• The Canadian Press

    Five things to know about the NHL playoffs

    They're down to the final four as the NHL post-season gets ready to play into June in Florida, Texas, New York and Alberta. The much-hyped Battle of Canada ended with a 3-2 Oilers' victory, while fans in Dallas scrambled to locate Edmonton via Google, and to let Oiler fans know their goal song at American Airlines Center is named Puck Off, just in case the kids ask. Here are five things to know about the NHL playoffs: OILERS SPOIL PARTY IN VANCOUVER Fans like to parrot that "Game 7" are the two

  • The Canadian Press

    'We were close': Game 7 loss to Oilers hits Canucks hard

    VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes couldn't quite find the words to describe his emotions Monday night. The sting of losing Game 7 to the Edmonton Oilers on home ice was still washing over the Vancouver Canucks captain. "Hard to reflect," he told reporters. "I'm kind of just trying to take it all in right now." After falling behind 3-0 in the second period, the Canucks clawed out a pair of late goals in the third period, then pushed hard for a last-minute equalizer. The bid fell short and Vancouver droppe

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers advance to Western Conference final with intense 3-2 win over Canucks

    VANCOUVER — Through to the 2024 Western Conference final after their 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Monday's Game 7, the Edmonton Oilers also occupy the top three spots in the Stanley Cup points race. Leon Draisaitl sits first with 24 points in 12 games. Connor McDavid is right behind him at 21, and Evan Bouchard leads all defencemen with 20. But the Oilers are shedding their reputation as a two-man team. On Monday, the Canucks held McDavid off the scoresheet for the third time in seven g

  • The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Monday, May 20, 2024

    Monday's Games NHL Playoffs Edmonton 3 Vancouver 2 (Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4-3) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Norway 5 Great Britain 2 Finland 3 Denmark 1 At Ostrava, Czechia Sweden 3 France 1 Kazakhstan 3 Poland 1 --- AHL Divisional Finals Milwaukee 5 Grand Rapids 2 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1) --- CFL Pre-season Saskatchewan 25 Winnipeg 12 --- WNBA Connecticut 88 Indiana 84 New York 74 Seattle 63 --- MLB American League Toronto 9 Chicago White Sox 3 Sea