National Hockey League News

Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy isn't sweating a Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, even if the pressure to not blow a 3-1 series lead lingers.

Mitch Marner's game-winner and Frederik Andersen's stellar netminding have the Leafs going back to Boston for Game 7 on Wednesday.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Braden Holtby had 35 saves as the Washington Capitals advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 6-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 6 on Monday night.

Hours after a van struck and killed 10 pedestrians and wounded many others in Toronto, the host Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 in Game 6 to force a seventh game in their first-round series.

Winnipeg takes on the Nashville Predators in the NHL's best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal, a second-round clash that pits the top two regular-season teams against each other.

Roads are closed around the Air Canada Centre and there will be more security inside the arena for Monday's NHL playoff game between the Maple Leafs and Bruins in response to a deadly incident involving a van and pedestrians in north Toronto.

The Minnesota Wild have split with general manager Chuck Fletcher after nine seasons with only two playoff series wins. Wild owner Craig Leipold met with Fletcher on Monday to tell him the club was not renewing his contract.

The Calgary Flames will hold a 1 p.m. ET news conference today where they are expected to hire a new head coach. The team has been linked to former Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters since firing Glen Gulutzen and his staff last week.

Mattias Ekholm ignited the offence early with the first goal by a Nashville defenseman in the series, Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots and the top-seeded Predators advanced to the second round with a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 on Sunday night.

Connor Hellebuyck's back-to-back shutouts in Games 4 and 5 highlighted the Winnipeg Jets' impressive opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in which they eliminated the Minnesota Wild in five games.