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Lightning clinch playoff spot with victory over Bl

Two-fer Tuesday. The Lightning and the Panthers both secure playoff positions on the same night

Alex Killorn had a power-play goal and scored into an empty net, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4 on Tuesday night to clinch a playoff berth for the fourth straight season.
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Canucks keep pressure on in playoff race as Holtby

Canucks rebound after dropping the first of four against the Sens

On Saturday, Braden Holtby outplayed the Senators’ two-man goaltending entry of Matt Murray and Marcus Hogberg, and the Canucks won 4-2 to keep the pressure on the teams they’re chasing in the NHL playoff race.
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Wild beat Sharks to clinch spot in Stanley Cup Pla

Wild earn a playoff berth with another solid effort over the Sharks

Ryan Suter scored 19 seconds in, Kirill Kaprizov scored for the fifth straight game and the Minnesota Wild clinched a playoff spot with a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
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Canucks emerging from darkest weeks with brightest

Canucks give up a shorty in the third, but come back to notch a 6-3 win over the Leafs

With the year it has been and the times we are in, the most surprising thing about the Canucks is not that they were crushed by the league's biggest COVID-19 outbreak, but that they’ve emerged from it with their most impressive performances of the season.
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Struggling Canadiens have little roster flexibilit

Habs look for a silver lining after Price injury

The Canadiens have lost five of their last seven games, struggled immensely to score goals and the complexities of icing their most competitive roster grew with Price’s injury. But, if you're looking for a silver lining, look no further than Primeau getting a chance he’s earned.
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Roberto Luongo named Team Canada GM for world hock

Luoooo to take the helm of Team Canada for 2021

Roberto Luongo has been named general manager for of Canada’s National Men’s Team for the 2021 IIHF World Championship, with Shane Doan and Scott Salmond serving as assistant general manager for the event.
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Tuukka Rask blanks Sabres as Bruins win fifth-stra

Bruins continue their winning ways by shutting out the Sabres

Tuukka Rask recorded his first shutout of the season and the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
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‘Scary’ hit on Zach Hyman a bigger concern tha

Canucks overcome the flu and beat the Leafs with a gritty 60 minute effort

To watch Zach Hyman hit the deck and eventually hobble off the ice following a knee-on-knee collision with Alex Edler was enough to send a fright through the Toronto Maple Leafs' grand ambitions one month out from the post-season.
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Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand all score twice, Bruins

Bruins outgun the Caps as the cheap shots continue

David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each scored two goals and the Boston Bruins held off the Washington Capitals 6-3 in an at times heated matchup between the East rivals on Sunday.
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Golden Knights top Ducks to move into tie atop Wes

Knights join the Avalanche on top of the West Division after win over the Ducks

Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty and Nicolas Roy each had a goal and an assist Sunday and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 to move into a tie for first place in the West Division with the Colorado Avalanche.
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Boston beats Islanders as Hall scores first as a B

Bruins beat the stingy Islanders with a solid 4 -1 effort

Taylor Hall scored his first goal for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots to earn his first victory since February on Thursday night, when the Bruins dominated the New York Islanders and won 4-1.
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Canucks move on from Gaudette on surprisingly acti

Vancouver makes a couple of moves at the deadline to open up off-season options

The Vancouver Canucks do not know if Matthew Highmore will turn into a player who can help them. But Monday’s trade was proof the National Hockey League team is confident Adam Gaudette will never be the player they wanted him to be.
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Maple Leafs plagued by recurring power-play woes i

Leafs' make a splash at the deadline, but sink on the pond in Montreal

The end result against the Canadiens wasn't familiar, as it marked the first-place Leafs’ first multi-goal defeat in a month. But a major symptom in their losses is recurring.
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Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games after police sh

Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games after police shooting of Daunte Wright

The Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Timberwolves postponed games scheduled for Monday after Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop on Sunday in Brooklyn Center, a suburb adjacent to Minneapolis.
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Flames trade Bennett, sixth-rounder to Panthers fo

Flames trade Bennett, sixth-rounder to Panthers for second-rounder, Heineman

The Calgary Flames have traded forward Sam Bennett and 2022 sixth-round pick to the Florida Panthers for a 2022 second-round selection and prospect Emil Heineman, per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
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Five additional Canucks players enter NHL's COVID-

"Health and Safety" protocols shut down the Canucks until April 8th

The Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 issues continue to grow as five players were added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocols on Friday, bringing the total number of players on the list to seven.
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Ekblad scores winner after first OT goal overturne

10, 9, ....oh, never-mind. Florida beats Dallas late in O.T.

Aaron Ekblad scored with 9.3 seconds left in overtime after his apparent winner moments earlier was wiped out by a replay review, and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday night.
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Gaudreau rises to Sutter's challenge to help Flame

Gaudreau's not losing any sleep over Sutter's per-game comments

Message received. Response delivered. After Flames coach Darryl Sutter suggested pre-game Johnny Gaudreau lacked energy in his previous outing, the Calgary star rose to the challenge Saturday in a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets.
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Sabres fall to Penguins, make history with 15-game

Free-falling. Sabres continue plummeting to new lows with their 15th straight loss

Sidney Crosby picked up his 13th goal of the season, Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins push Buffalo's winless streak to 15 games and counting with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night.
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What the Tim Peel incident says about the role of

Scapegoat or symptom? Where does the buck stop on "Game Management"

Tim Peel's time as an NHL referee ended following a hot mic incident Tuesday where he talked about wanting to give Nashville a penalty. But the idea of game management and even up penalties is nothing new, so what does this incident say about its role?
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Flames season on brink after gut-wrenching loss to

Sens are playing spoiler and it may cost the Flames a playoff spot

The Calgary Flames' season on the brink hit a new low Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators. In desperate search of a solution to their scoring woes, the only thing the Flames seem capable of finding nowadays are new ways to lose.
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With season on the brink, Flames' offence drying u

Flames drop a crucial one to the Sens

The hits just keep on coming for a Flames team starting to come to grips with the fact their season is on the brink. And while defensive lapses gifted Ottawa their two goals on Monday, this one was about how inept Calgary’s offence has become.
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Chris Kreider scores twice, Rangers hand Sabres 14

That's a lotta losses.......

Chris Kreider scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat Buffalo 5-3 on Monday night for the Sabres' franchise record-tying 14th straight loss.
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Ryan Suter, Nick Bjugstad score as Wild take care

Wild win a tight one 2-1 over the Ducks

Ryan Suter and Nick Bjugstad scored, Cam Talbot made 24 saves and the Minnesota Wild returned home with a 2-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
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Canucks rally around Demko with 'gutsy' effort vs.

Canucks put on the work boots and get it done against the Oilers

After a poor defensive effort against the Montreal Canadiens, the Vancouver Canucks blocked a season-high 25 shots and rallied around Thatcher Demko in a win over the Edmonton Oilers.
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Andersen, Maple Leafs losing ground to Jets: ‘No

Andersen, Maple Leafs losing ground to Jets: ‘Not good enough to win’

In swiping five of a possible six points on the road, the Winnipeg Jets have crept within four points of the Toronto Maple Leafs which has put the spotlight on Frederik Andersen's performance in a potential playoff preview.