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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - If you don't live in Florida, you can't purchase single-game playoff tickets for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The hockey team says it wants to ''create a home atmosphere'' for the upcoming series.The Tampa Tribune (http://bit.ly/1GRDAal ) reports that any tickets purchased with a credit card...

Devils farmhand Ben Johnson found guilty of sexual assaultWINDSOR, Ontario (AP) New Jersey Devils farmhand Ben Johnson was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the washroom of a Windsor bar in March 2013.Justice Kirk Munroe delivered the guilty verdict against the 22-year-old Johnson in...

Chicago 2 0 1-3Los Angeles 1 1 2-4First Period-1, Chicago, Kane 23 (Rundblad, Sharp), 1:58. 2, Los Angeles, Carter 13 (McNabb, Toffoli), 8:42. 3, Chicago, Sharp 10 (Kane, Keith), 11:42 (pp).Second Period-4, Los Angeles, Carter 14 (Kopitar, Gaborik), 1:45...

Dallas 3 1 1-5Boston 1 2 0-3First Period-1, Dallas, Fiddler 7, 7:28 (sh). 2, Boston, Krejci 7 (Pastrnak, Lucic), 10:43. 3, Dallas, Ja.Benn 17 (Goligoski, Klingberg), 14:38. 4, Dallas, Ja.Benn 18 (Eaves, Jo.Benn), 17:53.Second Period-5, Boston, Bergeron 15 (Marchand), :26 (sh). 6, Boston,...

St. Louis 0 1 0 0-1Detroit 0 0 1 1-2First Period-None.Second Period-1, St. Louis, Steen 23 (Pietrangelo, Stastny), 9:38 (pp).Third Period-2, Detroit, Cole 21 (Abdelkader, Quincey), :24.Overtime-3, Detroit, Abdelkader 20 (Zidlicky, Kronwall), :24 (pp).Shots on Goal-St. Louis 8-11-5-0-24. Detroit 10-5-8-2-25.Goalies-St. Louis,...

Flyers forward Dale Weise suspended for 3 gamesNEW YORK (AP) Philadelphia Flyers forward Dale Weise was suspended for three games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to Anaheim defenseman Korbinian Holzer's head.The hit came in the second period of the Flyers' 3-2 home...

Anaheim 1 0 2-3San Jose 1 5 0-6First Period-1, Anaheim, Cogliano 6 (Rakell, Silfverberg), 4:57. 2, San Jose, Pavelski 25 (Thornton, Marleau), 7:23 (pp).Second Period-3, San Jose, Goodrow 3 (Sheppard, Hertl), 2:15. 4, San Jose, Marleau 10 (Burns, Thornton), 6:16. 5, San...

AP Sports WriterPredators just one NHL team winning thanks to its SwedesBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Filip Forsberg is having quite the spring for the Nashville Predators, setting franchise records with his eight goals and 15 points. He's tied the team mark with at least a point...

AP Sports WriterBoston Bruins fire coach Claude JulienBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins fired Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien on Tuesday as the team was in danger of missing the playoffs for a third straight season.He was the longest-tenured coach in the NHL.General manager Don Sweeney announced...

Sens' Anderson gets shutout after wife's cancer diagnosisEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Craig Anderson leaned on his stick in the hallway behind the Senators' bench and put his head down. The public address announcer said his name, and he lumbered onto the ice, tears flowing during an ovation from the...

Lightning lose goaltender Bishop to apparent leg injuryPITTSBURGH (AP) The opening minutes of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning featured scary moments for both teams.Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang left briefly early in the first period after getting hit illegally...

AP Sports WriterPreds leaning on Rinne to force Penguins back to PittsburghBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Pekka Rinne is a friendly, polite man off the ice. Slipping the puck past the Nashville Predators goaltender is one of the few ways to anger the 6-foot-5 Finn.Pucks bouncing past...