BOSTON — With the game tied and barely 100 seconds left on the clock, Florida Panthers center Anton Lundell entered the offensive zone and fired a shot at Jeremy Swayman. The Boston Bruins goaltender, as he has done so often, made the save.

But the puck bounced loose and defenseman Gustav Forsling got the second attempt past Swayman. The ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Craig Berube has a new home.

Berube was hired by the Maple Leafs on Friday afternoon, as the former Blues coach takes over perhaps the most high-profile job in the NHL. Berube coached the Blues for parts of six seasons before he was fired in December after a 13-14-1 start in St. Louis.

The news was reported earlier on Friday by ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A season that had much success ended in disappointment Thursday for the Carolina Hurricanes, the Canes losing, 5-3, to the New York Rangers at PNC Arena in Game 6 of their Stanley Cup playoff series.

Chris Kreider’s natural hat trick in the third period was the difference, giving the Rangers the lead after the Canes had ...Read more

BOSTON — Brad Marchand does not want anyone crying for him.

Yes, he believes that Sam Bennett “got away with one” when he punched Marchand in the head with the butt end of the stick in his right hand. But the way Marchand looks at it, that’s just playoff hockey. And the unvarnished truth about playoff hockey, as Marchand sees it, is ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — While Penguins fans endure a second consecutive spring without playoff hockey, a familiar story featuring some Trader Jim guy who used to work here has transpired on the other side of North America.

Yep, ol' Jim Rutherford, 75 years young, has transformed the Canucks — with just one playoff visit over the previous eight seasons...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Bruins still have a long way to go if they are to become the first Black-and-Gold team to come back from a 3-1 series deficit.

But step one was completed on Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena with a heart-stopping 2-1 win in Game 5 to send the series back to Boston for Friday’s Game 6.

The B’s got a disputed goal of ...Read more

Sergei Bobrovsky knows he can only control so much. On any given night, the Florida Panthers’ veteran goaltender could be challenged with nonstop shots on goal or face extended stretches where he’s having to wait for any sort of action to come his way.

“I’m not choosing what they’re going to throw at me, what’s happening around me,�...Read more

NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes will play at least one more game.

Trailing the New York Rangers by a goal entering the final period of Game 5, being shut down by Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin, the Hurricanes ignited for four goals in the third for a 4-1 victory.

After losing the first three games of the second-round series, taken to ...Read more

BOSTON — Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett already had the ire of Boston Bruins fans entering Game 4 of the teams’ second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series on Sunday. It was Bennett one game earlier, three minutes into his first appearance of the series after missing five consecutive playoff games due to a hand/wrist injury, who knocked ...Read more

BOSTON — Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett already had the ire of Boston Bruins fans entering Game 4 of the teams’ second-round Stanley. Cup Playoffs series on Sunday. It was Bennett one game earlier, three minutes into his first appearance of the series after missing five consecutive playoff games due to a hand wrist injury, who knocked ...Read more

BOSTON — Since he made his mark in the NHL as a fiery agitator in the 2010-11 playoffs, Brad Marchand had never missed a post-season game, showing up for all 156 Stanley of those Cup games.

That is a feat in and of itself, considering how many opposing players have wanted a piece of him.

But when the Bruins line up for the pivotal Game 4 of ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s high-flying hockey team has run into a problem it’s going to need to solve, and that’s the defensive acumen of the Dallas Stars.

The Avalanche dominated Game 3 of this second-round playoff series territorially, but not on the scoreboard. Tyler Seguin had a pair of goals and Jake Oettinger made 29 saves Saturday night...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes still have hockey to play.

Playing an elimination game Saturday in their playoff series against the New York Rangers, the Canes avoided a four-game sweep by taking a 4-3 victory in Game 4 at PNC Arena.

Defenseman Brady Skjei’s power-play goal with 3:11 left in regulation gave the Canes a 4-3 lead. It...Read more

BOSTON — Down two games to one in their second-round series against Florida Panthers and in danger of playing their last home game on Sunday, the Bruins took to their practice sheet in Brighton on Saturday without durable captain Brad Marchand.

And there was an underlying feeling that they were without their captain, who was termed day-to-day...Read more

BOSTON — The Florida Panthers understood the importance of the opportunity in front of them. They had a one-goal lead late in the second period of Game 3 against the Boston Bruins and were about to start a four-minute power play after Boston’s Mason Lohrei was called for a double-minor high sticking penalty against Florida’s Steven Lorentz...Read more

DALLAS — Dallas Stars coach Peter DeBoer called out his top scorers after Colorado’s stars fueled a wild Game 1 comeback win.

They heard him.

Miro Heiskanen scored twice, while Roope Hintz and Tyler Seguin broke out of slumps to propel Dallas to a 5-3 victory Thursday night in Game 2 at American Airlines Center. This best-of-seven series ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes’ season has come down to one game, taken to the brink by the New York Rangers.

The Rangers, who have not lost in the Stanley Cup playoffs, made it three straight over the Hurricanes in the second-round series with a 3-2 overtime victory Thursday at PNC Arena.

Artemi Panarin’s goal at 1:43 of ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers thrived all season behind a gritty, suffocating defense.

After a one-game anomaly in their second-round series opener against the Boston Bruins on Monday, that strong defense returned on Wednesday as Florida cruised to a 6-1 win over Boston to even the best-of-7 series.

The Panthers held Boston to just 16...Read more

DALLAS — Three goals down, the Colorado Avalanche was just getting started.

Miles Wood scored a breakaway goal in the first overtime to complete a stunning Avalanche comeback in Game 1 of its second-round series.

Wood outraced Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen to the puck in the neutral zone, got around the all-world defenseman and deposited a...Read more

NEW YORK — Vincent Trocheck scored on the power play 7:23 into the second overtime to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes and take a 2-0 lead in the series as it heads to Raleigh for Game 3 on Thursday.

The Hurricanes were battling history at that point: Going into the second OT, they were 0-3 all time in playoff ...Read more