7:43 AM ET Two more second-round series get underway in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday — including that epic Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights tilt — while the remaining divisional first-round series was extended to seven games by the pesky Montreal Canadiens (and the collapsing Toronto Maple Leafs). Check out the ESPN NHL

12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services David Pastrnak notched his second career playoff hat trick, David Krejci had four assists and the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Saturday night in the opening game of their second-round playoff series. Hats rained down on the TD Garden ice for Pastrnak, and for the

12:26 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won a playoff series since 2004. That drought is in danger of being extended thanks to missed opportunities and mental mistakes against the Montreal Canadiens, who pushed their series with the Leafs to a Game 7 with an overtime win on Saturday night. “We had plenty of

8:00 AM ET The first round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs was a wonderful appetizer to the remaining courses, the first of which begins on Saturday with the Boston Bruins hosting the New York Islanders at 8 p.m. ET. As a reminder, this season’s first and second rounds are intradivisional. Once the postseason division

8:20 AM ET NHL Insiders The second round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs is set to begin on Saturday, with the Boston Bruins hosting the New York Islanders. On Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes take on the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche begin their series against the Vegas Golden Knights. The North Division

6:58 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry doesn’t plan to spend his summer moping about his rocky playoff performance. Jarry said Friday he’s going to treat the offseason like every other, meaning he will take a few days off and then get back into training, hoping to be “the best

3:45 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning will no longer enforce a policy that restricts fans from wearing gear supporting other NHL teams in their premium seating arenas, the team told ESPN on Friday. The policy, which began in 2015, had come under renewed scrutiny after a Florida Panthers fan recorded a viral video that

7:00 AM ET Corban Knight didn’t love where he was in his hockey career. It was 2019, and Knight — then 28 — had just spent a season bouncing between the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms and NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. “Constantly being called up and down, it definitely takes a toll on you,” Knight said. “And

6:13 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — – Trevor Moore and 18-year-old Matty Beniers scored in a 1:47 span midway through the second period to help the United States beat Latvia 4-2 on Thursday in the world hockey championship. Brian Boyle and Matt Tennyson scored in the first period, and Cal Petersen made 17

1:33 PM ET A 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card sold for $3.75 million in a private sale brokered through Heritage Auctions. The card was graded a Gem Mint 10 and blew past the previous record for a hockey card, which was just set this last December when the same version the Gretzky card sold