Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime for his second of the game, Logan Stankoven also scored in regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes finished a four-game sweep with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight season.

Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs.

Cam York's wrist shot in overtime gave the Flyers a 1-0 win over the Penguins and Philadelphia a 4-2 series win.

Cam York scored in overtime, sending the Philadelphia Flyers to the second round for the first time in six years.

Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang each scored goals, helping the Penguins avoid a first-round series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Flyers in Game 4 on Saturday night.

The Philadelphia Flyers silenced doubts about their young roster with a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

Flyers fans are buzzing with excitement as the team clinches its first playoff berth since 2020.

The Eastern Conference playoff race has a distinctly different look now than it did in late March.

Danny Briere is focused on the future as the Flyers reach the season's midpoint in playoff contention.

The Minnesota Wild have acquired Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks in the biggest blockbuster trade of the NHL season.

Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they’ve existed, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May 2018 has led to a wave of gambling incidents.

Sean Couturier has returned to form, scoring two goals and two assists in the Philadelphia Flyers' 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers.

Vancouver Canucks executive Jim Rutherford made waves in May when he said captain Quinn Hughes had expressed an interest in playing with brother Jack in the NHL at some point.

Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they’ve existed, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May 2018 has led to a wave of gambling incidents.

The Anaheim Ducks are trading forward Trevor Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers for forward Ryan Poehling and two draft picks.

The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Rick Tocchet as their coach, hoping his return to the franchise will push them out of an extended rebuild and into playoff contention.

Kiefer Sherwood set an NHL record three weeks ago by accumulating the most hits in a season.

Umpire Pat Hoberg is the latest professional sports figure caught in a betting scandal.

Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet won’t deny being among the NHL's final eight teams still alive means a lot.

The NHL trade deadline is still three weeks away, and yet three of the top teams in the Western Conference have already made an addition.

Canucks winger Andrei Kuzmenko is the sixth NHL player to decide not to wear an LGBTQ+ themed warm-up jersey when Vancouver holds its annual Pride night.

The Vancouver Canucks have fired coach Bruce Boudreau and hired Rick Tocchet as his replacement.

The Buffalo Sabres have removed the interim tag from Don Granato and named him the team's full-time coach.

The expansion Seattle Kraken have hired Dave Hakstol as the franchise's first coach.

Rick Tocchet is out as coach of the Arizona Coyotes after four seasons.

Colorado Avalanche right wing Joonas Donskoi reacts after scoring a goal against the Arizona Coyotes in the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, march 31, 2021, in Denver. Donskoi scored three times during Colorado’s five-goal first period, and the Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 9-3 on Wednesday night in front of a smattering of boisterous fans. “Everybody was fired up and I think we showed it.”Donskoi secured his second career hat trick over a 3:27 span. AdAndre Burakovsky and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored in a wild first period that included Arizona goals by Michael Bunting and Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Gabriel Landeskog finished with two goals, Mikko Rantanen added another and Burakovsky scored his second with 3:11 remaining on an assist by Donskoi.

In a unique situation like this, youre going from not playing to playing playoff-style hockey, so youve got to embrace the grind mentally, physically.This is a different kind of grind after four-plus months off the ice. Eddie Olczyk won and lost one best-of-five series early in his playing career with Chicago and remembers the nerves of being 18 and 19 years old in those moments. Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour understands that urgency despite being drafted two years after the NHL moved to all best-of-seven series. His Hurricanes face the Rangers, whose president, John Davidson, won the only two best-of-five series he played in with New York. In a short series, Quenneville said, anything can happen.___AP Hockey Writer John Wawrow contributed to this report.