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Any NHL awards voters that had Jared Spurgeon on their Lady Byng ballot might want their vote back after what happened Tuesday night.

Spurgeon received a two-minute minor penalty on the play. "Reminder, for uh… "Didn't look at it.

The National Hockey League announced today the odds for clubs participating in the 2022 NHL Draft Lottery, set for Tuesday, May 10, at NHL Network's ...

** Under the terms of a Nov. 4, 2021 trade, Vegas will transfer its 1st-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft to Buffalo if it is not a top 10 pick. * Under the terms of a July 23, 2021 trade, Chicago will transfer its 1st-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft to Columbus if it is not a top 2 pick. The 2022 NHL Draft will take place at Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canadiens, over two days. Click here to view the mid-season rankings. REMINDER: The NHL announced changes to the Draft Lottery format on March 23, 2021. The event will be broadcast live beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN+, Sportsnet, SN NOW and TVA Sports.

TORONTO - Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford will have a hearing Tuesday with the NHL's department of player sa...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford will have a hearing Tuesday with the NHL's department of player safety after receiving a major penalty in ...

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The other wild card team takes on the other division winner. The second and third place teams from the divisions battle it out in the other playoff matchups. In ...

I do think the Avalanche will be able to get out of the Western Conference, but maybe not without a scare from the Calgary Flames. Colorado is just too talented at every position, and the team will be on a mission after last season's early exit. If that continues in the postseason, the Bruins are well-equipped to deal with that and keep the Hurricanes off the scoreboard. Chris: Similar to the Hurricanes/Bruins series, a goaltender injury is one of the biggest storylines to watch. Ovechkin is likely going to play in Game 1, but he's going to need to be superhuman for the Capitals to have a chance. Will the third time be the charm for Carolina or will it just be more of the same? To put it briefly, Auston Matthews. The Toronto superstar is on another level than everyone else this season and may very well be the MVP, and he doesn't have a bunch of slouches around him. That is what will make the difference in this series. I do think Darryl Sutter devises a plan to put a lid on Dallas' top line, and Calgary is the much deeper team in this series. Hart Trophy candidate Johnny Gaudreau had the best season of his career for a team that had the second-most points in the Western Conference. In addition, goaltender Jacob Markstrom was a brick wall at times and will be a huge asset throughout the postseason. For a team that didn't make a marquee addition in the offseason, Calgary relied on the star power that they already had in place to build a Stanley Cup contender. The Preds have shown an ability to be a scrappy bunch this season, but grit and sandpaper won't be enough to pull off the upset against this Avalanche squad. For Minnesota, Kaprizov is the engine that powers a deep forward group that includes a nice balance of skill and defensive ability.

The matchups are set. Half the league is headed for vacation. The other half is set to embark on a path that could take two months and will end with one ...

This series between the sixth-ranked Wild and eighth-ranked Blues certainly qualifies. We’ve been mostly wrong all year, we might as well go out with the opportunity to be super wrong. Speaking with five active NHL executives from across the league, we asked them to separate the 16 playoff teams into tiers from 1 to 5. If you like chaos, drama and unexpected twists and turns then your wishes were granted on the final full night of the NHL regular season. Nurse is dealing with a lower-body ailment. That’s the most challenging part of any playoff pool strategy as you need to determine which teams go how far and whether it’s worth it to take one player over another depending on that factor. As the Canadian rightsholder, Sportsnet and its people will carry through until the Stanley Cup is presented. As Canada prepares for the start of the NHL playoffs next week, Sportsnet’s hockey hosts, analysts and play-by-play voices are preparing to punch in for a shift that will last for two months. Wild fans yearn for a long playoff run. But on April 28, prior to the Bruins’ final home game of the regular season, the Walpole native learned he was needed the following night in Toronto. Wagner saw several of his teammates while taking a pre-flight COVID-19 test. That’s a thought few would have had a couple months ago as two injuries and subsequent struggles to regain his form nearly derailed the Oilers’ season. For this year anyway, the Kings are leaving them all behind.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning are very familiar with each other entering Game 1 of their Eastern Conference First Round series at ...

For the Maple Leafs to overcome his heroics, they'll have to have a net-front presence and create screens in front of him. "We've had some failures in the past, and it certainly motivates you. "We've talked to them the past couple of weeks about what we need from them and what our expectations are," Keefe said. Toronto (54-21-7) finished second in the Atlantic Division and Tampa Bay (51-23-8) was third. "I think it's a lot of things," he said. The forward scored a personal NHL-best and Lightning-high 106 points (42 goals, 64 assists) in 81 games.

The Stanley Cup could be staying in Florida if the Panthers can continue to dominate.

