National Hockey

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have their wheels under them after a rocky start in the NHL playoffs. The Vegas Golden Knights will try to limit an offence averaging almost five goals a game, or outscore it in the second round.

OTTAWA — The Maple Leafs looked to be in serious trouble.

The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach, days after he and the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to part ways .

NEW YORK — Forwards Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart of the Florida Panthers and Anthony Cirelli of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy on Friday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers may have been down, but they proved you can’t count them out.

NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and forwards Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and Sean Monahan of the Columbus Blue Jackets were named the finalists for the NHL's Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Friday.

OTTAWA — Auston Matthews and his teammates overcame a plucky opponent to silence their doubters. The Maple Leafs now face a tougher — and nastier test — in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach, days after he and the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to part ways .

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The stars came out for the Vegas Golden Knights down the stretch of their first-round series. The outlook for the rest of the NHL playoffs is bright, with a roster just two years removed from their Stanley Cup championship.

EDMONTON — Calvin Pickard, the lone goalie with a 4-0 record, was among the surprises emerging from the first round of NHL playoffs.