Sabres left wing Thomas Vanek will likely miss Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Boston Bruins Friday night. Vanek is still nursing a lower-body injury sustained in Game 2. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff will shake up his lineup for the pivotal fifth game, inserting Nathan Gerbe for veteran winger Raffi Torres.
NEW YORK – Starting times have been assigned to two of the remaining games in the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Conference Quarterfinals. The starting times of games previously listed as "to be determined" are as follows:
Game #6...
May 7 - IIHF World Men's Hockey Championship begins in Germany.
May 23 - Gold medal game at IIHF World Men's Hockey Championship.
June 18 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup Final.
June 25-26 - NHL Entry Draft at Los Angeles.
July 1 - Free Age...
Logan Couture and Dwight Helminen gave San Jose its own version of youth and vigor. As a result, the Sharks took their first advantage of their playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shots to record his seventh career playoff shutout, Couture scored twice and the Sharks beat the Avalanche 5-0 Thursday to take a 3-2 edge in their Western Conference series.
Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shots to record his seventh career playoff shutout, Logan Couture scored twice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-0 Thursday to take a 3-2 edge in their series.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Jordan Alford made 23 saves, Travis Brigley, Curtis Austring and Sean Robertson each had a goal and an assist and the Bentley Generals beat the Powell River Regals 5-1 to claim a spot in the semifinals at the Allan Cup sen...
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Matt Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, forcing a sixth game in the Eastern Conference series.
Carkner fired a slap shot through...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Logan Couture and Dwight Helminen gave San Jose its own version of youth and vigour. As a result, the Sharks took their first advantage of their playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche.
Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shot...
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Giants coach Don Hay will have to wait at least one more game to write his name into the junior hockey record books.
The Tri-City Americans beat the Giants 5-2 in Western Hockey League semifinal action Thursday...
PITTSBURGH - Matt Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, forcing a sixth game in their Eastern Conference series.
Carkner fired a slapshot thr...
Matt Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, forcing a sixth game in the Eastern Conference series.
Chicago's best scorers finally got going, and now the Blackhawks are heading back home with the advantage once again. Patrick Sharp scored his first two goals of the postseason, and the Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 and tied their opening series at 2-2 Thursday night. "It was a must-win for us to stay alive in this series, and we took it very seriously," Chicago captain...
Matt Carkner helped the Ottawa Senators avoid elimination in their first-round playoff series and deprived the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins of at least a few extra days of rest. Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Senators a 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday night, forcing a sixth game in the Eastern Conference series.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Matt Carkner scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, forcing a sixth game in the Eastern Conference series.
Carkner fired a slap shot through...
Patrick Sharp scored his first two goals of the postseason, and the Chicago Blackhawks finally found their offensive form Thursday in beating the Nashville Predators 3-0 to tie their opening series at 2-2.
NASHVILLE - Patrick Sharp scored his first two goals of the post-season, and the Chicago Blackhawks finally found their offensive form Thursday night in beating the Nashville Predators 3-0 to tie their opening series at 2-2.
Rookie Antti ...
NASHVILLE - Chicago's best scorers finally got going, and now the Blackhawks are heading back home with the advantage once again.
Patrick Sharp scored his first two goals of the post-season, and the Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators...
Brian Boucher's series-clinching shutout and Ian Laperriere's battered and bloodied face are the only pieces of evidence necessary to show why the Philadelphia Flyers are moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Cast aside as a journeyman that didn't have much left, Boucher rose from third on the Flyers' goalie depth chart due to injuries and helped Philadelphia...
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian Boucher's series-clinching shutout and Ian Laperriere's battered and bloodied face are the only pieces of evidence necessary to show why the Philadelphia Flyers are moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs....
NASHVILLE - Chicago defenceman Brian Campbell is playing Game 4 against Nashville a little more than six weeks after breaking his collarbone and a rib after a hit from Washington's Alex Ovechkin.
Campbell returned to practice April 14 and...
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Windsor Spitfires survived to see another playoff game.
Adam Henrique scored his 12th and 13th goals of the playoffs and Philipp Grubauer picked up his second shutout of the post-season as the Spitfires defeated the Ki...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -The Vancouver Canucks know exactly how the Los Angeles Kings feel after blowing a late lead and a great opportunity.
Vancouver was within 3 minutes of taking a 3-1 series lead against Chicago in the second round...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Colorado centre Kevin Porter returned to the Avalanche lineup for Game 5 of their playoff series with the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
Porter, who did not have a point in the first two games, missed Games 3 and 4 ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -The Vancouver Canucks know exactly how the Los Angeles Kings feel after blowing a late lead and a great opportunity.
Vancouver was within 3 minutes of taking a 3-1 series lead against Chicago in the second round...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -Colorado center Kevin Porter returned to the Avalanche lineup for Game 5 of their playoff series with the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
Porter, who did not have a point in the first two games, missed Games 3 and 4 wit...
Colorado center Kevin Porter returned to the Avalanche lineup for Game 5 of their playoff series with the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Porter, who did not have a point in the first two games, missed Games 3 and 4 with an upper body injury. Porter replaced forward Chris Durno in the lineup, and Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said defenseman Ryan Wilson was also expected to return and play in place...