NHL

AP Sports WriterDevils owner Josh Harris having a very good year in sportsBy TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) Josh Harris is finally having some fun being an owner of sports franchises in three cities, three leagues and two continents.It's been a long wait for Harris, who has led investment...

LA Kings' Dustin Brown, Trevor Lewis undergo surgeryEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles Kings forwards Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis have undergone offseason surgery.The Kings announced the procedures Thursday.Brown had surgery on his left shoulder, and Lewis had surgery on his right hand. Both two-time Stanley Cup winners...

AP Sports WriterTorts: Plenty of blame to go around in playoff collapseBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets played one more playoff game this season than last, but it's all the same to general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and coach John Tortorella. Not good enough.And apparently there's...

AP Sports WriterWestern semi pits NHL's best in regular season in Jets-PredsBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Playing the Winnipeg Jets is exactly why Nashville coach Peter Laviolette wanted home-ice advantage in the NHL playoffs.Even if it's a round - or two - earlier than anyone really wants.Laviolette's...

NHL taking wait-then-see approach with draft lottery formatNEW YORK (AP) The NHL is taking a wait-then-see approach in adding an element of drama to its annual draft lottery on Saturday.Rather than revealing the entire order of the first 15 selections as the league has done in the past,...

AP Hockey WriterPenguins' Malkin skates, progressing for return from injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) The sight of Evgeni Malkin on the ice brought a smile to many in the Pittsburgh Penguins' locker room.Even knowing they wouldn't have him in the lineup for Game 1 of their second-round series against...

AP Hockey WriterThree of a grind: Playoff rematches crank up the hatredBy STEPHEN WHYNOWhen the Washington Capitals faced the New York Islanders in the playoffs five years in a row in the 1980s, players knew everything.They knew where Mike Bossy loved to shoot from, that Bob Nystrom was going...

AP Hockey WriterPenguins' Malkin skates, progressing for return from injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) Evgeni Malkin skated with his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates for the first time since suffering an apparent leg injury last week.Malkin will miss at least Game 1 of the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions' second-round series...

AP Hockey WriterPenguins' Malkin skates, progressing for return from injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) Evgeni Malkin skated with his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates for the first time since suffering an apparent leg injury last week.Malkin will miss at least Game 1 of the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions' second-round series...

AP Sports WriterTurn it up to 11? Pens, Caps have lots of playoff historyBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Sidney Crosby doesn't think the Pittsburgh Penguins have some sort of mystical edge over the Washington Capitals. That all those series and all those years and all that dominance won't mean...

AP Hockey WriterSame series, different year: Penguins-Capitals meet againBy STEPHEN WHYNOARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Like tourists flocking to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom, the Pittsburgh Penguins making a trip to Washington in the playoffs has become a rite of spring.The Penguins and Capitals will face off in...

AP Sports WriterExpansion Golden Knights face Sharks in 2nd round seriesBy JOSH DUBOWIt took one trip to Las Vegas early in the season for the San Jose Sharks to realize that the fast start to the season for the expansion Golden Knights was no fluke.So it should come as...