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Maple Leafs goaltender Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves for the win. "It definitely wasnt our best, I think we looked a little sluggish at times," Tavares said. "We defended really well and I thought played a quicker game in the third, which I think allowed us to take control. "Theres going to be nights, you dont have your best, but youve got to work and compete and find ways to get your game going. I think we did that." The Maple Leafs continue to top the NHLs North Division and are 6-3-1 in...

Morning Coffee: Stanford holds on to clinch NCAA title The Stanford Cardinal are your 2021 NCAA women’s basketball champions. As was the case in their Final Four win, Stanford won it all in dramatic fashion with another thrilling finish. Here is the Morning Coffee for Monday April 5, 2021. Domenic Padula (@Dom_Padula) VIDEO SIGN OUT The Stanford Cardinal are your 2021 NCAA women’s basketball champions. As was the case in their Final Four win, Stanford won it all in dramatic fashion with ano...

Joakim Nordstrom and Andrew Mangiapane scored for the Flames, who are 2-8-0 in their last 10 and 5-8-0 since Darryl Sutter took over as head coach. David Rittich stopped 26 shots in the first of back-to-back games between the division rivals. “In order to keep up, the team has to play at a pace,” Sutter said. “You have to be able to execute at that pace and check at that pace. For some of our players, that’s difficult.” Toronto has won five of seven meetings between the teams this se...

Flames gripped by concern, uncertainty as Canucks COVID-19 outbreak worsens Elliotte Friedman and Chris Johnston look at the latest news from around the NHL, talking about the Canucks positive COVID-19 tests and the possibility of a playoff bubble. | April 4, 2021, 4:11 PM April 4, 2021, 4:11 PM Suddenly, everything is in flux for the Calgary Flames as concern and uncertainty have gripped the National Hockey League. The rapidly rising number of positive COVID-19 cases on the Vancouver Canucks ...

The Maple Leafs held a team meeting on Sunday.  Morgan Rielly will play his 555th game as a Maple Leaf tonight moving past Brian Glennie and into 10th place on the franchises all-time list among defencemen.  "Theres great history here and just to play one game for this organization, youre automatically a part of it and thats special," the 27-year-old said. "Ive been pretty fortunate to be around." Tim Horton tops the list with 1,184 games played in blue and white. Rielly is now closing in on ...

The Oilers collected another comeback win Friday as they topped the Calgary Flames 3-2. It was Connor McDavid, the NHLs leading scorer, who put away the game winner with a power-play tally midway through the third. Just four seconds into the advantage, McDavid collected the puck off a faceoff and fired a one-timer at the Calgary net. Goalie Jacob Markstrom got a chunk of the shot but the puck dribbled over the goal line, putting Edmonton ahead for good. The goal was McDavids 22nd of the year a...

Confirm source infection is variant; six games postponed by Mike Battaglino / NHL.com Staff Writer The Vancouver Canucks have had 21 players test positive for COVID-19. A total of 25 people associated with the Canucks have tested positive, including four staff members. Defenseman Nate Schmidt was added to the NHL COVID-19 protocol list Wednesday. Forward Jake Virtanen was ...

After coming away with one of a possible four points in a disappointing series with their rivals, the Manitoba Moose, the Heat went right back at it three nights later for a series with the Adirondack Phantoms. The Heat bounced back after their two losses to the Moose with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers farm club. Michael Leighton was in net for the Phantoms for this game; as you may recall Leighton was in net for the Philadelphia Flyers while they were in the Stanley Cup final...

The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks – two teams with identical records and faint playoff hopes – will be forced to wait to face off after two Canucks players and a Vancouver coaching staff member entered the National Hockey League’s COVID-19 protocol Wednesday. Several hours after both the Flames and Canucks had their morning skates, word came out from the league on Wednesday evening – less than two hours before puck drop in Vancouver – that their matchup would be postponed.  Th...

Sabres fire head coach Ralph Krueger amid 12-game losing streak Sabres GM Kevyn Adams spoke about the timing of letting Ralph Krueger go as head coach, and explained why now was the right time after 12 straight losses. | March 17, 2021, 8:27 AM March 17, 2021, 8:27 AM BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Firing Buffalo Sabres coach Ralph Krueger on Wednesday represents just the beginning of what could become Kevyn Adams major overhaul of an overpriced, underperforming team in the midst of a 12-game skid. In layin...