The Latest Breaking News from Game 2

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…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was about as good of a chance the Lakers could’ve hoped for.

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.

SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors coach Steve Kerr said on Wednesday he was “extremely surprised” that the NBA handed Draymond Green a one-game suspension for his reputation and Game 2 antics earlier in the week.

The star power forward suffered the injury during Game 1 on Sunday.

DALLAS — The Wild are expecting an urgent Stars lineup in Game 2 on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center after the Wild won Game 1 in double overtime, but the Wild feel they need to be just as desperate.

The league disciplined the Warriors star for his Game 2 actions.

But can Kevin Durant keep playing this many minutes?

He is being unfairly punished for his response to Domantas Sabonis’s grabbing hold of his leg in Game 2.

For all of Phoenix's scorching shooting Tuesday, the kind of offense the Suns dreamed about upon acquiring Kevin Durant in February, it had left them ahead by just six points with 3:13 to play in the second game of this first-round playoff series.

Cleveland desperately needed to win Game 2 before heading to New York this weekend, and its league-best defense stepped up from tip-off.