• The Canadian Press

    Vancouver Canucks right-winger Brock Boeser out for decisive Game 7: report

    VANCOUVER — Canucks star Brock Boeser will miss Game 7 of Vancouver's second-round playoff series Monday against the Edmonton Oilers, according to reports. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, citing several unnamed sources, was first to report Sunday that the 27-year-old right-winger is dealing with a blood clotting issue that is not considered life threatening. Boeser has seven goals and five assists in 12 playoff appearances this year, and recorded career highs in goals (40) and points (73) during

  • The Canadian Press

    Lafrenière continuing his breakthrough season as a solid contributor for Rangers in NHL playoffs

    After a breakthrough regular season, Alexis Lafrenière has continued to be a solid contributor for the New York Rangers in their run to the Eastern Conference final. Selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, the Quebec native entered the league with high expectations for a Rangers team looking to come out of a rebuilding process. Lafrenière made the team as a 19-year-old rookie and finished with 12 goals and nine assists in 56 games in the league's pandemic-shortened season. He

  • The Canadian Press

    Dallas Stars get some needed rest at home after starting to 'run on fumes' in NHL playoffs

    The Dallas Stars rested at home Sunday. No game, no practice and no travel for the first time in a month since the start of the NHL playoffs. “We were starting to run on fumes here at the end of this round,” coach Pete DeBoer said. “You can fill your tank up pretty quickly with a four- or five-day break. So a critical break for us.” Dallas still doesn't know who it will play when hosting Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Thursday night since the other second-round West series between Edm

  • The Canadian Press

    Aleksander Barkov, the Panthers' reluctant star, leads without having to say much

    SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Here’s the list of Aleksander Barkov’s top highlights from the Florida-Boston series: the go-ahead goal that sparked a Game 2 victory, scoring a spectacular game-winning goal to cap a comeback in Game 4, then blocking a shot late in Game 6 to keep things tied about 90 seconds before the Panthers won the game and clinched the series. He did it all. And Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk heaped praise his way afterward. “I don’t really even have words for what he’s doing for our