Josh Doan, Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs and Bowen Byram each had a goal and an assist, and former Florida Panthers keeper Alex Lyon made 23 saves in the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 rout of the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Atlantic Division-winners opened up a 3-1 lead in the series and will go for the knockout blow on Tuesday in Buffalo. The last time the Sabres won a playoff series was back in 2007.
Rocket Richard-winner Nathan MacKinnon potted two goals and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalan...
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The Charlotte Checkers season came to a disappointing and sudden end when Julien Gauthier scored 14:50 into overtime to lift the Springfield Thunderbirds a 2-1 win in Game 3 at Bojangles Coliseum. Tobias Björnfot opened the scoring off an assist from Jack Studnicka 5:58 into the first period. The Checkers held the lead until Calle Rosen beat Cooper Black at 5:45 of the third. Springfield’s Georgi Romanov stopped 34 saves while Black made 22 saves for Charlotte, who didn’t get a goal from a for...
The Charlotte Checkers fell 5-2 to the Springfield Thunderbirds on Friday, sending the series to a decisive Game 3 tonight at 7 p.m. at Bojangles Coliseum. Defensemen Trevor Carrick and Ludvig Jansson scored the goals for Charlotte and Gracyn Sawchyn, Wilmer Skoog, Jack Devine and Brian Pinho were credited with assists. Cooper Black finished with 18 saves on 22 shots faced and took the loss.
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS (Friday)
Lane Hutson blew a glorious shot past Andrei Vasile...
Bowen Byram and Noah Ostlund each had a goal and assist, Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal early in third, and former Florida Panthers goalie Alex Lyon made 24 saves in the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Sabres took a 2-1 lead in the series.
Logan Stankoven opened the scoring again and Jackson Blake also lit the lamp for the Carolina Hurricanes, who took a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Ottawa Senators with...
BUFFALO SABRES at BOSTON BRUINS
WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: TD Garden – Boston, MA
SERIES: Tied 1-1
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Sabres: Luukkonen (1-1 .821 / 4.19 0SO) Bruins: Swayman 1-1 .932 / 2.54 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Buffalo / Boston
CAROLINA HURRICANES at OTTAWA SENATORS
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Canadian Tire Centre – Ottawa, ON
SEASON SERIES: Carolina leads 2-0
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Logan Cooley scored the game-winning goal with six minutes remaining in regulation to help the Utah Mammoth win their first Stanley Cup Playoff game in franchise history with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. The series is now even at a game apiece.
Defenseman J.J. Moser tallied 12:48 into overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored his first post...
Jordan Martinook notched the game-winning goal at 13:53 of double overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory, and a 2-0 series lead, over the Ottawa Senators at Lenovo Center on Monday.
Dan Vladar made 27 saves and rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game for the Philadelphia Flyers, who defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in Game 2 at PPG Paints Arena to take a two-game lead over the Sidney Crosby and company.
Wyatt Johnston scored t...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the sea...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the season f...
The Charlotte Checkers completed the 2025-26 AHL regular season by splitting a weekend set with the visiting Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Bojangles Coliseum.
Lehigh Valley’s Yaniv Perets made 39 saves and Christian Kyrou and Jackson Edward scored the goals as the Phantoms blanked the Checkers by a 2-0 count on Saturday. Cooper Black stopped 13 of 14 shots faced and defenseman Trevor Carrick registered a game-high nine shots on goal.
The Checkers rebounded with a 4-1 win in the season f...
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS
WHEN: 3 p.m. ET
WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
SEASON SERIES: Colorado won 3-0
ON THE TUBE: TNT
PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (31-6-6 .921 / 2.02 4SO) Kings: Forsberg (16-12-5 .910 / 2.57 3SO)
PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Los Angeles
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS
WHEN: 5:45 p.m. ET
WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL...
The Florida Panthers are still the defending Stanley Cup champions, but not for long as this year’s NHL postseason kicks off with a trio of exciting games today.
The Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators will meet for the first time ever in the playoffs this afternoon. The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will faceoff for the third time in the postseason this evening. And prime time sees intrastate rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers do battle in the playoffs for the f...
Alright Florida Panthers fans, sucks we didn’t make the postseason, but the time has come to for you to make your selections for another edition of the Litter Box Cats playoff predictions contest.
The contest is done round-by-round and there is an overall winner at the end of the playoffs, so make sure to get in at the beginning if you want to have a chance at ending up top Feline come July.
We will again use the confidence pool set-up.
If you didn’t play last year or you’re unf...
The Florida Panthers closed out the 2025-26 campaign by routing the Detroit Red WIngs by an 8-1 count in front of an appreciative crowd at Amerant Bank Arena.
Rookie Wilmer Skoog collected his first NHL point when he got to a loose puck along the boards and fed veteran Vinnie Hinostroza, who quickly fired the puck past John Gibson from just outside the right circle 4:57 into the tilt.
