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AP Sports WriterLindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatmentBy DAN GELSTONOskar Lindblom heard the sound of his Philadelphia Flyers teammates tapping the ice with their sticks as he returned to practice and knew - after months of fear and fight in his battle with bone cancer - he...

AP Sports WriterIslanders, Canucks, Flames try to get one win from advancingBy VIN A. CHERWOONew York Islanders coach Barry Trotz knows just how capable the Washington Capitals are in coming back from an 0-2 series deficit.They did it two years ago in the first round against Columbus when he...

AP Sports WriterBruins goalie Rask opts out of playoffs to be with familyBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family.The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours before...

AP Sports WriterBruins goalie Rask opts out of playoffs to be with familyBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family.The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours before...

AP Sports WriterBruins G Tuukka Rask opts out of NHL playoffs over COVID-19By JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run.The Vezina Trophy finalist -- and winner of the top goaltender award in 2014 -- said in a statement Saturday...

AP Hockey WriterNHL provides playoff hub teams a few tastes of `home'By JOHN WAWROWTORONTO (AP) There's no ear-splitting cannon booming from the stands in Columbus every time the Blue Jackets score. Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot, isn't parading through the arena. No one's firing up any sirens in...

AP Sports WriterIslanders, Canucks, Flames try to get one win from advancingBy VIN A. CHERWOONew York Islanders coach Barry Trotz knows just how capable the Washington Capitals are in coming back from an 0-2 series deficit.They did it two years ago in the first round against Columbus when he...

AP Sports WriterLightning confident they'll rebound against Blue JacketsBy FRED GOODALLResilience is one of the keys to success in the NHL playoffs.The seventh-seeded Columbus Blue Jackets exhibited it in rebounding from a five-overtime loss its first-round series against Tampa Bay. Now, it's the second-seeded Lightning's turn to answer the...

Canadiens coach Claude Julien receives stent, heads homeTORONTO (AP) Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien is returning home to Montreal a day after a stent was placed in a coronary artery. The team said doctors expect a full recovery.Julien was rushed to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto overnight Wednesday...

AP Hockey WriterCanadiens coach Claude Julien hospitalized with chest painsBy STEPHEN WHYNOMontreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien experienced chest pains Wednesday night, was taken by ambulance to a Toronto hospital and is expected to be out the remainder of his team's first-round playoff series.General manager Marc Bergevin explained Julien's absence...

Canadiens coach Claude Julien hospitalized with chest painsTORONTO (AP) Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said that coach Claude Julien was experiencing chest pains Wednesday night and was taken by ambulance to a Toronto hospital.Bergevin confirmed Thursday it was not COVID-19 related.The 60-year-old coach is not expected to...

AP Hockey WriterHurricanes coach Brind'Amour 'moving on' after fined by NHLBy JOHN WAWROWTORONTO (AP) Rod Brind'Amour wasn't going to risk another $25,000 fine from the NHL.The Carolina Hurricanes coach provided a short, four-word answer, Thursday, when asked if he had anything more to add a day after being...