Hockey

A barrage of punches from Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin could have an ongoing impact on the reigning Stanley Cup champions' playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Mikael Granlund scored on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line with 8:19 left and the Nashville Predators, after blowing a two-goal lead, beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series.

There has been no celebrating for the Islanders… yet. New York leads the Penguins 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, but Islanders players on Monday were focused singularly on Tuesday night’s Game 4 at PPG Paints Arena. “Our job here is to prepare ourselves for tomorrow, for a big game,” defenseman...

It isn’t over yet, but it’s getting pretty close.

Unable to generate offensive chances and having production from its star players disappear, Pittsburgh is now facing a 3-0 hole to the surprising New York Islanders following Sunday’s 4-1 Islanders victory at PPG Paint Arena. “At this point, we just have to take a step back, we’ve got to look at it...

Jordan Eberle scored for the third straight game, Robin Lehner stopped 25 shots and the Islanders rolled to a 4-1 victory over the stunned Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday to take a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal.

ESPOO, Finland (AP) — The United States soared into the gold-medal game at the women's world hockey championship by routing Russia 8-0 Saturday behind two goals each by Hilary Knight and Kelly Pannek. The undefeated Americans will be going for their fifth straight title Sunday against Finland. The...

The United States will play Russia in the semifinals on Saturday.