Hockey

The New York Rangers agreed to terms on a multiyear contract extension with general manager Chris Drury on Wednesday, keeping him in charge of their hockey operations moving forward after underachieving this season and missing the playoffs.

OTTAWA — Down 2-0 in their NHL first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Ottawa Senators find themselves facing an uphill battle.

LOS ANGELES — Evander Kane always believed he'd play another NHL game. On Wednesday, he will. The bruising 33-year-old winger will be in the lineup when his Edmonton Oilers face the L.A. Kings in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Prosecutors allege five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team “did what they wanted” to an intoxicated young woman in a London, Ontario, hotel room in June of that year after she had consensual sex with one of them.

WINNIPEG — Alex Iafallo is always willing to lend a helping hand — on and off the ice. The Winnipeg Jets forward has moved up and down the lineup this season without a complaint.

Home-ice advantage hasn’t really existed over the past couple of years in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 2023 and 2024, visiting teams won more games than the home teams did. That’s not the case so far in 2025.

WINNIPEG — Gabriel Vilardi will travel with the Winnipeg Jets on their upcoming road trip to St. Louis. The talented winger practised with the team again Wednesday in a yellow non-contact jersey.

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins said on Wednesday that they will begin the search for a new head coach, with interim Joe Sacco a candidate to stay on the job he took over when Jim Montgomery was fired 20 games into the season.

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz has taken on plenty of supporting roles. After a junior career where he often split the net, the hulking goaltender spent most of the next decade riding American Hockey League buses and NHL benches.

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech leaders have condemned apparent threats made by former Russian president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev against NHL great Dominik Hasek for his critical stance of the Russian invasion of Ukraine .