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FILE - Teammates surround Boston Bruins right wing Craig Smith after his game-winning goal against the Washington Capitals during a second overtime period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Boston, in this Wednesday, May 19, 2021, file photo. The Bruins won 3-2. A pandemic postseason outside a bubble has led to some thrilling hockey after an exhausting, condensed 56-game grind. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FIle)
NHL pandemic playoffs outside bubble off to thrilling start

By Stephen Whyno May. 27, 2021 05:42 PM EDT

Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Sanheim (6) and New York Rangers' Brendan Lemieux (48) collide during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Four separate leagues? Divisional styles develop around NHL

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 25, 2021 03:27 PM EST

Winnipeg Jets' Patrik Laine (29) celebrates his overtime goal with Neal Pionk (4), as Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) and Flames' Mark Giordano (5) react during an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Blue Jackets deal unhappy Dubois to Jets for Laine, Roslovic

By Mitch Stacy Jan. 23, 2021 01:00 PM EST

Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice, left, talks to Neal Pionk (4) and Patrik Laine (29) during their NHL hockey training camp practice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Taxi! NHL taxi squads to help teams stay on ice in pandemic

By Larry Lage Jan. 11, 2021 02:44 AM EST

Security guards stand by at a section of the street outside Toronto's Royal York hotel, which is closed off as NHL teams arrive at the "bubble" ahead of the return of the league's season following a disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Toronto, Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bubble hockey begins: NHL playoff teams adjust to quarantine

By Stephen Whyno Jul. 27, 2020 07:19 PM EDT

Winnipeg Jets' head coach Paul Maurice and Nikolaj Ehlers (27) joke during the first day of the Jets NHL summer training camp as the NHL reopens during COVID-19 in Winnipeg, Monday, July 13, 2020. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
NHL's older coaches debate wearing masks, taking precautions

By Stephen Whyno Jul. 15, 2020 06:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2019, file photo, New York Islanders players take the ice as a man holds a makeshift Stanley Cup prior to Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, FIle)
NHL playoff scenarios run the gamut of where, when and how

By John Wawrow And Stephen Whyno Apr. 06, 2020 02:24 PM EDT