Charlie McAvoy brought the intensity early in Bruins-Panthers Game 4 with an enormous hit on Sam Reinhart.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand, the Boston Bruins captain and the team's leading scorer in the playoffs, was scratched from Sunday night's game against the Florida Panthers, two days after he left Game 3 in the third period with an undisclosed injury. Marchand, who turned 36 on Saturday, was shaken by a collision with Florida's Sam Bennett early in the first period of the 6-2 loss. He struggled to get off the ice and appeared to be in pain on the bench; he did not take the ice in the third period.

PRAGUE, Czechia — Connor Bedard had two goals and one assist in helping lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Denmark on Sunday at the world hockey championship. Dylan Cozens, Dawson Mercer and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for Canada, which moved to 2-0 at the tournament to sit atop Group A. Jordan Binnington made 19 saves. After scoring twice in the opening period and going into the third just up 2-1, Canada put the heat on Denmark in the final 20 minutes scoring three more times. “I liked our third p

The New York Rangers aren't dwelling on their first loss of the postseason. They still have plenty of confidence. The Presidents' Trophy-winning Rangers now head home with a 3-1 series lead as they face the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Monday night (7 p.m., ESPN). “When we play our game we can play pretty well, generate offense," captain Jacob Trouba said. “Turn the page pretty quick and focus on Game 5.” The Rangers had won their first seven games of the

Bruins captain Brad Marchand will not play Sunday. Check out the projected lineups for the B's and Panthers ahead of the pivotal Game 4 at TD Garden.

Brady Skjei scored with 3:11 left to help the Hurricanes take down the Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night.

DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin and Logan Stankoven scored two goals each and goaltender Jake Oettinger thwarted Colorado's high-powered offence, stanching the Avalanche's third-period comeback prowess in a 4-1 win Saturday night that gave the Dallas Stars the upper hand in their Western Conference second-round series. “I don't think a coach has ever seen a perfect game, but I'll tell you that's as close to a perfect road game as you can play, in my mind, in this situation," Stars coach Peter DeBoer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei’s shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 attempts in the series, and it finally pu

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs Second Round Carolina 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (Rangers lead best-of-seven series 3-1) Dallas 4 Colorado 1 (Dallas leads best-of-seven series 2-1) --- PWHL Playoffs Semifinals Boston 2 Montreal 1 (3OT) (Boston leads best-of-five series 2-0) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Canada 4 Britain 2 Denmark 5 Austria 1 Czechia 6 Norway 3 At Ostrava, Czechia Kazakhstan 3 France 1 Latvia 5 Poland 4 (OT) United States 6 Germany 1 --- AHL Playoffs Division

Based on the Rangers’ season-long penchant for resiliency and their terrific record at Madison Square Garden, Saturday night’s loss in Carolina seems more like a blip than anything else in their second-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.