It remains the longest skid to open a season in MLB history and the longest streak at any point in the season for an American League team. That opened the door for Frank Robinson to become the first Black manager in franchise history. The 1961 Phillies own the record for the longest losing streak in modern MLB history at 23 games. Things didn’t get much easier for the Orioles after they snapped the streak. Washington nailed both selections, choosing Arrington and offensive lineman Chris Samuels. Arrington was a three-time Pro Bowler before leaving in free agency after an ugly contract dispute (and retired after tearing his Achilles tendon midway through his first season with the Giants), while Samuels was named to six Pro Bowls before a spinal issue ended his career. … No Texas Longhorns were selected in the NFL draft for just the second time since 1938. The Flames, who had the third-best record in the West, are also a possible candidate. Kelsie Whitmore became the first woman in the starting lineup for an Atlantic League game. Answer: In 2000, when the Browns took defensive end Courtney Brown first and Washington picked linebacker LaVar Arrington second. They scored the fourth-most goals in the league this season (308, 3.76 per game) but don’t have a single player among the league’s top 20 goal scorers. I was talking with a Hurricanes fan yesterday who couldn’t remember Kreider’s name and called him “the guy who looks like he’d play the devil in a movie.” He’ll look even more evil if the Rangers make a deep run and he lets the goatee flourish. The Oilers are the only other Canadian team in the field.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are one of the most exciting postseason formats that the sports world has to offer. For the first time in three years, each NHL ...

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The Bruins no longer have playoff mainstays in goalie Tuukka Rask (who retired) and center David Krejci (who left to play in the Czech Republic). But they still have a core of Patrice Bergeron (a pending free agent), Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy, supported by a cast that includes Taylor Hall and Hampus Lindholm. The Bruins have eliminated the Hurricanes in two of the past three postseasons. One point of concern: Goalie Tristan Jarry, outstanding in the regular season, has a broken foot, and his availability for this series could be impacted. The Kings were one of the surprises of the NHL, making the playoffs for the first time since 2018. The Leafs haven't won a playoff series since 2004 -- including last season's stunning first-round loss to Montreal -- and are searching for their first Stanley Cup win since 1967. This is the most compelling playoff series of the first round, full stop. Los Angeles Kings (No. 3, Pacific Division). The Connor and Leon show was in full effect, as McDavid (123 points) and Draisaitl (110) carried the Oilers to the postseason. The Lightning, meanwhile, are trying to become the NHL's first team to win three straight Stanley Cup championships since 1982. St. Louis Blues (No. 3, Central Division). The Wild had their best offensive season in franchise history, powered by a 47-goal season from star winger Kirill Kaprizov. The Blues had their best offensive season since the 1990-91 season, powered by star winger Vladimir Tarasenko (82 points), who went from requesting a trade last offseason to leading the Blues in scoring. It was a full 82-game season in the NHL for the first time since 2018-19. They also had one of the league's top goalies in Jacob Markstrom. The Stars could be a considered a one-line team, but it was an extraordinary line: Joe Pavelski (81 points), Roope Hintz (37 goals) and 22-year-old breakout star Jason Robertson, who had 41 goals. It had no home in the East. For the first time in NHL history, all eight teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs cracked 100 points in the standings. Nashville did too, but fell to the last seed in the West after blowing a lead in its final game at the Arizona Coyotes.

How Boston wins - As a bigger and more physical team, the Bruins could wear a lighter Carolina team down over the course of a long series. Boston is very ...

The elite Edmonton forwards should be able to do the rest from there in this series. The Kings will have to limit Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl as much as possible, and then win when they aren’t on the ice. Kirill Kaprizov ought to be the best player on the ice in this series, and the Wild will need him to be big. They’ve been a punching bag for some of their moves around the league, but the on-ice addition of Evander Kane has worked out really well, and their new coaching inputs have been very impressive. On paper this looks like one of the widest gaps of talent with Kings’ star defenseman Drew Doughty out for the season with injury. The Wild are deep in net with Cam Talbot and Marc-Andre Fleury, it might take figuring out which one they want to ride, but goalie play shouldn’t be a problem in Minny. Both defenses and goalie groups are on a similar level, though the Wild potentially are better at both. Both teams are built very similarly with Minnesota better on the wings, and STL better at center. Tampa would make a really formidable first round opponent for anyone, but if the Leafs can get over this hurdle, a lot of the pressure will be off and could turn into momentum. The Blues have three lines of 20 goal scorers, and are one of the deepest teams around. How Boston wins - As a bigger and more physical team, the Bruins could wear a lighter Carolina team down over the course of a long series. They have the firepower up front, and this could be a real coming out party for 60-goal scorer Auston Matthews to put his stamp on the conversation for the best player in the game today with a strong run.

By any reasonable statistical measure, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been an excellent team this regular season. They have a potent, deep offense led by the best ...

Besides the aforementioned Tampa-Toronto series, this probably has the potential to be the best first round match-up. They sent a franchise record for points in a season and for all of their troubles they get the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. The Hurricanes have been one of the league’s top teams for several seasons now and should be favoured against a Bruins team that simply isn’t as deep and has some real questions in net.

