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NHL PLAYOFFS: 'It's wide open' is the theme as the race to the Stanley Cup begins

StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) — General manager Don Waddell likes how his Carolina Hurricanes finished the season, winning 16 of their final 21 games. He knows it means nothing now.
  • New: 3 hr 10 min ago

Vatrano's hat trick sends the Ducks to a 4-1 win over the Golden Knights

StarTribune.com (MARK ANDERSON) — Frank Vatrano scored three goals and the Anaheim Ducks ended their season on a high note, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 Thursday night.
  • New: 3 hr 32 min ago

MacKinnon has 2 assists, breaks franchise's single-season points mark as Avs beat Oilers 5-1

StarTribune.com (PAT GRAHAM) — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon added two assists to break the franchise's single-season points mark and the Colorado Avalanche cruised into the playoffs behind a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
  • New: 4 hr 6 min ago

Jets beat Canucks 4-2 in the regular-season finale for the playoff-bound teams

StarTribune.com (Star Tribune Staff) — Nikita Chibrikov scored the game-winner in his NHL debut and Cole Perfetti added two goals as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Thursday night in the regular-season finale for the playoff-bound teams.
  • New: 5 hr 5 min ago

PWHL Minnesota allows late comeback to Montreal, fails to clinch playoff berth

StarTribune.com (Star Tribune staff) — Minnesota could have clinched with a regulation victory. Its next chance will come Saturday at Ottawa.
  • New: 5 hr 30 min ago

Wild lose to Kraken 4-3 to finish disappointing season

StarTribune.com (Sarah McLellan) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his 46th goal of the season, but it was another loss in a wave of many that ultimately ended without a trip to the playoffs. The focus now shifts to the NHL draft.
  • New: 6 hr 38 min ago

NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah

StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) — The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially, until a long-term name is determined.
  • New: 11 hr 38 min ago

Can things get better for the Wild after a disappointing season?

StarTribune.com (Michael Rand) — A team with playoff aspirations stumbled at the start and couldn't fully regroup. Hockey writer Sarah McLellan and host Michael Rand discuss why. Also, Twins talk and an awkward Caitlin Clark moment.
  • 16 hr 38 min ago

Why the Wild could face the same roster troubles next year

StarTribune.com (Jim Foster) — Long-term deals for veterans and the ongoing aftershocks of the Parise and Suter contracts will limit what the Wild can do in 2024-25. Here's why.
  • 20 hr 26 min ago
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Dallas Stars clinch top seed in Western Conference by getting to overtime against Blues

StarTribune.com (Star Tribune Staff) — The Dallas Stars will be the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016.
  • 1 day 3 hr ago

Holmstrom scores go-ahead goal in Isles' win over Penguins. Sorokin stops Crosby's late penalty shot

StarTribune.com (SCOTT CHARLES) — Simon Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby on a late penalty shot and the playoff-bound New York Islanders edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night.
  • 1 day 6 hr ago

Kucherov is 5th player in NHL to reach 100 assists as Lighting beat Matthews, Maple Leafs 6-4

StarTribune.com (JOHN KREISER) — Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season, but Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.
  • 1 day 6 hr ago
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Wild-Kraken game preview: TV-radio info, injury reports, statistics

StarTribune.com (Sarah McLellan) — Kirill Kaprizov is three goals shy of his career high, among other individual milestones in play for the regular-season finale.
  • 1 day 7 hr ago

Scorching hot before the PWHL break, Minnesota returns Thursday at Montreal

StarTribune.com (Rachel Blount) — Minnesota vs. Montreal features two stars from the world championships. Kendall Coyne Schofield had nine points in that tournament, and Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals to help Canada win gold.
  • 1 day 10 hr ago
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NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16-team tournament for the Stanley Cup

StarTribune.com (STEPHEN WHYNO) — Sixteen teams, each one needing to win 16 games over four rounds of best-of-seven series to lift the Stanley Cup, has been the way the NHL decides its champion for nearly four decades. That isn't changing any time soon.
  • 1 day 15 hr ago
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