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2012 NHL Entry Draft * Oilers select forward Nail Yakupov with 1st overall pick (3rd straight year Oilers had No. 1 pick) * Yakupov: 3rd Russian player to be selected No. 1 ('01 Ilya Kovalchuk, '04 Alex Ovechkin) * 8 of top 10 picks were defensema...

Pregame The Kings are 9-0 on the road and have won 11 straight road playoff games dating to last season. The Kings have not lost a road game in regulation since march 26. The Kings are 1 win away from tying the single-year postseason record fo...

1. This is the first time in NHL history that two American-born captains will square off in the Stanley Cup finals. Either Dustin Brown (Kings, Ithaca, N.Y.) or Zach Parise (Devils, Minneapolis) will join Derian Hatcher as the only U.S.-born captains...

Most Points in Remainder of Season By A Player Traded on Deadline Day (since 1979-80) Peter Mueller, COL: 20, 2009-10 Robert Reichel, NYI: 19, 1996-97 Brian Campbell, SJ: 19, 2007-08 Notable Players Acquired at Deadline By Eventual...

Rene Bourque (5 games) of the Flames and Dan Carcillo (7 games) of the Blackhawks were each suspended for on-ice incidents in recent games. Both have been suspended for the 2nd time this season. Bourque and Carcillo join Raffi Torres, Patrick Kaleta ...

• Boston and Montreal are meeting for the eighth time in a Game 7. That is the most among the four major leagues that have a 7-game playoff format (MLB, NBA, NHL). Montreal owns a 5-2 advantage over the Bruins in Game 7s. They last met in ...

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Bruins goalie Tim Thomas has the lowest goals-against average of any goalie in the first 6 games of a season in the expansion era. With his third shutout of the season Saturday night, Tim Thomas becomes only ...

Sticking It In The Chicago Blackhawks scored 78 goals during their Stanley Cup run, including 25 in the Stanley Cup finals. Of the 78 goals, 39 were scored to the stick side (50.0 pct), 24 to the glove side (30.8 pct), and the remaining 15 (19.2 pct)...