Sam Malinski scored in regulation for the league-leading Avalanche (53-16-11), who have won three of their last four overall and seven straight road games. The Avs were missing the likes of Nazem Kadri (finger), Cale Makar (upper body), and Josh Manson (upper body). Connor McDavid replied for the Oilers (40-30-11), who have lost four of …
The final three days of the NHL regular season will be reserved for playoff jockeying. The Los Angeles Kings locked up the final spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 5-3 road win over the Seattle Kraken on Monday. The Kings charged into the playoffs after promoting former assistant coach D.J. Smith to interim …
TORONTO — Did we just watch Morgan Rielly’s final skate in front of a Toronto home crowd with a Maple Leaf on his chest? “It’s crossed my mind before,” the longest-tenured Leaf admitted to reporters Monday, prior to his 950th game for the club that drafted him fifth-overall in 2012. “All athletes, you know, have, …
TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored 27 seconds into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night. Erik Cernak, Jake Guentzel and Conor Geekie also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves as Tampa Bay recorded at least 50 wins in a season …
NHL Highlights April 13
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham both homered twice and the New York Yankees scored on a game-ending wild pitch in a three-run ninth inning to overcome Mike Trout’s two homers and five RBIs in an 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night that stopped a five-game losing streak. Judge …
Serah Williams won’t be staying in Connecticut to begin her professional career after all. The Connecticut Sun selected the UConn Huskies forward in the third round (33rd overall) of the WNBA Draft on Monday, but she wasn’t a member of the state’s pro team for long. The expansion Portland Fire acquired Williams in a draft-night …
WNBA Draft
Kia Nurse is coming home. It marks the first Canadian signing for Toronto’s expansion franchise. Nurse, 30, spent last season with the Chicago Sky. She averaged 7.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists through 44 games (18 starts). The one-time all-star has played 245 games in the WNBA since she was taken 10th overall by …
Jason Robertson scored and set up another for playoff-bound Dallas (49-21-12), while Wyatt Johnston and Arttu Hyry also found the back of the net. Casey DeSmith made 22 saves for the Stars, who are locked into the Central Division’s No. 2 seed. Matt Duchene had three assists. William Nylander, with a goal and two assists, …