6 h. ago Almost comical how much more physical Oilers are now compared to regular season

Playoff Game Day 6: Oilers vs Kings This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, Edmonton’s lines for Game 6 against the Los Angeles Kings, a line-up full of players suddenly willing to bring the nasty like they haven’t done all season. It’s almost comical how big the difference is between now and then the […]

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21 h. ago Chance to clinch a PWHL playoff spot eludes Ottawa Charge in shutout loss to Minnesota Frost

The Ottawa Charge had a chance to clinch its first ever playoff spot Wednesday night at TD Place but instead will now have to do things the hard way. In the last game of the season. In Toronto, where Ottawa’s playoff hopes crashed and burned in the regular-season finale last season. Potentially, mere hours before […]

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24 h. ago Winnipeg fans jet in to support team in Game 5 against St. Louis Blues

Support for the team is booming after a record-setting regular season, with fans scrambling to find tickets to the Jets' round one games and the ever-popular Whiteout Parties.

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26 h. ago Evander Kane quickly makes a meaningful impact for Oilers after season on LTIR

Guess Evander Kane has caught up to that moving train leaving the station, eh? There was much discussion as the weeks and months dragged on about how good Kane would be in this Edmonton Oilers’ playoff series with Los Angeles, sitting out the entire regular-season after his September abdominal surgeries and a late knee procedure […]

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52 h. ago Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard to start Game 5 against the Kings 

Calvin Pickard was 22-10-1 in regular-season play through the 2024-25 campaign.

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52 h. ago When will the Rogers Centre's dome be open for Toronto Blue Jays games?

It could be said that there are two unofficial Opening Days for Toronto Blue Jays games.Of course, there's the actual Opening Day, where Toronto plays their first home regular season game of the year, usually in March when temperatures are still hovering around zero.And then, somewhere between four and eight weeks later, there's the second, perhaps more anticipated, Opening Day, where the Rogers Centre roof is opened for the first time each season.Famously known as the world's first retractable roof on a sporting venue when it opened in 1989, the Rogers Centre's precipitation control mechanism may not be as awe-inspiring as it once was.But it's still a staple of Toronto culture, and could be making its debut this week. While Toronto has already seen two of its road games this season be delayed and eventually postponed by inclement weather, that hasn't been a problem in Toronto for most of the franchise's history.Sportsnet's Joe Siddall was among those...

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4 d. ago Can Edmonton Oilers hammer down hard on the best weapon of the enemy?

The best weapon of the Los Angeles Kings? Kevin Fiala on the deadly L.A. power play, which has scored seven goals on 12 opportunities in three games. By comparison, the Oilers gave up just four power play goals in 25 games during the 2024 playoffs. Fiala and that power play are the difference in this […]

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6 d. ago What the Toronto Maple Leafs' unlikely OT hero said after huge win

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one step closer to pushing one of their fiercest rivals to the brink.The Leafs took a 3-0 series lead on Thursday night over the Ottawa Senators in their first-round playoff matchup, staking a serious claim to another Battle of Ontario crown.Though the game wasn't as much an invasion of Ottawa's arena as is often the case when the Leafs come into town, it was still a scenario that left much of the local fanbase heading home from Kanata unsatisfied.Taking the Senators to overtime in back-to-back games, defenceman Simon Benoit upgraded his assist on Max Domi's overtime goal in Game 2 into one of his own, playing hero for what he called the biggest goal of his career.SIMON BENOIT WINS IT FOR THE LEAFS!!! pic.twitter.com/s57inifTs2— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 25, 2025Now in his second season with the Leafs, it was just the third goal that Benoit had scored in Toronto and his seventh career in the NHL after a combined 289 regular season and...

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6 d. ago How to bring together the Edmonton Oilers, a team full of strangers?

