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BOSTON -- Chris Kelly seems to recall it was in a playoff series between his Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres. A teammate's dump-in shot caught a visor-less Kelly in the eye. "Chris Neil tried dumping the puck in and I was coming out of t...

Defenseman Robyn Regehr has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings, passing up a chance at free agency this summer.

Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville is questionable for Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, coach Mike Yeo said.

Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of their first-round series on Tuesday.

Here's what you need to know about the Chicago Blackhawks' first-round opponent, the Minnesota Wild: The Wild sputtered into the playoffs. They went 5-8-1 and were outscored 41-25 in April. They scored more than two goals just twice in the month...

Thomas Vanek scored the lone goal in the shootout, and Ryan Miller made 30 saves before the tiebreaker to give the Buffalo Sabres in a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.

If the Western Conference remains a place of high anxiety for teams such as the Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets, who are wrestling for the final two playoff berths in the final days of the regular season, there is at last ...

The Minnesota Wild didn't get any help on the scoreboard Thursday night with both the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets winning. So Friday night's game with the Edmonton Oilers does indeed matter, the Wild needing a victory to clinch the...

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Thomas Vanek scored twice, Ryan Miller stopped 40 shots and the Buffalo Sabres edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Antti Miettinen scored with 7:36 left to keep the surging Winnipeg Jets in the playoff race with a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.

At a glance: Bounced from the playoffs by the Devils last spring, the Rangers have a prime opportunity to exact some payback when they host their division rivals at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. New York can end the Devils' season with a win, a...

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BOSTON -- If the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins meet at some point during the Stanley Cup playoffs and Saturday's game is any indication, the Bruins will run into trouble. The surging Penguins (21-2-0 in last 23 games) scored a pair of powe...

Hockey returned to Boston after a one-day postponement, and Jarome Iginla scored the tiebreaking goal that gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday and home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs.

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