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AP Sports WriterLightning looking for better start in Game 2 against BruinsBy JOHN MARSHALLThe Tampa Bay Lightning opened Game 1 against Boston on shaky ice, fumbling away pucks, turning it over in their own end, giving up a pair of early goals.Tampa Bay seemed to get better as the...

AP Hockey WriterIsles face Flyers in 2nd round after sweeping season seriesBy LARRY LAGEThe New York Islanders had their way with Philadelphia during the regular season, scoring five goals twice and outlasting them in a shootout of a third victory.The Islanders, though, are not expecting an easy path through...

AP Hockey WriterBC-HKN--FaceoffBy LARRY LAGEThe New York Islanders had their way with Philadelphia during the regular season, scoring five goals twice and outlasting them in a shootout of a third victory.The Islanders, though, are not expecting an easy path through the second round of the NHL playoffs against the...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 postseason letdownsBy STEPHEN WHYNOBack-to-back early playoff exits were enough to make the Washington Capitals realize they made a mistake.In the two years since promoting top assistant Todd Reirden instead of giving Stanley Cup-winning coach Barry Trotz a raise, they've been...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 postseason letdownsBy STEPHEN WHYNOBack-to-back early playoff exits were enough to make the Washington Capitals realize they made a mistake.In the two years since promoting top assistant Todd Reirden instead of giving Stanley Cup-winning coach Barry Trotz a raise, they've been...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 postseason letdownsBy STEPHEN WHYNOBack-to-back early playoff exits were enough to make the Washington Capitals realize they made a mistake.In the two years since promoting top assistant Todd Reirden instead of giving Stanley Cup-winning coach Barry Trotz a raise, they've been...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 postseason letdownsBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs.General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capitals lost to former coach Barry Trotz's New York...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 postseason letdownsBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs.General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capitals lost to former coach Barry Trotz's New York...

Washington Capitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2nd consecutive exit in 1st round of playoffsWASHINGTON (AP) Washington Capitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2nd consecutive exit in 1st round of playoffs.

AP Sports WriterFlyers celebrate 1st postseason series win since 2012By DAN GELSTONJill Biden tweeted a photo of a cardboard cutout of her husband and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wearing a Philadelphia Flyers jersey. There are plenty of high hopes for the fall out of one snapshot -- and...

AP Hockey WriterAgent for Vegas goalie Fleury raises questions with tweetBy STEPHEN WHYNOPeter DeBoer didn't name his starting goaltender for Game 1 of the Vegas Golden Knights' second-round series against the Vancouver Canucks.A tweet Saturday by Marc-Andre Fleury's agent may have given that information away, and it certainly stirred...

AP Hockey WriterRivalry round: the series you love to hate in NHL playoffsBy STEPHEN WHYNOThere is no fancy name for when the New York Islanders face the Philadelphia Flyers. It's not a battle of the boroughs or a cross-river rivalry, but when teams are a bus ride apart they...