The Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs will be vying to end a 31-year Stanley Cup drought for Canadian NHL teams when the puck drops on the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Does hope spring eternal in the Great White North? Global’s Steve Autio has more in this 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs preview for all Canadian-based teams.
The Edmonton Oilers can advance to the second round of the playoffs — and eliminate the Los Angeles Kings from the post-season picture for a third straight year — with win tonight in the Alberta capital. And the Dallas Stars can take a 3-2 lead in their first-round series if they can manage to beat the Vegas Golden Knights on home ice, which so far hasn't happened. Here are five things to know about the NHL playoffs: WE'RE BRINGING GAME 6 BACK American entertainer Justin Timberlake brought his F
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies. Cooper after the Game 5 loss that eliminated his team from the playoffs on Monday night vented about two questionable goaltender interference rulings that contributed to Florida’s 6-1 win. The Lightning had two goals disallowed when the NHL situation room deemed a player interfered with Sergei Bobro
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin was briefly down on the ice with a bloody nose and a bit dazed after taking a shot to the face from Alex Pietrangelo. That big backhanded swing from Pietrangelo while the two were together against the board was certainly retaliation for the Vegas Golden Knights against Seguin, who earlier in that second period took a penalty for an illegal check to the head of Shea Theodore. But it was costly for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Knights, who sudde
The Edmonton Oilers eliminate the Kings from the playoffs once again, this time beating them in five games.
BOSTON — Auston Matthews was forced to watch with the Maple Leafs' season on the line. Battling an illness the better part of the last week, the three-time Maurice (Rocket) Richard Trophy winner as the NHL's top goal-scorer made a brief appearance at Tuesday's optional morning skate with Toronto down 3-1 to the Boston Bruins in the teams' first-round playoff series. There was hope Matthews would be able to suit up with the club facing elimination, but he didn't take the ice for warmups at TD Gar
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BOSTON — Matthew Knies lived with John Tavares when he first arrived in the NHL. The rookie forward forged a close bond with the Toronto captain's family as he adjusted to life as a pro. The pair reconnected Tuesday to keep their team breathing in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Knies scored at 2:26 of overtime after Tavares took the puck hard to the net as the Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 2-1 to avoid elimination in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. "You black out a little bit," sai
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Josh Morrissey expects this to hurt for a while. He's counting on it."I hope it stings for all of us into the summer, and we use it as motivation," the defenceman and alternate captain for the Winnipeg Jets said Tuesday night, moments after his team was shoved out of the NHL playoffs."It should be a learning experience for us, as much as it stings and kills right now. We have to find another gear as individuals."The Jets were given a first-round exit for the second consecutive season. They bowed
BOSTON — Joseph Woll knew he wasn't getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs had clearly been trending towards Ilya Samsonov late in the regular season, including a week of rest for the goaltender ahead of the Stanley Cup chase. Woll didn't pout or show any disappointment at getting passed over. He simply kept his head down and continued on the same regimented path. "It was really obvious to me that he was going to just continue to work," Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe
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WINNIPEG — Going into his first career NHL playoff game on Tuesday, Cole Perfetti knew that he wouldn't have any family in the stands cheering him on, but he was certain they'd be there in spirit. The Whitby, Ont., product and veteran defenceman Colin Miller were both set to make their first-round series debut in the critical Game 5 against the Colorado Avalanche, who could eliminate the Jets from the playoffs with a victory. "They’ll be cheering from home. They’re going to be watching hard and
