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12:53 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers will be making their first Western Conference finals appearance since 2006 after defeating the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Connor McDavid‘s overtime winner in Game 5 in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday. Edmonton will next face the winner of the Colorado Avalanche–St. Louis Blues series; the Avalanche

5:47 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Drake Batherson scored on a power play 43 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden on Thursday night in the world hockey quarterfinals. In another quarterfinal matchup, Ben Meyers scored twice, Adam Gaudette added a goal and Jeremy Swayman made 33 saves

7:00 AM ET EDMONTON — There’s much at stake for the Oilers in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Just ask their fans. Thousands of them gather in droves before each game all around Rogers Place. Every side street is filled to the brim. There’s a formal — and free — tailgate party set up across from

11:45 PM ET Tyler Bozak‘s goal at 3:38 of overtime gave the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 comeback victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 on Wednesday night, avoiding elimination and forcing a Game 6 of this second-round series back in St. Louis on Friday. The Blues, who now trail 3-2, rallied twice to

5:45 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals right winger Tom Wilson is expected to miss six to eight months after undergoing surgery to reconstruct the torn ACL in his left knee. The team announced Wednesday that Wilson had a successful ACL replacement procedure a day earlier — four weeks after injuring the

9:00 AM ET We’re past the halfway point of each second-round series in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and one conference semifinalist has already begun its offseason, as the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning. What have the first four games of each series taught us? And how will those

1:43 AM ET The Calgary Flames needed a small miracle. They almost got it, too. The Flames trailed the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in the third period of Game 4 in their second-round playoff series when Rasmus Andersson fired a puck 132 feet from the Flames’ blue line that somehow beat Oilers goaltender Mike Smith to

4:27 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — The United States secured a quarterfinal spot at the ice hockey world championship on the last day of group play Tuesday. It only gets harder from here. The U.S. knew it would qualify before stepping onto the ice against Norway, thanks to Sweden’s 1-0 win over Latvia

7:00 AM ET EDMONTON — Connor McDavid is putting on a masterclass of postseason performance, and it’s pushing the Edmonton Oilers to greater heights. Take, for example, McDavid’s play in Game 2 of Edmonton’s second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames. The Oilers were trailing 3-1 after a disallowed goal and McDavid had

12:59 AM ET Avalanche center Nazem Kadri, who was the subject of racist attacks and threats following his injurious collision with Blues goalie Jordan Binnington in Saturday’s Game 3, tallied a hat trick in Colorado’s 6-3 Game 4 win on Monday night, pushing St. Louis to the brink of elimination. Kadri scored two goals in

Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic ‘definitely wasn’t trying to hit’ Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith behind net in Game 3 Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic insists he tried to prevent a collision with Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith in Game 3 of their second-round series on Sunday, an incident that the veteran will not be

9:00 AM ET St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn didn’t want to talk about Nazem Kadri. He didn’t want to talk about Blues goalie Jordan Binnington‘s collision with the Colorado Avalanche center that forced him out of Saturday’s Game 3, and eventually the entire series, with a lower-body injury. About the conjecture that followed the

12:43 AM ET Mike Smith was half a period away from shutting out the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Edmonton Oilers‘ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday. And then came Milan Lucic. Calgary trailed 4-0 midway through the third period when Lucic barreled into Smith while he played the puck behind Edmonton’s

8:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche are working with St. Louis law enforcement regarding threats made towards center Nazem Kadri after their Game 3 victory against the Blues Saturday night. The threats followed a series-ending injury to Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington after a collision involving Kadri. Just 6:45 into the first period of Game 3,

7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Tony DeAngelo swears that playing the New York Rangers in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs doesn’t change anything on his end. “I could care less who the opponent is,” the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman said. “Real good team. Real good power play. I know from experience.” DeAngelo

11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will miss the rest of the postseason with a broken sternum, coach Jared Bednar said Saturday night. Girard, who occupies major minutes on Colorado’s No. 2 defensive pairing, suffered what the team initially labeled an upper-body injury 1:49 into the first

5:21 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Ottawa Senators forward Adam Gaudette scored in overtime, leading the United States past Sweden 3-2 at the world ice hockey championship on Saturday, while Switzerland topped Canada 6-3 in a game between previously unbeaten teams. Gaudette was involved in all three Team USA goals. He scored

2:44 AM ET CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers would not be denied. Not by another bad start. Not by a cascade of tough (stick) breaks or disallowed goals. In Game 2 of the Oilers’ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Calgary on Friday, Edmonton got the 5-3 win it needed to even the Battle of