NHL

AP Hockey WriterBruins, Lightning among top challengers to Capitals in EastBy STEPHEN WHYNOIt seems like no one in the Eastern Conference wants to be considered the team to beat.Taylor Hall relishes that his Devils were counted out last year before making the playoffs. Alex Ovechkin would love for all...

AP Sports WriterSharks' Patrick Marleau speeds toward 500-goal milestoneBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Patrick Marleau is closing in on the 500 career goal milestone the same way he has played the rest of his 19 years in the NHL: with alarming speed.With six goals in his past...

NHL CalendarBy Associated Press(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)April 4 - Regular season ends.April 8 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin.May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup Final.June 17 -...

Draisaitl scores in overtime as Oilers beat Rangers 3-2EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers took advantage of a big opportunity.Draisaitl scored 35 seconds into overtime and had a pair of assists as the Oilers beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Monday night. The win,...

Air Force Academy blames accidents for traffic at NHL gameAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colorado (AP) The Air Force Academy is blaming car accidents and ill-prepared drivers for traffic jams that were so bad before and after the NHL's Stadium Series game at Falcon Stadium that some fans didn't enter...

Leafs trade forward Fehr to San Jose for 2020 draft pickTORONTO (AP) The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded forward Eric Fehr to the San Jose Sharks for a seventh-round draft pick in the 2020 draft.The 32-year-old Fehr played in four games with the Leafs this season. He was...

Predators, Nashville agree to 30-year arena lease extensionNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators finally have the kind of security the former expansion franchise has been wanting for years after agreeing to a new 30-year arena lease that runs through 2049.The Predators announced the agreement Thursday for Bridgestone Arena...

AP Sports WriterLA Kings honor Bryant in 1st Staples Center game since crashBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) All the Los Angeles Kings players showed up to Staples Center wearing Kobe Bryant jerseys before the arena's first sporting event since the retired Lakers superstar's death in a helicopter crash.The...

Associated PressTampa Bay, Vegas look to bounce back off lossesBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) The Tampa Bay Lightning and Vegas Golden Knights were favored to win their second-round matchups.After losses Saturday, the Lightning and Golden Knights will be happy just to reclaim home-ice advantage.Hours after Boston beat Tampa...

AP Hockey WriterTaxi! NHL taxi squads to help teams stay on ice in pandemicBy LARRY LAGEis bracing for bumps as it aims to pull offduring the pandemic and the hope is that taxi squads will help teams stay on the ice.The defending Western Conference champion Dallas Stars have already...

Sydor returns to Blues as assistant, rejoining mentor YeoST. LOUIS (AP) Darryl Sydor has returned to the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach under mentor Mike Yeo.Sydor agreed to a three-year deal Wednesday.The 45-year-old Sydor finished his 18-year NHL playing career with the Blues in 2009-10, then...

Ottawa C Derick Brassard to have surgery for torn labrumOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Ottawa Senators center Derick Brassard will require surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion says in a statement Tuesday that the tear was found through tests after the Senators'...