Hockey

DENVER (AP) — Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog took a moment — a few even — to let the reality that he scored his first NHL goal in nearly three years sink in.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog scored his first NHL goal in nearly three years, Logan O’Connor had a short-handed tally and the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Game 4 on Saturday night to even their first-round series.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the NHL's first-round, best-of-seven playoff series to 2-1.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

OTTAWA — The Toronto Maple Leafs failed to wrap up their first-round playoff series Saturday night, but they still feel confident returning home for Game 5 on Tuesday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some puck luck finally went the Vegas Golden Knights' way and they avoided getting pushed to the brink of elimination.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some puck luck finally went the Vegas Golden Knights' way and they avoided getting pushed to the brink of elimination.

EDMONTON — Pieces of the Edmonton Oilers' game came together to avoid a deep playoff hole, but other elements need immediate improvement to extend their post-season runway.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning were in an early hole against the Florida Panthers, again. In the first two games of their first-round playoff series, that spelled disaster for Tampa Bay. Not this time.

MONTREAL (AP) — The NHL has punished the main combatants in a bench-clearing altercation in Friday night’s playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals.