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NHL roundup: Hurricanes handle Flyers for 7th win in row
Nov 5, 2024; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Hurricanes center Martin Necas (88) scores the game winner against the Philadelphia Flyers during the third period at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images Martin Necas continued his recent hot stretch by scoring the tiebreaking goal with 31 seconds left as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 6-4 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Necas delivered his seventh goal of the season as the Hurricanes stretched their league-best active winning streak to seven games. Combined with an earlier assist, he has 20 points in the past 10 games.
Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson, Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic also scored for Carolina before Seth Jarvis capped the result with an empty-net goal. Brent Burns provided two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov overcame an uneven performance by making 12 saves for the victory.
Travis Konecny racked up two goals and two assists for the Flyers, who began a three-game road trip. Owen Tippett and Morgan Frost also scored for Philadelphia. Sean Couturier had two assists and Tippett added an assist. Aleksei Kolosov stopped 29 shots.
Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 0
Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists, Anthony Stolarz earned his first shutout of the season and Toronto defeated visiting Boston.
Stolarz made 29 saves to pick up the ninth shutout of his career. William Nylander and Matthew Knies each added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who had lost their previous two games. Steven Lorentz also scored, while Mitch Marner added two assists.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots for Boston, which saw a two-game winning streak end. Toronto played without forward Auston Matthews (upper-body injury) but still managed to end an eight-game regular-season losing streak against the Bruins that dated back to January 2023.
Jets 3, Utah 0
Nino Niederreiter scored two goals and Connor Hellebuyck had to make just 21 saves for his second shutout of the season as Winnipeg topped visiting the Utah Hockey Club.
Gabriel Vilardi also scored and Adam Lowry added two assists for Winnipeg, which wasn’t dominant while improving to a franchise-best 12-1-0. Still, the Jets won their fourth game in a row by refusing to allow Utah to consistently threaten.
Hellebuyck wasn’t seriously challenged but came through when needed to record his 39th career shutout. Utah got a solid night in net from Karel Vejmelka (25 saves).
Flames 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Matt Coronato scored the tying goal late in the third period and the winner seven seconds into overtime as visiting Calgary beat Montreal.
Right off the opening faceoff of the extra frame, Coronato took the puck away from Nick Suzuki, then skated into the circle and fired it home for his first career overtime winner in three NHL seasons. Coronato also scored the equalizer for the Flames at 17:14 of the third.
Connor Zary notched the Flames’ other goal, and Dustin Wolf stopped 21 of 23 shots. Joel Armia had a goal and an assist and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens. Sam Montembeault registered 33 saves.
Sabres 5, Senators 1
JJ Peterka scored two power-play goals and Bowen Byram tallied twice, lifting host Buffalo to a victory over Ottawa.
Peterka also had an assist as part of the third three-point performance in his NHL career. Tage Thompson scored and set up a goal while registering 11 shots. Ryan McLeod and Rasmus Dahlin each notched two assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 37 saves to help the Sabres halt their three-game skid.
Ottawa’s Ridly Greig scored and captain Brady Tkachuk had an assist to extend his point streak to five games. Linus Ullmark turned aside 29 shots for the Senators, who have dropped five of six games on the road.
Islanders 4, Penguins 3 (SO)
Bo Horvat scored the only goal in a shootout for New York, which overcame a two-goal third-period deficit to beat Pittsburgh in Elmont, N.Y.
Horvat (two assists) came through in the second round of the shootout. Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist and Simon Holmstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored third-period goals for the Islanders, who won for the second time in six games. Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves before stopping all three Penguins attempts in the shootout.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored in the second before Michael Bunting scored in the third for the Penguins, who had a two-game win streak end. Malkin also had two points and Alex Nedeljkovic recorded 23 saves before stopping two shootout attempts.
Blues 3, Lightning 2
Jordan Kyrou scored the decisive goal in the third period as St. Louis edged visiting Tampa Bay in a game marred by a medical scare.
Blues forward Dylan Holloway was hit in the neck by a puck late in the first period, then completed his shift but required medical attention on the bench. He subsequently was taken away from the bench on a stretcher and was hospitalized for evaluation. The team reported that Holloway was alert and stable.
Jordan Binnington made 21 saves to earn his 149th victory for the Blues, boosting him past Jake Allen and into sole possession of second on the franchise’s all-time list. Mike Liut is first at 151. For the Lightning, Nick Perbix and Victor Hedman scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves in the team’s third straight loss.