The Edmonton Oilers tried a unique strategy in Game 2 against the Los Angeles Kings with their top four lines and top two defensive pairings, essentially uniting groups of players who had rarely if ever played together in the 2024-25 regular season. Edmonton lost a game but it’s too much to say this strategy was […]

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7 d. ago London Knights star on being named OHL's top defenceman: 'Really cool'

Sam Dickinson had the best offensive season by a London Knights defenceman in franchise history. That 29-goal, 91-point performance in just 55 regular-season games earned him the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the OHL’s top defenceman Thursday. He followed Rick Green (1975-76), Brad Marsh/Rob Ramage (1977-78), Bob Halkidis (1984-85), John Erskine (1999-2000), Danny Syvret (2004-05) and […]

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8 d. ago Senators once again hoping to keep Maple Leafs sweaters out of seats in Ottawa

The joke before this series started was that Games 1 through 4 would all be guaranteed home-ice advantage for Toronto. It was a shot at the Senators being unable to keep Leafs fans from infiltrating the Canadian Tire Centre, which often occurs in regular-season matches. In the early 2000s when facing the Leafs four times […]

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8 d. ago Forward Vilardi to travel with Jets for Games 3 and 4 against St. Louis

Vilardi missed the last 11 regular-season games with an upper-body injury after having a strong campaign with 27 goals and 61 points in 71 games.

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8 d. ago Former Calgary Stampeders receiver Colton Hunchak joins club's coaching staff

The Calgary Stampeders have rounded out their coaching staff with the addition of Colton Hunchak as special teams and offensive assistant. The Calgary native joins his hometown team’s coaching staff after concluding a five-season Canadian Football League playing career as a receiver, including 50 regular-season games and four playoff contests as a member of the Stampeders. “I’ve known Colton […]

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1 week ago Edmonton Oilers name Stuart Skinner starting goalie to begin 2025 playoff run

Stuart Skinner was the Oilers starter through much of the regular season, but missed eight games late in the campaign after taking a knee to the head.

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1 week ago Battle of Ontario: Stars shine for Leafs in convincing Game 1 victory over Senators

Mitch Marner and his Maple Leafs have never had offensive issues in the regular season.

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1 week ago Maple Leafs wary of Ottawa Senators’ ability to draw penalties

The Maple Leafs went directly to the drawing board in discussing the Ottawa Senators’ ability to get calls in their favour. The Sens led the National Hockey League during the 2024-25 regular season with 349 penalties drawn. The Leafs, whose penalty kill was 31st in the NHL after Jan. 15, will have no choice but […]

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1 week ago Home win Saturday over rivals slots Calgary Roughnecks into NLL playoffs

The best bet for the Calgary Roughnecks to make the National Lacrosse League playoffs is to run the table on the final weekend of the regular season. A 12-9 win Friday night over the host Las Vegas Desert Dogs gave kept got them rolling in that direction. But now they need another Saturday night to […]

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1 week ago Playoff Preview: Edmonton Oilers look to make it 4 straight vs. L.A.

Bring on the Kings. Again. In what’s quickly becoming a tale as old as time in the Pacific Division, Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers are opening the NHL playoffs against Anze Kopitar and the Los Angeles Kings. And with an entire slate of 82 regular-season games full of ups and downs under their belts, […]

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1 week ago Dallas Stars won’t have top goal scorer Jason Robertson for start of NHL playoffs

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars will begin the playoffs without top goal scorer Jason Robertson, who suffered a lower-body injury in their last regular-season game, coach Pete DeBoer said Friday. Robertson is week-to-week, which rules him out for at least the first few games of the opening-round series against Colorado. DeBoer didn’t provide any […]

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1 week ago Brady Tkachuk ready to lead Ottawa Senators into Battle of Ontario

Brady Tkachuk will finally get to satisfy a seven-year itch. The Ottawa Senators captain started the club’s 7-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, but don’t be concerned that he didn’t finish. Tkachuk, who returned after missing eight games with an upper-body injury he suffered on March 30, confirmed […]

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