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NEWARK, N.J. – When this playoff series between the Rangers and Devils started on Tuesday, it looked as if it could be a long one.

TORONTO — The Lightning knew one game doesn’t win a playoff series, not in the NHL and not against a team as talented as the Maple Leafs.

Goaltenders search for any activity to help them unwind and not constantly dwell on the game

PITTSBURGH — Penguins fans should know that when Fenway Sports Group executive Dave Beeston said there is “no limit” as to who the team will hire to lead its hockey operations department next, they were far from empty words.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Fact: The Kings held the NHL’s leading scorer, Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid, to one point in two playoff games on his home ice.

The Stars went 68 minutes in Game 1 against the Minnesota Wild without being able to beg, borrow or steal a goal.

The Florida Panthers traveled to Massachusetts for the first two games of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs eager to prove they could play with the Boston Bruins, even though the Bruins set a single-season record for wins and the Panthers didn’t qualify for the playoffs until the final days of…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The New York Islanders took their first lead over the Carolina Hurricanes just before the midway point of the third period Wednesday in Game 2 of the teams’ best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series, converting on a Brock Nelson chance.

TORONTO — After knocking Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak out of Tuesday’s first-round playoff opener with an illegal hit to the head, Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting was suspended three games by the league’s Department of Player Safety on Wednesday.