Tuesday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs Second Round Edmonton 3 Vancouver 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2) Boston 2 Florida 1 (Florida leads best-of-seven series 3-2) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Canada 7 Austria 6 (OT) Norway 2 Denmark 0 At Ostrava, Czechia Latvia 2 Kazakhstan 0 France 4 Poland 2 --- PWHL Playoffs Semifinals Boston 3 Montreal 2 (OT) (Boston wins best-of-five series 3-0) --- NBA Playoffs Second Round New York 121 Indiana 91 (New York leads best-of-seven se

The Bruins needed a huge performance from Charlie McAvoy in Game 5 vs. the Panthers and the star defenseman delivered.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman said the series would return to Boston. And he backed up that claim in a big way. Swayman made 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their second-round NHL playoff series on Tuesday night. The biggest stop of Swayman's night might have been his last: He stoned Florida's Sam Reinhart from close range with about e

The Bruins forced a Game 6 with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Panthers in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Check out our key takeaways from the victory.

NEW YORK (AP) — From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday. The award winner is selected personally by Messier and presented since 2007 to a player who “exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice, during the regular season and who plays a leading role in his community growing the game of hockey.” Trouba is the first Rangers’ player to earn the hono

DENVER (AP) — The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin has already been removed at the Colorado Avalanche's practice facility. It could be just for now — or possibly for good. For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with Nichushkin, one of their top players, unavailable due to circumstances away from the ice. This may be the last straw for the Avs when it comes to the talented 29-year-old Russian forward. Nichushkin was suspended

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers will start Calvin Pickard in net for Game 4 of their playoff series with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. The 32-year-old journeyman netminder replaces Stuart Skinner, who was pulled in the third period of Edmonton’s 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Sunday after giving up four goals on 15 shots. Edmonton trails Vancouver 2-1 in the best-of-seven second-round playoff series. “I’m expecting what I’ve seen from Calvin all season — a goaltender who’s compe

Wyatt Johnston accomplished a lot for the Dallas Stars before his 21st birthday. He has already appeared in 30 NHL playoff games, with four game-winning goals over those two postseasons, and matched a single-game mark accomplished only by Wayne Gretzky. “It's unreal for sure. It's a lot of fun to watch,” Dallas defenseman Miro Heiskanen said. “He amazes us every time.” Johnston turned 21 on Tuesday, when the Stars flew home from Colorado with a 3-1 series lead in their second-round Western Confe

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes kept losing close games to come within 60 minutes of exiting the NHL playoffs in an embarrassing sweep. Yet coach Rod Brind'Amour kept insisting his team was playing well in key areas and they had to stick with things. Somehow, what sounded like little more than a hopeful assessment at the time has brought the Hurricanes back to life in their second-round series with the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers. The Hurricanes have gone from down 3

TORONTO — Emphasizing the entertainment in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is the main reason for significant renovations to Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. Keith Pelley, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, swung a sledgehammer through a wall on the 100-level concourse on Tuesday morning as part of a ceremonial groundbreaking at the home of the NHL's Maple Leafs and NBA's Raptors. Pelley said that how fans experience in-person sporting events has changed since the COVID-19 pand