7:00 AM ET When Carter Hart was 10 years old, his parents wanted to get him a goalie coach. Another family recommended John Stevenson, who lived close to their home in Alberta. Stevenson is famous for working with Braden Holtby — he was the first person the Capitals goalie mentioned on TV, moments after hoisting

3:01 AM ET The Calgary Flames started Game 6 of their quarterfinal series against Dallas by scoring three goals before the Stars had recorded a shot. The Stars’ response was record-breaking: They scored seven consecutive goals in a 7-3 win to eliminate the Flames, marking the first time in Stanley Cup playoff history that a

3:32 PM ET The St. Louis Blues have not decided on a goaltender for Game 6, as they face elimination on Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. “I’m going to think about it, still, so I have not made that decision yet,” said coach Craig Berube. Jake Allen took the crease from Jordan Binnington in Game

1:26 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault defended Matt Niskanen for his cross-check on Montreal‘s Brendan Gallagher, saying it was “a hockey play that unfortunately cut him a little bit.” Niskanen will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Thursday over the incident, which occurred in the third period of

3:55 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver, who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago. The driver’s lawyer, Charles Desmond, cited a confidentiality agreement in declining to reveal details

6:59 AM ET Fare thee well, Chicago Blackhawks. We’ll always have your qualification round upset of the Edmonton Oilers. Hence, the Vegas Golden Knights are the first team to advance to the conference semifinals. Four other teams have a chance to join them on Wednesday, with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and

9:00 AM ET Tanner Pearson had a theory. He watched the St. Louis Blues tie a crucial game in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against his Vancouver Canucks with six seconds remaining in regulation. Under normal circumstances, this would have been emotionally crushing for a young road team, as the Blues would have ridden an

3:05 AM ET Moments after the Golden Knights eliminated the Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals, Vegas’ Robin Lehner was hugging the Chicago players one by one in an emotional postgame handshake line. Lehner made 23 saves in the 4-3 win on Tuesday night, which gave Vegas a 4-1 series victory. Chicago

3:13 PM ET Hockey Hall of Famer and Winnipeg Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk died after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 57. Hawerchuk’s son, Eric, tweeted the news on Tuesday, saying: “My family is so proud of him and the way he fought.” Condolences came in across the hockey community, including from former teammate

9:00 AM ET Emily Kaplan Close ESPN Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball is in the early stages of drafting an operating manual for a playoff bubble, the same initial