Quick note for a Friday morning: The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking for someone new to lead their hockey operations. In addition to that process, the organization is pursuing adding franchise legend in a management role. Sportsnet has learned that ownership will meet with the Maple Leafs’ all-time leading scorer, Mats Sundin, as soon as …
Though fighting for the “privilege” to play the 60-win Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference and the 64-win Oklahoma City Thunder may not seem like much of a reward on paper, there’s still plenty of pride on the line in Friday’s No. 8 seed Play-In matchups — and making the playoffs would be a boon …
Kyle Bukauskas and NHL insider Elliotte Friedman discuss what’s next for the 16 teams that missed the playoffs and break down every series, including Senators–Canes, Flyers–Pens and Oilers–Ducks.
Trout, who recently made a mechanical adjustment, went 6 for 16 with five homers and nine RBIs in the series. Trout hit his latest homer with one out in the seventh inning when he sent a 2-2 slider from reliever Angel Chivilli about halfway up the left field bleachers for a 7-4 lead. Trout homered …
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr.’s two-run single capped a four-run rally in the second inning, Walker Buehler earned his first win with San Diego and the Padres beat Seattle for their eighth straight win and 11th in 12 games. Mason Miller struck out the side on 14 pitches in the ninth for his sixth …
CALGARY — It’s been four years since Darryl Sutter so famously said, “It’s going to be a waste of eight days” for whoever played the Colorado Avalanche in the first round. How perfectly appropriate then that Sutter sat in the Saddledome stands for Thursday’s regular-season finale between the last two teams he coached, the Flames …
EDMONTON — Fans will celebrate No Kings Day in Edmonton on Friday, and instead, the Oilers will draw their 2017 selves in a Round 1 series against the Anaheim Ducks. It took four years and 82 games, but an Anaheim win in Nashville, and an Oilers romp over a tragic version of the Vancouver Canucks helped …
EDMONTON — Two years ago, the Vancouver Canucks won 50 games. Thursday, they finished the 2025-26 season with 25 wins — and 49 regulation losses. No matter how accustomed we have become to the team’s historic retreat this season, the numbers are still halting. How much has changed for Vancouver in the National Hockey League …
With the regular season officially over, it’s time for playoff hockey. The NHL has unveiled its 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule for Round 1. Every game can be seen on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+. Here are the schedules for all the first-round matchups: Ottawa Senators vs. Carolina Hurricanes Game 1: Ottawa at Carolina, 3 p.m. ET April …
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