• The Canadian Press

    Five things to know about the NHL playoffs

    The Edmonton Oilers are, so far, the only Canadian team to punch their ticket to the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks can make it two teams with a victory Friday in Nashville, or Sunday in Vancouver. The only game in the NHL tonight is in Toronto, where the Boston Bruins can finish off the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena, or make plans for another Game 7 showdown at TD Garden. Here are five things to know about the NHL playoffs: OILERS COMPLETE PLAYOFF 'HAT TRICK' The Los

  • The Canadian Press

    Bruins look to clinch series win over the Maple Leafs

    Boston Bruins (47-20-15, second in the Atlantic Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (46-26-10, third in the Atlantic Division)Toronto; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Maple Leafs -114, Bruins -105; over/under is 5.5NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Bruins lead series 3-2BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins look to clinch the first round of the NHL Playoffs over the Toronto Maple Leafs in game six. The teams meet Tuesday for the 10th time this season. The Maple Leafs won the last meeting 2-1 in overt

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers dominate special teams to eliminate Kings in five games

    EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings played a tight-checking series at even strength. But the special teams matchup was lopsided — and that’s why it ended in five games. "That was a difference in this series,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said. Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Evan Bouchard had three assists, and the Oilers defeated the Kings 4-3 Wednesday to win the first-round matchup. The red-hot Oilers power play went 1-for-5 on the night but scored twice just after time had

  • The Canadian Press

    Stars beat Knights 3-2 for series lead

    DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal to put Dallas ahead late in the second period after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, becoming the first home team to win in this opening-round series that they now lead. Evgenii Dadonov and Matt Duchene also scored for the Stars, who have won three in a row after dropping the first two games at home last week as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. Seguin