Jeff Skinner ended the longest wait for a postseason debut in NHL history by contributing an assist in the Oilers' wild 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of their first-round series.
William Nylander and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto. Auston Matthews added two assists and Anthony Stolarz stopped 31 shots.
Kyle Connor's one-timer with 1:36 remaining in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-3 victory in Saturday's opening game of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the St. Louis Blues.
Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday night.
After missing the Senators' last eight games because of an upper-body injury, the Ottawa captain returned to the lineup Thursday night for the regular-season finale against Carolina, but he didn't finish the game.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of transition, and a rocky one at that. The playoffs -- once a rite of spring in western Pennsylvania -- will go on without one of the league's marquee clubs and one of the game's brightest stars for a third . ...
Spencer Carbery is a prime candidate to win the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year and his contemporaries around the league believe he deserves a ton of credit.
