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NHL CalendarApril 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 - NHL awards, Las Vegas.June 26-27 - NHL draft, Montreal.July 1 -...

PITTSBURGH (AP) Marc-Andre Fleury will remain in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of their playoff series against Columbus while Matt Murray deals with a lower-body injury. Murray was scheduled to start Game 1 but left after suffering a lower-body injury in warm-ups. Fleury came on and made...

Blackhawks place D Connor Murphy on long-term IRCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks have placed defenseman Connor Murphy on long-term injured reserve.Murphy hurt his groin Tuesday night in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. He has no points in six games this season.The Blackhawks also recalled...

The WASHINGTON and the COLORADO will both be gunning for a victory on 11/16/2018 at 9:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs COLORADO AVALANCHE When: 9:00 PM  ET, Friday, November 16, 2018 Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado ROT TEAM PL OU ML 57 WASHINGTON 0 (-110) 5.5 -140 120 105 -125 58 COLORADO TV: 9:05 PM LINE: 0 PREDICTION: COLORADO , WASHINGTON Oddsmakers currently have the WASHINGTON listed...

AP Sports WriterBob the Builder: Panthers' coach putting his stamp on thingsBy TIM REYNOLDSSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Bob Boughner's favorite dinner spot used to be a sports pub in the minor-league hockey hotbed of Glens Falls, New York called Dango's, a place where the chicken wings were huge and...

AP Hockey WriterKuznetsov scores in OT to lift Capitals over RangersBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) In a game that didn't feel much like the postseason, the Washington Capitals gave future playoff opponents fair warning about how they handle tight games.Outshot by a team eliminated from contention, Washington stayed close...

Kuznetsov game-time decision for Game 3 of Stanley Cup FinalWASHINGTON (AP) Evgeny Kuznetsov is a game-time decision to play for the Capitals in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights.Washington's leading scorer in the playoffs left Wednesday's Game 2 clutching his left arm...

Sabres place Kyle Okposo on IR; demote Pilut to AHLBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres have placed forward Kyle Okposo on injured reserve and demoted defenseman Lawrence Pilut to the minors.Okposo is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with his third concussion in less than three years. The 30-year-old...

LA Kings sign D MacDermid to 2-year contract extensionLOS ANGELES (AP) Defenseman Kurtis MacDermid has agreed to a two-year, $1.75 million contract extension through the 2021-22 season with the Los Angeles Kings.The Kings announced the deal Friday.MacDermid has become a regular on the blue line for the Kings...

AP Hockey WritersOn ice: NHL 'pausing' season amid coronavirus pandemicBy STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROWThe NHL is placing its season on ice - for now.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday the league will ''pause'' its season, effective immediately, because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move came one day after...

Visit by Stephenson, Stanley Cup stirs emotion in HumboldtHUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) A small Saskatchewan city devastated by a fatal bus crash involving its junior hockey team welcomed a trophy on Friday that fans no doubt hoped would one day be hoisted by one of their boys.Washington Capitals forward...

Flyers sign Braun to 2-year extension; Niskanen retiresPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Justin Braun to a two-year contract at an annual average of $1.8 million.Braun played in 62 regular-season games and all 16 playoff games in his first season with the Flyers. He had three goals...