With their crowd behind them, the Canes built on their advantage 12 minutes later on another Ehlers breakaway, the Dane this time faking to his backhand and tucking his second of the night through the legs of Carter Hart.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- — Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry and Chris Kreider had a goal and two assists apiece, and the Anaheim Ducks eliminated Connor McDavid and the two-time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers with a 5-2 victory in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs. That approach carried a young, skilled team through a pair of Game 7 road wins to reach the Eastern Conference Final.

Olli Määttä and Finland captured gold at the 2026 IIHF Men's World Championship, downing host Switzerland in overtime. It's the first gold medal finish for the Finnish blueliner, who has represented his country on many occasions and has collected a World Championship silver medal and two Olympic bronze medals in the past.

The Toronto Marlies and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins met tonight for game three of the Eastern Conference Finals in the Calder Cup Playoffs. The Maries took the first game of the series 4-2 on Wednesday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) Barry Trotz will again need to go through the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs. A 3-0 victory by his New York Islanders against the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Saturday means they'll get to start that effort at home

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The Springfield Thunderbirds and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins met tonight for the third game in their best-of-five series. The Penguins took the first game on Tuesday night, 2-0.