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Third-period goals 10 seconds apart by Nazem Kadri and J.T. Compher broke a scoreless game, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-0 to claim their Stanley Cup playoff series opener Wednesday in Edmonton. Mikko Rantanen added a third ...

EDMONTON — For the bench staff, these sounds are sweet. There has been chatter about backchecking, dialogue about defence. “It’s really great … ” started Calgary Flames interim coach Geoff Ward, preparing his squad for Thursday’s Game 2 of ...

Zach Hyman feels your pain, Leafs Nation. Once a fan of the Maple Leafs and now one of team’s hardest workers, Hyman gets the frustration being felt in the wake of another post-season failure. “100%, I think it’s warranted, it’s justified,” ...

Belief hasn’t wavered among the Maple Leafs. Not in the front office, not among the players, not even after another early trip home from the National Hockey League’s post-season. This time, of course, it was a five-game fall against the ...

EDMONTON — This, coming from a veteran coach, is quite a compliment: “I would like to have him on my team.” Before anybody gets bent about tampering, Peter Andersson knows that his son won’t be coming home to skate in the Swedish Hockey ...

TORONTO — Canadiens fans are getting to watch Jesperi Kotkaniemi grow up before their eyes. So is coach Claude Julien. As a rookie last season, Kotkaniemi became Montreal’s adopted hockey son. The No. 3 overall pick at the 2018 NHL Entry ...

After 48 hours to absorb another so-near-yet-so-far ending to its season, the Maple Leafs braintrust turned thoughts to 2021. While they now face a second four-month hiatus after losing the qualifier to the Columbus Blue Jackets, president ...

Wednesday was International Youth Day, but Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner aren’t feeling the love they once did from Leafs Nation elders. Four straight first-round exits, the last with their scoring powers neutralized, reflect badly on the ...

Only second Buffalo head coach in 2000s to get re-upped It takes a big story nowadays to knock coronavirus-related developments off the top of the daily NFL news pyramid, and the Buffalo Bills offering a contract extension to a head coach ...

It is complicated, this business of fixing the Maple Leafs. Auston Matthews just finished his most dominant season. That should make the Leafs better. William Nylander went from 20-goal scorer to a 37-goal pace. That should make the Leafs ...