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Penguins star Sidney Crosby undergoes wrist surgeryPITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp.The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It did not specify which wrist was injured. General manager...

AP Sports WriterLightning reach East finals for 4th time in 6 yearsBy FRED GOODALLBlake Coleman, Barclay Goodrow, Zach Bogosian.Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper calls them guys who have a little bit of dirt under their fingernails. And that tough trio of late-season acquisitions is part of the reason the...

Avs ride 5-goal 1st period to 6-3 win over Stars in Game 5EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Faced with the prospects of going home, the Colorado Avalanche got rolling early and often.It was a flurry that saved their season - for the moment, anyway.Pierre-Edouard Bellemare began a five-goal scoring spree...

Sharks re-sign C Joel Kellman to 2-year dealSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The San Jose Sharks have re-signed center Joel Kellman to a two-year contract.General manager Doug Wilson said Monday that Kellman took a ''big step'' in his development last season and has proven himself as an NHL player.The...

AP Hockey WriterComing back in NHL bubble is unique task for teams down 3-1By STEPHEN WHYNOWhen all four second-round series in the NHL playoffs tilted 3-1 through four games, players and coaches didn't have to look far for examples of teams that have come back from that deficit -...

Stars take 3-1 series lead over Avalanche with 5-4 winEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Radek Faksa and the Dallas Stars are one win away from the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2008.Faksa had goal and two assists and Roope Hintz scored the last of three power-play goals...

Stars take 3-1 series lead over Avalanche with 5-4 winEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Radek Faksa had a goal and two assists, Roope Hintz scored the last of three power-play goals by Dallas and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 on Sunday night, taking a 3-1 series lead in...

AP Hockey WriterBruins, Avs on brink; Lightning, Stars 1 win from advancingBy STEPHEN WHYNOWith the Boston Bruins facing elimination against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Torey Krug thinks back to the 2019 playoffs to find a recipe for success.The Bruins went into Game 6 at the Toronto Maple Leafs on...

Stars take 3-1 series lead over Avalanche with 5-3 winEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Radek Faksa had a goal and two assists, Roope Hintz scored the last of three power-play goals by Dallas and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 on Sunday night, taking a 3-1 series lead in...

AP Hockey WriterRacial injustice not forgotten as NHL resumes playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNOEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Before playoff hockey returned to its usual intensity, the NHL and its players took time Saturday to highlight racial injustice and the sport's role in confronting it.Players pushed to postpone two days worth of...

Palat scores twice, Lightning beat Bruins to lead series 3-1TORONTO (AP) Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Saturday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series.Victor Hedman also scored a pinball, bouncing goal...

AP Sports WriterNHL playoffs return after 2-day break for protestsBy JOHN MARSHALLThe NHL playoffs took a two-day break to protest racial injustice, the latest twist in an unprecedented, pandemic-halted season.Now it's back to the ice.Three second-round playoff series resume Saturday after NHL players joined athletes in sports leagues across...