Hockey

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed proper wing Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $4 million contract on Tuesday, securing a key participant who was set to grow to be an unrestricted free agent. Johansson’s wage cap hit of $2 million for the following two seasons will give basic supervisor Bill Gueri...

Chaos is often the secret within the first spherical of the NHL playoffs, with eight collection rolling and loads of upsets. This yr was no totally different. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston Bruins who set information for one of the best common season in hockey historical past? Gone. ...

CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames began the 2022-23 season making a long-term dedication to move coach Darryl Sutter, and ended it in search of a distinct voice behind the bench. The Flames fired Sutter on Monday within the newest main change on the NHL membership after a disappointing season. Sutter’s...

DENVER — The Seattle Kraken converged from all factors on the ice to the identical spot - Philipp Grubauer’s web. A becoming gathering place to have a good time one other first for this younger franchise. ...

Game 7 is nothing new to the New York Rangers. “It seems like we play in a lot of them, unfortunately,” veteran ahead Chris Kreider mentioned. ...

NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes are making a behavior of profitable no less than one postseason sequence. This time they did it whereas lacking some key gamers. Paul Stastny scored six minutes into time beyond regulation Friday evening and the Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in Game 6 to mane...

SEATTLE — It took six video games of those playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche to lastly look the a part of a defending Stanley Cup champion. Colorado’s reward? A visit again dwelling for Game 7 and the prospect to dispatch the pesky Seattle Kraken. ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jake Oettinger had the privilege of taking part in in entrance of his household and the joys of backstopping the Dallas Stars to a clinching win in his native Minnesota. Ryan Suter had the satisfaction of beating his former workforce that purchased out his contract two years in the past. ...

The defending champions are on the ropes, and the most effective crew within the NHL has one other likelihood to maneuver on to the second spherical of the playoffs. All 4 first-round sequence resuming Friday evening function a Game 6 with potential elimination. The most stunning crew on the brink is Color...

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights saved their greatest efficiency of the opening spherical for final and dominated the Winnipeg Jets with their first probability in an elimination recreation. Chandler Stephenson scored twice and Vegas ousted the Jets from their Western Conference opening-round sequence ...