The Panthers doubled their lead at the 5:37 mark of the second when Marek Alscher sent the puck down...
The Florida Panthers (39-38-4) will complete the injury-ravaged 2025-26 campaign when they host Detroit Red Wings (41-30-10) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the season finale for both squads who will miss the playoffs.
Cole Reinhardt opened the scoring to extend his goal streak to three games and potted the game-winning marker with 1:50 left in regulation to lift the Panthers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday. Daniil Tarasov made 24 saves and Mackie Samoskevich also li...
Cole Reinhardt opened the scoring and potted the game-winning goal with 1:50 remaining in regulation to lift the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.
With the Panthers applying heavy pressure in the offensive zone, Donovan Sebrango backhanded the around the boards to Luke Kunin, who centered back out to Reinhardt, and he snapped off a shot that beat retiring Jonathan Quick from the left circle to give the Panthers their 39th win of this lost, injury-ravaged campaign.
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The Florida Panthers (38-38-4) will play its penultimate game of the 2025-26 season when they host fellow also-rans the New York Rangers (33-38-9) tonight in a battle of the backups at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida snapped a four-game losing streak on Saturday by cruising to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. The line of Eetu Luostarinen (1G/2A), Mackie Samoskevich (1G/2A) and A.J. Greer (1G/1A) combined for eight points, and all three players hit the 30-point p...
The Florida Panthers finished up its five-game road trip with a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena to get back to NHL .500.
An ad hoc line consisting of Eetu Luostarinen, Mackie Samoskevich and A.J. Greer combined for eight points in the win.
Luostarinen opned the scoring just twenty-three seconds into the tilt when he blindly drove4 the rebound of Samsokevich’s miss, that caromed off the end boards, through the legs of Joseph Woll.
After receiving a cr...
The Florida Panthers (37-38-4) will play their final roadie of the 2025-26 season when they face the Toronto Maple Leafs (32-33-14) tonight at Scotiabank Arena in a game between two teams not going to the postseason.
Florida losing streak hit four games after a 5-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata on Thursday. Jesper Boqvist ended Linus Ullmark’s shutout bid with 5:43 left in the tilt, with the assists going to A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen. It was just Boqv...
The Florida Panthers losing streak hit four after they were beaten by a 5-1 count by the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre.
Fabian Zetterlund scored in the first period, adding on after Drake Batherson’s game-opening power-play goal, and again in the third to lead the offensive charge for Ottawa.
Artem Zub and former Panther Claude Giroux also tallied and Jake Sanderson had a pair of helpers for the Senators, who strengthened its hold on second wild card in the Eastern Conferen...
The Florida Panthers (37-37-4) will try to end a three-game losing streak and complete the season-series sweep when they pay a final visit to the Ottawa Senators (41-27-10) tonight at Canadian Tire Centre in suburban Kanata.
Depleted Florida gave a spirited effort in Montreal on Tuesday, but couldn’t close, dropping a 4-3 decision to the Canadiens in a hard-fought game that went to a shootout. Carter Verhaeghe, Cole Reinhardt and Eetu Luostarinen scored even-strength goals for the Panther...
The Florida Panthers took the lead three separate times, but couldn’t hold off the Montreal Canadiens, eventually losing 4-3 to the Habs in a shootout at Bell Centre.
Donovan Sebrango created the game-opening goal, going to coast-to-coast and firing a low shot on Jakub Dobes. The Montreal goaler made a fine kick save, only to see Carter Verhaeghe bury the rebound from the left circle at the 9:23 mark.
Ivan Demidov blistered Cole Caufield’s cross by Daniil Tarasov 54 seconds into the ...
The Florida Panthers (37-37-3) will continue its five-game road trip and try to halt a two-game losing streak when they do battle with the Montreal Canadiens (45-22-10) tonight at Bell Centre to conclude the season series.
Florida followed up Saturday’s 9-4 lopsided loss in Pittsburgh by getting beaten again by the Penguins, this time by a 5-2 count on Sunday. Cole Schwindt scored his first goal since returning to the lineup to forge a 1-1 first period tie and Carter Verhaeghe beat Arturs...
The Florida Panthers were beaten 5-2 by the Piitsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, giving the home team a convincing sweep of both the weekend set and the season series.
Rickard Rakell scored twice; Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists; and Elmer Soderblom and Bryan Rust also scored for the surprising Penguins, who are currently in second place in the Metropolitan Division.
After Soderblom gave Pittsburgh the lead with an unassisted goal at the 11-minute mark, Cole Schwindt cou...
The Florida Panthers (37-36-3) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (39-22-16) will go again this afternoon in the second game of the weekend set from PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh crushed the Panthers by a 9-4 count yesterday. The Cats will look to avoid a season-series sweep at the hands of the playoff-bound Penguins.
WHEN: 3 p.m. ET
WHERE: PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA
ON THE TUBE: Scripps, SN-PIT
ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunde...