National Hockey

NASHVILLE — Pekka Rinne and the Nashville Predators are very hard to beat on their own ice this post-season , and now they have added their biggest piece of franchise history yet. A victory in the Stanley Cup Final.

NASHVILLE — The town known as Music City sure knows how to throw a party and thousands of people turned out to mark a bit of history Saturday night as Nashville hosted the first Stanley Cup Final game ever played in Tennessee.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Vegas is ready to deal.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A person with direct knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that forward Kyle Okposo has visited the Buffalo Sabres' facility for the first time in two months since he was hospitalized because of an undisclosed illness.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nolan Patrick bears no grudges now that he's prepared to reveal how a sports hernia injury he sustained last summer was more serious than first anticipated.

Hockey star Jonathan Toews says the only way to solve climate change is to set aside personal agendas and think on a broader scale.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Coach Randy Carlyle has received a one-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season from the Anaheim Ducks. The deal announced Friday also includes an option for 2019-20.

NASHVILLE — Detroit Red Wings fans have their octopi. The Panthers' faithful in Florida had the "rat trick.

NASHVILLE — Pittsburgh centre Nick Bonino was wearing a walking boot on his left foot and using crutches Friday, raising the possibility that he will not play in Nashville in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

VANCOUVER — When the Vancouver Canucks hired Travis Green as their new head coach this spring, a video of his fight with Dan Cloutier from their playing days was widely circulating online.