Kings 5, Wild 1
Kevin Fiala scored the go-ahead goal against his former team, and Los Angeles finished strong for a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Trevor Lewis scored a pair of goals — including No. 100 of his career — for the Kings, who earned their second victory in as many nights. Warren Foegele and Quinton Byfield had a goal apiece. Kings goaltender David Rittich stopped 23 of 24 shots.
Zach Bogosian scored for the Wild, who lost in regulation for only the second time in 12 games to start the season (8-2-2). Filip Gustavsson allowed four goals on 27 shots.
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Flyers' Noah Cates (lower body) out for rest of series vs. Canes
Apr 27, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers left wing Noah Cates (27) watches for the puck drop on a third period face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins in game five of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG Paints Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Trailing the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Philadelphia Flyers will be without versatile two-way center Noah Cates for the remainder of the series due to a lower-body injury.
Cates, 27, has four points (one goal, three assists) in eight playoff games following the best offensive season of his career, when he posted 47 points (18 goals, 29 assists) in 82 games.
“I mean, he’s been Mr. Consistency all year. Does a lot of things for us,” coach Rick Tocchet said Wednesday. “But like I said, it’s no different than other teams. Next man up. You’ve heard the drill before.”
Cates averages 16:15 in ice time and is one of the league’s top defensive forwards, as the Flyers averaged only 1.67 goals against per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 during the regular season with him on the ice.
Despite losing Cates, Tocchet is confident in the Flyers’ centermen, including 20-year-old rookie Denver Barkey, who has received more time at the position. Trevor Zegras will return to center as a move “to get him going,” Tocchet said.
Veteran Sean Couturier is a reliable option at the position along with Christian Dvorak, who is expected to play in Game 3 despite an undisclosed injury.
With the Flyers limited to two goals over the first two games, Tocchet is encouraging his players to have a “shot-first mentality” to overcome the Hurricanes’ defensive aggressiveness.
“I think to help some guys out that are struggling against Carolina, they’ve got to have a shot-first mentality,” he said. You’ve got to be able to make a play around them. I think some guys are overpassing and that’s the one thing Carolina’s good at. They make you overpass. But if you throw pucks at the net, beat their aggressiveness, you’re going to get chances.”
The best-of-seven series resumes Thursday night with Game 3 in Philadelphia.
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Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow (back) exits after one inning
May 6, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow (31) delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow was removed after pitching one inning against the host Houston Astros on Wednesday with low back pain.
Glasnow allowed a first-inning home run to Brice Matthews and attempted to return in the second. After several warmup pitches, Glasnow, 32, motioned for trainers, who along with manager Dave Roberts removed him from the game.
Glasnow’s first-inning strikeout of Yordan Alvarez was the 1,000th of his career.
A 2024 All-Star with Los Angeles, Glasnow was 3-0 with a 2.56 ERA entering his seventh start this season. He signed a five-year, $136.5 million contract before the 2024 season.
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Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo to skip Preakness
Trainer Cherie DeVaux, in red jacket at left, helps lift the Kentucky Derby trophy with Daisy Phipps Pulito (representing Phipps Stable) and Vincent Viola (of St. Elias Stable) after Golden Tempo won the 2026 Kentucky Derby. May 2, 2026. For the second consecutive year, the Kentucky Derby winner will not run in the Preakness Stakes, as Golden Tempo trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday the horse will skip the second leg of the Triple Crown and compete in the Belmont Stakes next month.
“Golden gave us the race of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby, and we believe the best decision for him moving forward is to give him a little more time following such a tremendous effort,” DeVaux wrote in a statement posted to X.
Golden Tempo was a 23-1 long shot on Saturday but made a late charge down the stretch to edge out favorite Renegade. The victory made DeVaux the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner.
Last year, Sovereignty passed on the Preakness, and many trainers feel is too close to the Kentucky Derby — two weeks apart — and makes it difficult to keep a horse healthy for big races in the summer and fall.
The Preakness will be held May 16 at Laurel Park south of Baltimore, due to Pimlico undergoing a grandstand renovation. Pimlico is scheduled to host the 2027 Preakness.
As of Wednesday afternoon, none of the 19 horses who participated in the Kentucky Derby have committed to compete in the Preakness.
The Belmont is slated for June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., due to ongoing construction at the main Belmont Park facility on Long Island, N.Y.
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Flyers' Noah Cates (lower body) out for rest of series vs. Canes
Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow (back) exits after one inning
