Lakers’ Luka Doncic says he wasn’t close to return from injury in playoffs
LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic says he never got close to being healthy enough to rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Doncic incurred a grade 2 hamstring strain…
Kaprizov, Wild hand Avalanche first loss of playoffs, trail series 2-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov scored first and assisted on the next two goals as the Minnesota Wild forced a goalie change and handed the Colorado Avalanche their first…
‘He goes 110 per cent’: Wild’s Hughes taking game to another level in playoffs
ST. PAUL, Minn. — There are two things Brock Faber didn’t know about Quinn Hughes until he started playing with him. “One, just how good he is,” Faber said of…
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2 Preview: Canadiens vs. Sabres
The past two times the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the result was a four-game sweep. Something tells us to prepare for a more…
Six things we learned in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs ended on Sunday night with Montreal’s triumph over Tampa Bay, but Round 2 began on Saturday with Carolina-Philadelphia, and continued on Sunday night…
NBA Playoffs Round 1 winners and losers, and what happens next
The NBA season is winding down, and eight teams remain to compete for the championship. As the opening round of the playoffs unfolded, plenty stood out. Some players showed their…
Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 2 schedules, scores
With the first round in the rearview mirror, it’s time for the conference semifinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The NHL announced the schedule for Round 2, with all games…
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2 preview: Wild vs. Avalanche
All season long, everyone could see how tough the path would be to get through the Central Division. Now, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for as the last two…
2026 PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs Preview: Victoire vs. Frost
The league-leading Montreal Victoire got to pick who they’d play in the first round of the playoffs, and rather than selecting the team that squeaked into the fourth and final…
2026 PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs Preview: Fleet vs. Charge
For the second straight year, the Ottawa Charge earned their ticket to the playoffs at the last possible moment, but despite their post-season presence coming right down to the wire,…