All eight first-round matchups in the NHL playoffs are set after the last day of the regular season flipped two of the biggest series in the West.
The defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights will open against West top seed Dallas. Connor McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers will face the Los Angeles Kings, a team they’ve defeated each of the past two years in the same round.
In the East, the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers begin their championship pursuit against Washington. Cup favorite Carolina faces the New York Islanders in the first round, but any of nearly a dozen teams could win it all.
A glance at the first-round series (times Eastern):
Game 1: Sunday at New York, 3 p.m.
New York was the best team in the league. Washington needed to win its regular-season finale to get into the playoffs, doing so with an unusual empty-net goal.
PSG loanee Ekitiké scores winner as Eintracht Frankfurt beats Augsburg
Arakan Army attacks another junta border outpost in western Myanmar — Radio Free Asia
Phish's Trey Anastasio on playing the Sphere, and keeping the creativity going
United Airlines, Eli Lilly rise; JB Hunt, Travelers fall, Wednesday, 4/17/2024
DEAR CAROLINE: Our son and daughter
No, immigrants did not storm New York City Hall in pursuit of luxury hotel rooms
Travis Kelce reveals his Chiefs teammate and soon
Alabama lawmakers reject bill to require release of police body camera video
Event to promote love of reading to be held in Kunming
Former Michigan center Tarris Reed Jr. announces he is transferring to UConn
Five young men shot at gathering in Maryland park
Bank of America profits plunge 18% due to rise in customer credit card delinquencies