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RALEIGH, N.C. — Jordan Martinook and Frederik Andersen played with the steady veteran composure that comes only through game after game played in postseason intensity. It’s a big reason why the Carolina Hurricanes hold a 2-0 lead in a playoff series yet again. Martinook saw an opening and pounced on...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Monday night. Fresh off breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in league history 15...

The Seattle Kraken fired former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma on Monday, ending his tenure after one season that concluded far out of playoff contention. And that’s not the only change coming after the Kraken failed to qualify for a second consecutive year. Seattle is expected to move longtime general manager...

LAS VEGAS — Marc-Andre Fleury was on the bench the last time the Wild visited Vegas, but when he appeared on the video board late in that Jan. 12 game, the crowd cheered and chanted his name as if he had just made a save to help put the Golden...

SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida Panthers forward Jesse Puljujarvi, formerly of the Pittsburgh Penguins, was suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Thursday. Puljujarvi received a match penalty after running his right shoulder into...

WASHINGTON — Spencer Carbery integrated several offseason additions to perfection, helped the Washington Capitals become the first NHL team to qualify for the playoffs this season and navigated Alex Ovechkin’s successful pursuit of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record. All that makes Carbery a prime candidate to win the Jack...

Everybody’s got a hunch this time of year, a thought about the so-called Presidents’ Trophy “curse” or maybe a dark-horse Stanley Cup pick. Only one team of the 16 in the NHL playoffs gets to be champion, and even before the first round begins Saturday, there is rampant disagreement on...

NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career. The Washington Capitals’ captain made history Sunday against the New York Islanders by beating fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on a power play in the second period....

WASHINGTON — A little more than three decades before Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, the “Great One” had his own chase. Gretzky was in hot pursuit of Gordie Howe’s record in the spring of 1994. Howe was there when Gretzky tied and passed him. His...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Avalanche’s Cale Makar scored against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night to become the NHL’s ninth defenseman — and the first with Colorado — to reach the 30-goal plateau in a season. The sixth-year player is the NHL’s first defenseman to reach the 30-goal mark...

It’s Final Four week. But we’ve got many more entries than that for this week’s “U mad, bro?” None of them reference college basketball, though. With so much going on surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers’ QB hunt, Penguins goaltending uncertainty and early Pirates woes, our blind rage over Duke making another...