrei

While acknowledging the Tampa Bay Lightning are showing why they are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers know the have only themselves to blame for going down 3-0 in the second round. It could be pop country artist Kane Brown’s fault if their series ends less than a week before it started. An arena

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in Game 3 of their second-round series Saturday night. Logan O’Connor, Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog also scored as the Avalanche to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Colorado improved to 3-0 on the road

Florida Panthers (58-18-6, first in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (51-23-8, third in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Lightning lead series 2-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Florida Panthers in the second round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-0 lead in

Dean Kukan and Nico Hischier scored power-play goals and Denis Malgin had two assists as Switzerland defeated Canada 6-3 on Saturday at the world hockey championship in Finland. Michael Fora, Jonas Siegenthaler, Pius Suter and Timo Meier, into an empty net, also scored for the unbeaten Swiss (5-0-0-0) at the Helsinki Ice Hall. Kent Johnson opened

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Adam Gaudette scored in overtime for the United States to beat Sweden 3-2 at the world ice hockey championship on Saturday, while Switzerland bested Canada 6-3 in a game between previously unbeaten teams. Gaudette was involved in all three of the U.S. goals as he scored the first and assisted Nate

Zach Hyman scored the winning goal shorthanded for the Edmonton Oilers in Friday’s 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames to even their playoff series at one victory apiece. Edmonton captain Connor McDavid’s goal and assist Friday made him the fastest active player to reach 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in a single post-season, and

CALGARY – Tyler Toffoli doesn’t recognize this version of his team. And if the Flames don’t get back to what’s made them successful all season, Calgary could be in big trouble against its high-flying provincial rival. Toffoli scored in the second period to give the home side a 3-1 lead Friday, but the Edmonton Oilers