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Rantanen has second straight hat trick as Stars beat Jets 3-2 in series opener

Rantanen has second straight hat trick as Stars beat Jets 3-2 in series opener

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored a natural hat trick in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.
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Marner scores tiebreaking goal as Maple Leafs beat Panthers for 2-0 series lead

Marner scores tiebreaking goal as Maple Leafs beat Panthers for 2-0 series lead

TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Toronto Maple Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
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Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll gets chance against Panthers amid concerns about Stolarz

Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll gets chance against Panthers amid concerns about Stolarz

TORONTO (AP) — Joseph Woll is back under the postseason spotlight, a place the Toronto Maple Leafs goalie has thrived in the past.
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Marner scores tiebreaking goal as Maple Leafs beat Panthers 4-3 for 2-0 series lead

Marner scores tiebreaking goal as Maple Leafs beat Panthers 4-3 for 2-0 series lead

TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner has experienced a whirlwind stretch — both at home and the rink. Joseph Woll waited patiently and prepared for a chance he wasn't sure he'd get.
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Reigning Cup champion Florida Panthers remain confident as they head home in 0-2 hole

Reigning Cup champion Florida Panthers remain confident as they head home in 0-2 hole

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs avoided targeting Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett on Wednesday after he elbowed goalie Anthony Stolarz in the opener of their second-round playoff series. Victory proved to be the sweetest revenge.
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Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five ex-world junior hockey players agreed Wednesday that she took on a "porn star persona" as a coping mechanism while in a hotel room with the men and that it may have appeared to them that she was
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Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

After a mammoth undertaking of buying an NHL team, moving players, coaches and a full staff more than 600 miles and getting it all together in a matter of months before the puck dropped on a new season, it is perhaps a fitting identity that owners Ry
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Oilers want to back up one road win with another in series against Golden Knights

Oilers want to back up one road win with another in series against Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers smell a golden opportunity in Las Vegas. The Oilers seek to take a 2-0 playoff series lead from the road back to Edmonton for the first time since 2017.
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Capitals and Golden Knights are the latest to blow leads this NHL playoffs and need to fix problems

Capitals and Golden Knights are the latest to blow leads this NHL playoffs and need to fix problems

So far early in these NHL playoffs, 45 times a team has skated onto the ice for the third period with a lead. Nearly a third of those times that team lost the game.
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Neuroscientist expresses concern about how Stolarz injury situation was handled

Neuroscientist expresses concern about how Stolarz injury situation was handled

TORONTO — Much of the debate in the aftermath of Anthony Stolarz's departure from the Maple Leafs' series opener against Florida centred around whether Panthers forward Sam Bennett should have been disciplined for elbowing the Toronto goaltender.
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