The defenceman hasn’t played since March 19 due to an illness, and he then took a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons. In 33 regular-season games — shortened by injuries — the Swede had one goal and 17 points. The Lightning begin their first-round series with the Canadiens on Sunday (5:45 p.m. ET …
The Toronto Raptors, for the first time since 2022, are back in the playoffs after a successful regular season. But meeting them there is a familiar foe in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Catch Game 1 of their first-round series on Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet+ at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.
After practising in a non-contact jersey on Friday, the Senators determined that Kleven won’t be ready for the team’s series opener against the Carolina Hurricanes (Saturday on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ – Coverage starts at 2:30). Head coach Travis Green was optimistic that he was close to returning. “He’s closer to playing, obviously, he’s out with …
It’s hard to believe that 82 games and six months have come and gone, and we’re already back at the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It feels like just yesterday that Florida was winning its second championship, that Matthew Schaefer was being picked first overall by the New York Islanders, and that the Buffalo Sabres and their …
Slow and steady wins the rebuild race. It was an eight-year-long trek for the Ottawa Senators to reach the post-season last year, but here they are again, this time with higher aims than just getting back to playoff hockey in the nation’s capital (Game 1 – Saturday on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ – Coverage starts at …
The Toronto Raptors will be without their starting point guard to begin the playoffs. Immanuel Quickley has been ruled out for Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, per Sportsnet’s Michael Grange. Quickley suffered a mild hamstring strain in the Raptors’ regular-season finale. More to come.
• The Canucks starting a new era • Sunny Mehta will be challenged early in New Jersey• Thoughts on every Round 1 playoff series Last 32 Thoughts blog before the Final, so let’s get right into it. While tracking front office searches in Toronto and Vancouver, I received a text from one of my reporter …
After a marathon-like march through the regular season, tiresome talks of tanking and wide-ranging woes over award rules, it’s finally time to focus on the good stuff. The 2025-26 NBA playoffs begin on Saturday, and the hope is for immediate intrigue to remind folks what high-level basketball is all about. A task that, admittedly, may …
For as much as the conversation heading into the season was dominated by the notion that the West would be a bloodbath, it became apparent over the course of the year that the “stronger” conference is a glaring example of the haves and the have-nots. The Oklahoma City Thunder, to begin their title defence, started …
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