• The Canadian Press

    Rangers reach Eastern Conference Final with 5-3 Game 6 win over Hurricanes

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chris Kreider had a third-period hat trick to help the New York Rangers erase a two-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 in Game 6 on Thursday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Final. Kreider single-handedly erased the Hurricanes’ 3-1 lead entering the final period. The go-ahead score came when he got position on Jalen Chatfield at the top of the crease and tipped in Ryan Lindgren’s wraparound attempt to make it 4-3 with at the 15:41 mark. That finally

  • The Canadian Press

    J.T. Miller's late goal lifts Canucks past Oilers to take a 3-2 series lead

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller scored with 31.9 seconds remaining to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night that put them a win away from the Western Conference Final. Carson Soucy and Phillip Di Giuseppe both scored in their returns to the lineup for Vancouver, which will try to wrap up the series in Game 6 on Saturday in Edmonton. Rookie Arturs Silovs made 21 saves for the Canucks. With the game tied at 2, Vancouver's Pius Suter f

  • The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Thursday, May 16, 2024

    Thursday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs Second Round Vancouver 3 Edmonton 2 (Canucks lead best-of-seven series 3-2) N.Y. Rangers 5 Carolina 3 (Rangers win best-of-seven series 4-2) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Canada 4 Norway 1 Austria 3 Finland 2 At Ostrava, Czechia Sweden 3 Kazakhstan 1 United States 5 France 0 --- AHL Playoffs Division Finals Cleveland 1 Syracuse 0 (Cleveland leads of best-of-five series 1-0) Hershey 6 Hartford 1 (Hershey leads of best-of-five series 1-

  • The Canadian Press

    Miller scores late, Canucks grind out 3-2 win over Oilers in Game 5

    VANCOUVER — J.T. Miller scored in the final minute of the game and the Vancouver Canucks came back for a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series Thursday. The win gave the Canucks a 3-2 edge in the best-of-seven series with Game 6 scheduled for Saturday in Edmonton. Carson Soucy and Phillip Di Giuseppe both returned to the lineup and contributed goals for the Canucks. Soucy sat out Game 5 due to a suspension and Di Giuseppe missed the game for a person