Here is TV information for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Monday, May 2. Eastern Conference. Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes, 7 p.m. ET; ...

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CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks at the three teams with a chance to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada for the first time since 1993.

A national funeral will be held Tuesday morning at a church in downtown Montreal. Read more about the final tributes to Lafleur here. Gaudreau is coming off a superstar-level regular season in which he racked up career highs in goals (40) and points (115) to finish second to McDavid in the scoring race. If the 23-year-old Toronto-based tutor extends her Canadian-record winning streak to 20 on tonight's airing of the show, she'll move into a tie with Julia Collins for the fifth-longest streak ever. Led by two-way stalwart Anze Kopitar, the Kings have the physicality to make things tough on McDavid. But they're lacking in firepower, and the bettings odds imply Edmonton has about a 70 per cent chance of beating them. See the full schedule and TV info for every series here. A year after missing the playoffs, the Pacific Division champion Flames have the look of a legit Cup contender. In 21 career playoff games, McDavid has 22 points — pretty solid considering the higher quality of competition and defensive intensity in the playoffs, but not exactly up to McDavid standards. To be clear, it's not McDavid's fault that Edmonton keeps flopping in the post-season. The team that hasn't captured a Stanley Cup since 1967 and hasn't won a playoff series in the salary cap era ought to be feeling pretty good about its chances of ending those embarrassing droughts right now. Last year's brief playoff appearance was a microcosm of the McDavid/Oilers playoff struggles: he averaged an incredible 1.88 points per game in the regular season before managing only four in a humbling four-game sweep at the hands of Winnipeg. Read more about the Leafs-Lightning series here. So, once again, the pressure is on the most talked-about team in hockey.

Port Huron's Jack Campbell posted the shutout for the Leafs in a 5-0 win over the Lightning in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series.

Taylor Hall scored for Boston early in the third. Andrei Svechnikov punctuated the win with an empty-net goal at 17:59,. Game 2 is Wednesday in Edmonton. The series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Friday. Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe predicted a “borderline violent” series, and that’s exactly how things unfolded seven minutes into the first period. Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists. Teuvo Teravainen and Vincent Trocheck added third-period goals.

The two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning fell 5-0 in Toronto in Game 1. There was a third-period brawl and first-period ejection.

"I'm here to focus on the now. I'm here to focus on what I can do to help the team win." "The Tampa Bay Lightning will be a far better team when they come back in here," Keefe said. "It was a missed opportunity for us." Rutta had 17 and teammate Pat Maroon had 10. An ugly performance by the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning led to an ugly brawl in a 5-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday on the opening night of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Florida Panthers will get their revenge on the Colorado Avalanche 26 years later in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final, according to EA SPORTS NHL 22 ...

The first round had two upsets based on seeding. The Panthers, who won the Presidents' Trophy during the regular season with team records for wins (58) and points (122), defeated the Avalanche in six games in the simulation. They eliminated the Washington Capitals in five games in the Eastern Conference First Round, the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the second round and the Boston Bruins in six games in the Eastern Conference Final.

Auston Matthews scored two goals and had an assist for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-0 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Eastern ...

NOTES: Matthews is the first reigning winner of the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 15 years to score multiple goals in his team's playoff opener. "It could have been a really different game if we'd scored on that, so that was a missed opportunity." "Can't do anything about the past," Marner said. "Our penalty kill was huge tonight, I think that brought us a lot of momentum. The Tampa Bay Lightning will be a far better team when they come back in here." "I thought it was a really good effort by us," Matthews said.

The NHL is full of title contenders that turn out to be pretenders and plenty of success stories about teams that figure it out and get the job done.

Among recent Cup champs, Tampa Bay has made the playoffs eight of the past nine years, St. Louis 10 of 11, Washington nine of 10 and Pittsburgh 16 in a row. That style of game does not have to be the same. “You’re going to get punched in the nose. I think it’s having the right mindset and knowing how to win and not getting rattled if you don’t, but being able to bounce back immediately and win the next one.” Five of the past six champions have finished top five on the power play or penalty kill in the playoffs. You have to stay even keeled but play your game.” Now with the Colorado Avalanche, he’s well-aware that’s just one part of what it takes for a playoff team to get over the hump and win it all. Ken Daneyko, who won the Cup with New Jersey three times, pointed to a penalty by Sam Bennett that cost the Panthers last year. “It’s so hard to win the Stanley Cup,” Burakovsky said. The Tampa Bay Lightning certainly had all that when they won back to back the past two years. You’ve got to be healthy when you hit playoffs,” Brind’Amour said. Sometimes it’s the direction a puck takes when it banks off the post and in – or out.

EA Sports did their own simulation of the playoffs on Monday — and they picked Auston. Leafs. We simulated the Stanley Cup playoffs in NHL ...

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