18 h. ago Move the French election debate? Some say yes as Canadiens eye playoffs

The leaders of the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP want the leaders' debates commission to postpone the French-language debate due to the Montreal Canadiens playing for a playoff spot.

Politics

18 h. ago French election debate time moved to avoid Montreal Canadiens game conflict

The leaders of the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP want the leaders' debates commission to postpone the French-language debate due to the Montreal Canadiens playing for a playoff spot.

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36 h. ago Call of the Wide: Canadiens fail to lock up playoff spot after 4

The Canadiens weren't able to get it done, losing to Chicago in a shootout 4-3. The playoffs will have to wait for Montreal. Brian Wilde has more.

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36 h. ago Call of the Wide: Canadiens fail to lock up playoff spot, Demidov shines in debut

The Canadiens weren't able to get it done, losing to Chicago in a shootout 4-3. The playoffs will have to wait for Montreal. Brian Wilde has more.

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3 d. ago Regardless of opponent, Calgary Flames need to win out in playoff race

Honestly, the opponent doesn’t matter. Not anymore. If anyone had glanced at the Calgary Flames’ remaining schedule a few days ago, they probably would have picked out Sunday’s matchup with the San Jose Sharks as they easiest game they had left in the chase for a playoff spot. The Sharks are in last place, after […]

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3 d. ago Leafs notes: Toronto’s first place race takes precedence over any help for Habs

The Maple Leafs found themselves on the fence Saturday night where the cross-border playoff picture was situated. Toronto was in the unique pre-game position of denying the Montreal Canadiens a playoff spot at least another day with a regulation win, while the reverse would help a fifth Canadian team qualify. Keep in mind it’s a […]

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4 d. ago Player Grades: Injury eruption as Edmonton Oilers clinch against San Jose Sharks

Ugh. More injuries. At this point in the season, aside from locking down a playoff spot, what matters? Not much. Edmonton clinched a playoff spot with a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks. But Mattias Ekholm went out in the first, Zach Hyman in the second. The Grade A shots were 19 for the […]

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4 d. ago Ottawa Senators halt Montreal Canadiens from season sweep with 5

SENATORS 5, HABS 2 The Ottawa Senators refused to return the favour to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night. Anyone concerned the Senators wouldn’t play with the same intensity after locking up a playoff spot on Tuesday had no concerns after the club scored a 5-2 victory over the Habs in front of a sellout […]

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6 d. ago Edmonton Oilers ride depth scoring, Connor McDavid return to thrilling 4

The Edmonton Oilers inched ever so closer to a playoff spot Wednesday, with a thrilling last-minute, 4-3 triumph over the St. Louis Blues. This was an entertaining hockey game with lots of grit on display from both sides, punctuated by the return of Connor McDavid after an eight-game absence due to injury. And he was […]

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6 d. ago McDavid puts up three points in return from injury, Oilers edge Blues 4

Connor Brown scored twice and Connor McDavid contributed three assists in his return to the lineup as the injury-riddled Edmonton Oilers moved within a hair of clinching a playoff spot, coming away with a narrow 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. “It felt like I had missed three weeks,” McDavid quipped when asked how...

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9 d. ago Call of the Wilde: Canadiens take control of final playoff spot after win in Nashville

The Montreal Canadiens now have a six-point cushion over the New York Rangers for the final wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after a win against the Predators.

Sport

9 d. ago Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is closing in on a return

Brady Tkachuk could be back to help the Ottawa Senators clinch a playoff spot on Tuesday night. The Senators’ captain skated on Sunday before the club scored a 4-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Canadian Tire Centre. He missed his third straight game, but coach Travis Green confirmed that Tkachuk will accompany […]

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1 week ago Ottawa Charge moves back into PWHL playoff spot with second straight win over Boston Fleet

Shiann Darkangelo returned to Massachusetts – about 40 minutes from Salem and the infamous witch trials of 1692 – to haunt her old team Wednesday night. The Ottawa Charge centre scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Fleet at the Tsongas Center in Lowell that clinched a postseason berth for the Toronto […]

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1 week ago How the Maple Leafs can clinch a playoff spot against Florida Panthers

Jake McCabe and the Maple Leafs would like to choose a consonant, if they may. Specifically, an X. A single point is all that stands between the Leafs and the clinching of a Stanley Cup playoff spot. The Leafs can add that special letter on Wednesday night when they play host to the Florida Panthers […]

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2 w. ago GAME DAY: After dramatic comeback in Colorado, did Flames save some magic for Utah?

Thanks to Monday’s thriller in the Mile High City, the Flames have climbed within five points of the Blues for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference

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2 w. ago Ottawa Senators make their point as Penguins' Sidney Crosby scores OT winner

The Senators closed out March with a 10-3-2 record and inched closer to a playoff spot

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2 w. ago Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens shock Florida Panthers, eye playoff spot

Amid the final 10 games of the NHL regular season, the Montreal Canadiens have a good chance at the playoffs; they scored a 4-2 shocker against the Panthers in Florida on Sunday.

Sport

2 w. ago Sceptres come up flat in first chance to punch their playoff ticket

It wasn’t the Toronto Sceptres at their best. In fact, it might have been the Sceptres at their very worst, at least as far as this season goes. In the final game before the PWHL’s 24-day break for the world women’s hockey championship, and with a chance to lock up a playoff spot with anything […]

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2 w. ago Ottawa Senators score a pivotal win over the Columbus Blue Jackets

Senators inch closer to a playoff spot for the first time in eight years

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2 w. ago More Tereza Vanisova heroics push Ottawa Charge into PWHL playoff spot

With four regular-season contests remaining, Ottawa has a one-point edge on the Minnesota Frost.

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