NHL

AP Sports WriterGuentzel scores twice, Penguins even series with CapitalsBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Jake Guentzel scored twice to push his playoff total to a league-leading 10, Matt Murray stopped 20 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 4 to even their tense Eastern...

AP Sports WriterBill Torrey, GM of Isles' 4 Stanley Cups, dies at 83By TIM REYNOLDSSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Bill Torrey, the general manager of the New York Islanders when they won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1980s and the first president of the Florida Panthers, died Thursday.The Panthers...

AP Sports WriterBill Torrey, GM of Isles' 4 Stanley Cups, dies at 83By TIM REYNOLDSSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Bill Torrey, the general manager of the New York Islanders when they won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1980s and the first president of the Florida Panthers, died Thursday.The Panthers...

Blue Jackets star Werenski has shoulder surgeryCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Columbus Blue Jackets defensemen Zach Werenski had surgery on a shoulder injury that has bothered him since early last season.The team says full recovery is expected to take five to six months. General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen says Werenski will...

AP Hockey WriterHigh-scoring top lines dominating best defenders in playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNOEach time Boston's top line jumps over the boards, the Tampa Bay Lightning are on red alert.Make a mistake and Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will make you pay.''You think it's going all right and you're...

Capitals forward Tom Wilson suspended 3 gamesNEW YORK (AP) The NHL suspended Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson three games on Wednesday for an illegal hit on Pittsburgh's Zach Aston-Reese.The league announced the suspension less than 24 hours after Wilson broke Aston-Reese's jaw with a violent collision near the...

AP Hockey WriterHigh-scoring top lines dominating best defenders in playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNOEach time Boston's top line jumps over the boards, the Tampa Bay Lightning are on red alert.Make a mistake and Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak can make you pay. They have.''You think it's going all right...

Sabres re-sign defenseman Casey Nelson to 2-year contractBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed defenseman Casey Nelson to a two-year contract worth $1.625 million.The 25-year-old was signed Wednesday, and had been eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Nelson had a career-best season in which...

AP Hockey WriterBruins, Flames going to China as NHL continues outreachBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe NHL is going back to China for two exhibition games this fall between the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames.The league announced Wednesday the Bruins and Flames will face off Sept. 15 in Shenzhen in southeast China...

AP Hockey WriterBruins, Flames going to China as NHL continues outreachBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe NHL is going back to China for two exhibition games this fall between the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames.The league announced Wednesday the Bruins and Flames will face off Sept. 15 in Shenzhen in southeast China...

NHL taking a look at Wilson hit on Pittsburgh's Aston-ReeseNEW YORK (AP) The NHL is taking a look at a hit by Washington forward Tom Wilson that left Pittsburgh's Zach Aston-Reese with a broken jaw and a concussion.The league's department of player safety announced Wednesday that it has...

AP Hockey WriterSwing away: Swatting puck out of midair not uncommon or easyBy STEPHEN WHYNOLike he does with so many things, Sidney Crosby makes it look easy.There was the time he shot the puck off the post and swatted the rebound into the net out of midair. Or, the...