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GAME 6: GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, STARS 0

Vegas Golden Knights clamp down on Stars to reach Stanley Cup Final

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final pitting the Golden Knights against the Florida Panthers will be Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Western Conference Final

After two wins by the Stars, West Final against Vegas feels different

Has the pressure shifted to the Golden Knights, as Stars coach Pete DeBoer said would happen if his team won Game 5? Vegas lost both Games 4 and 5 after leading 1-0 and 2-1 in each of them.
Stars 4, Golden Knights 2

Ty Dellandrea scores twice as Dallas Stars stay alive with victory in Vegas

The Stars, attempting to become the fifth team in NHL history win a series after being down 3-0, escaped elimination again and head to Dallas for Game 6 on Monday night.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The Maple Leafs won a playoff round, but that’s still not nearly good enough in Toronto. So, what comes next?

It is undeniably an intense market, full of passion and anger, much of the latter fueled by the 56-year Stanley Cup drought.

GAME 4 | STARS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 (OT)
Overtime goal gives Stars first victory and sends Western Conference finals back to Vegas for Game 5
Jason Robertson scored twice for his first career multi-goal playoff game for Dallas, which played without suspended captain Jamie Benn.

MEN'S WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
US and Canada reach semifinals at men’s hockey worlds, Germany and Latvia also advance
The US quarterfinal against the Czech Republic was a repeat of last year’s bronze-medal game, which the Czechs won, 8-4.

NHL ROUNDUP

After years lost in the swamps, Florida puts together a run like few in NHL history

Since going down, 3-1, to the Bruins, the Panthers have won 11 of 12 against basically the best possible teams they could have faced, including eight straight to dismiss the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes to win the East.
United States 3, Germany 0

US advances to semifinals at men’s hockey worlds, getting goals from Matt Coronato, Cutter Gauthier

Coronato, who played for Harvard this past season, got the first tally for the US, while Boston College's Gauthier scored his seventh of the tournament.
NHL

Bruins’ Don Sweeney is a finalist for the GM of the Year award

Sweeney oversaw a team that set NHL records for wins (65) and points (135) in a season.
Eastern Conference Final | Panthers 4, Hurricanes 3

Matthew Tkachuk sends Panthers to Stanley Cup Final

Florida earned its first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3, to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep.
NHL

Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn suspended two games after captain-on-captain hit

Benn said he has to be more responsible with his body and stick and called it an unfortunate play.
Bruins

Which Bruins players might be sent packing this offseason?

The Bruins have $6 million in cap space, but have filled only 28 of their 50 player contract slots. There’s plenty of space, just not a lot of money to throw at it.
Bruins

Should the Bruins trade a goalie? Here are the pros and cons of dealing Jeremy Swayman or Linus Ullmark.

Both goalies would be attractive to teams in need of a No. 1 starter, and there are salary-cap considerations for the Bruins as they reconstruct for next season.
Game 3: Panthers 1, Hurricanes 0

Sergei Bobrovsky has first playoff shutout as Panthers push Hurricanes to brink of elimination

The Panthers lead the Eastern Conference final, 3-0.
men's world hockey championships

Norway men’s hockey upsets Canada in shootout at world championships

It was only Canada’s second loss to Norway in tournament history; the other was in 2000.
nhl notebook

Knights take 2-0 series lead with overtime victory over Stars

All four games of the conference finals have gone to overtime, the first time in NHL history that has occurred.
men's world hockey championships

Boston College’s Cutter Gauthier nets hat trick to lead United States men’s hockey in rout of France at world championships

Drew O’Connor scored two goals, and Scott Perunovich, T. J. Tynan, Rocco Grimaldi, and Conor Garland added one each as the Americans improved to 6-0-0.
Game 2: Panthers 2, Hurricanes 1, OT

If it’s overtime, it must be Matthew Tkachuk — he scores another winner as Panthers take a 2-0 series lead over Hurricanes

Florida won on the road for the eighth straight time in the playoffs and improved to 6-0 in overtime in the postseason.

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