Matt Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, forcing a sixth game in the Eastern Conference series. The Philadelphia Flyers were the last team into the Stanley Cup playoffs, but are the first to reach the second round. Patrick [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Logan Couture and Dwight Helminen gave San Jose its own version of youth and vigor. As a result, the Sharks took their first advantage of their playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shots to record his seventh career playoff shutout, Couture scored twice and the Sharks beat [...]
NEWARK, N.J. — The Philadelphia Flyers were the last team into the Stanley Cup playoffs, but are the first to reach the second round. Given a second chance to knock out the New Jersey Devils 10 years after squandering their first opportunity, Flyers goalie Brian Boucher was brilliant on Thursday night as Philadelphia won 3-0 [...]
Patrick Sharp scored his first two goals of the postseason, and the Chicago Blackhawks finally found their offensive form Thursday night in beating the Nashville Predators 3-0 to tie their opening series at 2-2. Jonathan Toews also scored his first playoff goal and had an assist. Marian Hossa had an assist, just his second in [...]
Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu (MEE-koh KOY-voo) will have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder and his right knee that will require a summer-long rehabilitation. The team said Thursday that Koivu will have the operations in his native Finland in the next couple of days. Koivu will have arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum [...]
Injured Sabres left wing Thomas Vanek skated for about 45 minutes on Thursday and said his left foot was feeling better. Still, Vanek was favoring his injured foot when he walked into the locker room after the workout. He said he would skate again on Friday, talk to coach Lindy Ruff, and make a decision [...]