• The Canadian Press

    Rangers aware of Presidents' Trophy curse as they face Carolina Hurricanes in second round

    The New York Rangers are well aware about the difficulties Presidents' Trophy winners have had in advancing in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They're just not thinking about that. Since the award was first given to team with the highest point total during the regular season in 1986, only eight of those teams won the championship. Chicago was the last to do it in 2013, and the 2015 Rangers are the only team since then to advance beyond the second round. “We don’t live under a rock," New York forward M

  • The Canadian Press

    Defending Stanley Cup champion Knights and top-seed Stars set for a not-unexpected Game 7

    DALLAS (AP) — There is one more game to go between the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights and the top-seeded Stars. That deciding Game 7 in Dallas on Sunday night will wrap up the first round in the Western Conference playoffs. “I feel like coming into this series, you probably would have expected this,” veteran Stars forward Tyler Seguin said. “And if you asked us ... down 2-0, if we’d take Game 7 at home, we’d say yeah. So it should be exciting." Dallas and Vegas have split wi

  • The Canadian Press

    Adin Hill flashes old playoff form as Golden Knights beat Stars 2-0 to force Game 7

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beginning with Tyler Seguin on a breakaway, the shots came in waves at Vegas goalie Adin Hill. He stopped Seguin at point blank, saved Evgenii Dadonov's rebound and then stopped Seguin again. This was the Hill of last year's Stanley Cup championship run, and because of him the Golden Knights kept alive their hopes of repeating by beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Friday night to force a Game 7. “You need to make big saves at big times in big games,” Hill said. “That's how you win

  • The Canadian Press

    Matthews skates ahead of Game 7, status unclear with Leafs' season again on the line

    BOSTON — Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday. The Maple Leafs centre snapped the puck around, took part in drills and seemed to be moving well at Toronto's morning skate. Whether or not Matthews returns to the action with his club's season once again on the line remains to be seen. The ailing sniper hasn't been ruled out for Game 7 of the Leafs' first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins, but head coach Sheldon Keefe seemed to suggest his best player isn't q