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Mike Babcock, John Tortorella and Todd McLellan have plenty in common these days. Not only are the three overseeing playoff-starved franchises surging as they enter the final week of the regular season, they are front-running NHL coach of the year Jack Adams Trophy candidates. Former coach and GM-turned TV broadcaster Mike Milbury had difficulty recalling so many changes occurring - nine in all during the 2015 calendar year - and a majority of them paying off. Continue to Article

April 05, 2017 4:47:am EST

Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey League games: Bruins 4, Lightning 0 Tuukka Rask continued his late-season surge, making 28 saves for his second shutout in four starts in leading the Boston Bruins to a sixth straight win with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The win enabled the Bruins to clinch a playoff berth with two games remaining. David Pastrnak scored his 33rd and 34th goals of the season, Drew Stafford netted his first in 12 games and Zdeno Chara scored a power-play goal. Continue to Article

April 05, 2017 2:26:am EST

A fifth-straight Pacific Division title may be slipping away from the Anaheim Ducks. Saturday's 3-2 defeat leaves the Ducks tied with the Oilers with 97 points with four games remaining in the regular season. The Oilers currently hold the tiebreaker with two more wins. Continue to Article

April 02, 2017 2:18:am EST

Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 3:10 into overtime and the San Jose Sharks snapped a six-game losing streak on the night they clinched a playoff berth, rallying past the New York Rangers 5-4 on Tuesday. Chris Tierney tied the game with his second goal with 2:15 to play in regulation after San Jose had blown a 3-1 lead. Jannik Hansen added his first goal since joining the Sharks, and Melker Karlsson scored short-handed. Continue to Article

March 29, 2017 1:29:am EST