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Jonathan Quick made 41 saves, Dustin Brown scored on a long rebound with 13:30 to play, and the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings pushed the Vancouver Canucks to the brink of elimination with a 1-0 victory in Game 3 on Sunday night.

Nicklas Backstrom scored 2:56 into the second overtime Saturday to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and tie the first-round playoff series at a game apiece.
Braden Holtby stopped 43 shots for Washington in his second career postseason game.

The Vancouver Canucks carry the NHL's best record into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row. The New York Rangers are on top of the Eastern Conference for the first time since they won it all in 1994....

The Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years, defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 Wednesday night in the seventh and deciding game of the National Hockey League's annual championship.

The Boston Bruins blitzed the Vancouver Canucks for a Stanley Cup finals-record four goals in a four-minute span in the first period, driving goalie Roberto Luongo from the game en route to a 5-2 victory in Game 6 on Monday. Game 7 will take place in Vancouver on Wednesday.

Maxim Lapierre scored Game 5's lone goal early in the third period as Vancouver defeated Boston 1-0 to take a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup finals on Friday.

Shortly after the Boston Bruins lost Nathan Horton to a frightening injury, they found a dazzling offensive rhythm that got them back into the Stanley Cup finals.

Alexandre Burrows, who was at the center of a biting incident in Game 1, scored the decisive goal in overtime as the Canucks took a 2-0 series lead over the Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals.

Raffi Torres scored with 18.5 seconds left in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup finals opener.

The Boston Bruins earned a berth in the Stanley Cup finals with a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.