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Colorado Avalanche All-Star winger Mikko Rantanen will return from an eight-game absence due to an upper-body injury and play in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series on Thursday against the Calgary Flames. "I'm very excited and can't wait to get going," said Rantanen, who practiced without a no-contact sweater for the first time Wednesday since getting hurt on March 21. Head coach Jared Bednar said he plans to play the right winger on the team's second line with center Carl Soderberg, rather than going back to an all All-Star line with Rantanen alongside Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. Continue to Article

April 10, 2019 3:38:pm EST

The team begins a best-of-seven series in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night at Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay, which won the 2004 Stanley Cup over the Calgary Flames, has been a rock-solid fortress on home ice this season, sporting a 32-7-2 record. The team's overall 62-16-4 record matched the NHL single-season record for victories, set by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings, who fell in the conference finals to the eventual Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche in six games. Continue to Article

April 09, 2019 1:38:pm EST

Making it through an 82-game hockey season doesn't come without challenges, and the Sharks certainly faced plenty of them in just the last month of the regular season. But after winning their regular season finale on Saturday with a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, the Sharks can finally say they like the direction their level of play is headed leading into their first-round matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights. "Our game's trending in a good way," captain Joe Pavelski summarized after the victory. Continue to Article

April 07, 2019 2:40:am EST

Now that the 2018-19 season is over, we not only know the 16 teams that will vie for the Stanley Cup but also the teams who have their eyes on the top pick in June's NHL Draft. One team that will have its eyes closed are the Ottawa Senators, who finished 31st in the league but do not have a first-round pick this year after dealing it away to the Colorado Avalanche in the Matt Duchene trade last season. For the last four years, the draft lottery has taken place during the first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Continue to Article

April 07, 2019 1:35:am EST

Leon Draisaitl's 50th goal of the season was overshadowed by Connor McDavid sustaining an injury early in the second period as the visiting Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday to conclude the regular season. McDavid was driving to the net when he was tripped up by Flames captain Mark Giordano and went crashing into the post, his left shin taking the brunt of the force. He remained on the ice for several minutes and didn't put any weight on his leg as he was helped to the dressing room. Continue to Article

April 07, 2019 1:20:am EST

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