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A potent power play scored a trio of goals for the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, leading the home team to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. J.T. Miller had a pair of goals for the Canucks (3-2-0) while Elias Pettersson and Alex Edler each had a goal and a pair of assists. Troy

President Donald Trump honoured the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, using the occasion to announce an envoy to Turkey, mention the economy and an agriculture deal with China and laugh off the possibility of impeachment. For the Blues, it was more of a last chance to celebrate the first title in franchise

Its social media presence has dried up, its phone number is out of service and its annual gala didn’t happen in 2019. But Eugene Melnyk insists his charity, The Organ Project, is still alive, and is refocusing its efforts for a relaunch next year. The Ottawa Senators owner launched The Organ Project in 2017, after undergoing a successful

Alex Stalock stopped all 26 shots he faced and the Minnesota Wild picked up their first win of the season with a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday. Victor Rask and Zach Parise scored third-period goals for the Wild (1-4-0), the last team to pick up a point in the league. Stalock, in

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Especially if they think you’re a jinx, jinx, jinx, jinx, jinx. The Los Angeles Kings are covering a banner that has hung in the rafters of Staples Center since 2015, commemorating Taylor Swift’s record of sellout shows in the arena, because it happens to coincide with their recent

Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Sunday night. Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc also scored as San Jose won their second straight after an 0-3-0 start. Logan Couture had two assists and Patrick Marleau had one in his first home game

Former Edmonton Oilers coach and Stanley Cup champion Ted Green has died. He was 79. The Oilers announced Green’s death on their Twitter account Saturday and a team spokesman said Green had died Tuesday. Green won the Stanley Cup as a player with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972, and five more times as

The Vegas Golden Knights came into the season with one of the best top-six forward units in the NHL. In their latest win, they proved they have the potential to be a threat with all four lines. Mark Stone and William Carrier each had a goal and an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves

MONTREAL—It is the age of crisp passes and dominant play. It is the age of turnovers and sloppy play. Five games into the season, the Lightning have been wildly inconsistent. You can’t be sure which team will show up at puck drop: the one that looks like a Stanley Cup favourite or the one that

Tanner Pearson scored in the shootout to power the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. The left-winger beat Philly’s Carter Hart five-hole in the third round to secure the win. Brock Boeser and Pearson both scored for the Canucks (2-2-0) in regulation, and Chris Tanev registered a pair

In this particular life-changing moment, one side of Stu Grimson’s face was rendered cratered and bloodied. The force of his opponent’s punches, three left-handed jackhammers, fractured his skull in two places, both above his right eye and below the cheek bone. The reconstruction of the disaster zone required 21/2 hours of emergency surgery and the

NEW YORK—Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers aren’t satisfied with their strong start. They know they can improve. McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal and Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, all in the third period, as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-1 Saturday for their season-opening fifth straight win. “It’s

It was an afternoon of firsts for the Ottawa Senators. Vladislav Namestnikov scored his first two goals with his new team, helping the Senators to their first win of the season, and giving D.J. Smith his first win as an NHL head coach. Namestnikov put away the winner 16:57 into the third and added an

Patrik Laine is in some great company at the top of the NHL’s scoring race after his four-point outing on Thursday. Laine scored twice and added a pair of assists as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2. The Finnish sharpshooter has 10 points through five games, tying him with Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, who

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock gathered his players at Toronto’s practice facility Friday morning. That part shouldn’t come as a surprise — teams usually meet before hitting the ice to break down video, go over special teams or talk about an upcoming opponent. This particular conversation, however, had a different feel following an embarrassing

PHILADELPHIA—The Flyers have turned their fans into Raging Bullies. Philadelphia fans have been implicated in the sports crimes of throwing snowballs and batteries — and of late, haymakers at horses and athletes — so why not let them smash and bash inanimate objects for cash inside a controlled environment? Grab a helmet and a baseball

Johnny Gaudreau put a backhand past Dallas goalie Ben Bishop in a shootout and the Calgary Flames beat the Stars 3-2 on Thursday night. Tyler Seguin was the only one of three Stars who beat Calgary goalie David Rittich in the shootout. It was tied 1-1, with Sean Monahan beating Bishop before Gaudreau won the

MONTREAL—A male teenager suspected in the stabbing of the son of a former Montreal Canadiens hockey player was arrested by Montreal police on Wednesday. The victim in the case is Nicolas Poulin, a former Quebec Major Junior Hockey League player with the Sherbrooke Phoenix. The stabbing took place last August in north-end Montreal when Poulin