PHILADELPHIA -- T.J. Oshie scored the tie-breaking goal with 3:00 remaining in the third period, and the Washington Capitals clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday.Oshie put the Capitals ahead 2-1 with an empty-net goal at 17:00 of the third. The Flyers, who needed a regulation win to stay alive for a playoff spot, had pulled goalie Samuel Ersson with 3:10 remaining and the puck in the Washington end. Nic...
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the 2023-24 season with plenty of motivation. “There’s something to prove, I think, for everybody,” Penguins forward Sidney Crosby said during a season-ticket event in mid-September. By mid-April, the only thing that’s been affirmed about the Penguins is that they are not a Stanley Cup contender.
The Red Wings aren't dead yet. With two regular season games left, the
The Red Wings aren't dead yet. With one regular season game left, the
The Nashville Predators got some help from former coach John Hynes and the Minnesota Wild last night, locking the Preds into the first wild card spot.
It wasn’t pretty, but neither was the season that preceded it. What’s beautiful is that the Caps are back in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Washington went to Philadelphia late Monday night, needing to defeat the Flyers – who were also alive as one of four teams vying for the second wild card berth – on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center. Behind yet another sparkling Charlie Lindgren performance in net, the Caps eked out yet another 2-1 win, another game in which they scored two or fewer goals but...
NEWARK, N.J. -- Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves, and the New York Islanders qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 4-1 win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Monday.Varlamov has started seven of the past 10 games for the Islanders, going 6-1-0 with a 1.85 goals-against average and .939 save percentage in that span. "Everybody wanted it, and that's how it is," New York coach Patrick Roy said. "The guys were very focused and dialed in and we had a strong game. We...
Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal with an assist as the visiting New York Islanders clinched a playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday in Newark, N.J. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Kyle MacLean also scored while Pierre Engvall and Anders Lee each added two assists as New York (38-27-16, 92 points) secured third place in the Metropolitan Division and improved to 7-0-1 this month. The Islanders recorded just 18 shots on goal but made the most of their chances...
Nick Blood's game-winner ensures Minnesota will play in the NAHL's Robertson Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
LOS ANGELES \-\- The Los Angeles Kings clinched a Stanley Cup Playoff berth with a 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.“That was our goal starting training camp, so one step at a time, and I think we did a good job in the regular season to get to this point,” said Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson, who scored twice. Akil Thomas scored for the second straight game, and Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings (42-26-11), who have won four of five and moved three...
Drake has a problem. It isn’t—at least not yet—Kendrick Lamar, who escalated a decade of tacit rivalry into open conflict with a diss verse on “Like That,” currently the no. 1 song in the country. (Kendrick has yet to answer Drake’s first response, “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50),” leaked last weekend.) Nor is Drake’s problem the larger onslaught of disgruntled collaborators who’ve suddenly teamed up against him, with disses of their own, in the aftermath of “Like That.” Yes, Drake is greatly...
Captain Dylan Larkin scored a power-play goal 41 seconds into overtime to fuel the visiting Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Larkin deflected a shot from Patrick Kane past Ilya Samsonov for his career-best 33rd goal of the season. With the win, the Red Wings (39-32-9, 87 points) are tied with the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers for the Eastern Conference's second wild card. The Red Wings and Capitals have two games remaining while the...