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After Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn jabbed him with his stick at the buzzer, Bennington went after Benn and each earned two-minute penalties. Binnington wasn’t done, however; he skated toward the Blues’ exit to the locker room and took a big whack at Stars netminder Ben Bishop, earning another two minutes. Because of his actions, the Blues — already trailing 4-1 — started the third period on the penalty kill....

All of that fails in comparison, however, to what the greying veteran has done when everything is on the line for his club. MORE: Schedule, updates for Caps-Canes Wednesday’s Game 7 for the first-round series between Williams’ Hurricanes and the Capitals will be the 18-year veteran’s ninth career Game 7. Is it the most among active players? No, not even close. The Boston Bruins’ captain Zdeno Chara played in his 13th on Tuesday night....

The most recent one came in Wednesday’s Game 3 matchup of the Western Conference Finals between the Sharks and Blues, when San Jose secured a disputed 5-4 overtime win on a play could not be reviewed. Sharks winger Timo Meier appeared to commit an obvious hand pass before Gustav Nyquist was able to set up Erik Karlsson for the winning goal. However, officials didn’t whistle the play dead and counted the goal on the ice....

Sixteen days later, the rookie returned to the Carolina lineup for Game 3 in the second round against the New York Islanders. Sporting a new, longer visor, Svechnikov did not look out of place despite only playing three minutes and 40 seconds in the first period — well off the pace of his almost 15 minutes of TOI during the regular season. “As a player, I remember when I got in I want to play,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’amour said Tuesday....

The Predators, whose 100 points were the fewest of any NHL division-winner this year, earn back-to-back division titles for the first time in franchise history. In doing so, they’ll hold home-ice advantage for, at least, the first two rounds of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs — that is if they can advance past the Dallas Stars. For Dallas, although it wasn’t an easy journey they do return to the postseason after a two-year absence....

Yes, this is an attempt to judge where each of the 30 NHL teams rank at this juncture of the season. No, it’s not going to mirror the league standings. Yes, there will be some advanced stats considered when analyzing the teams. No, it will not mirror the “Corsi standings.” Long-term injuries to key players will be a factor. A team enjoying an unsustainable run of luck will be a factor....

According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the league would bring in teams from each division to a city to complete the regular season. One idea being floated is to play tripleheaders each day per location. Friedman said the players would have to agree to that proposal. Based on current COVID-19 case numbers, Friedman speculated Edmonton (Pacific Division); St. Paul, Minn. (Central Division); and Raleigh, N.C. (Metropolitan Division), could be host sites....

Good advice for anyone in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area that day, as winds of 60 mph and more continued to batter the region. (Just before noon, it hit 49 mph in Annapolis.) It’s also wise words for those attending Saturday’s outdoor game at the U.S. Naval Academy, because the chances of playing the game remained up in the air. The “exceptional” wind storm, as the National Weather Service described it, was forecast to continue until Saturday morning....

Sportico released its latest valuations of all 32 NHL clubs recently, showing just how much each team is worth. It broke down how much every team makes when it comes to revenue, team-related businesses and individual team values, formulating a total value for every franchise. Sure, NHL franchises pale in comparison to the values of teams in other leagues. To put in perspective the difference between leagues, in Sportico’s latest valuations of the NFL franchises, the Bengals came in last with a value of $2....

The players listed below belong to an elite group of performers who bear the responsibility of carrying the league to greater heights. They draw crowds, sell jerseys, dominate late-night highlights and stretch the history of their profession from common to legendary. Each player has shown their warts, but those shortcomings far outweigh their excitability, dynamism and most importantly, their production. Unlike previous generations, this crew is putting a new face to the NHL via a group effort, with the responsibilities rotating from player to player practically on a nightly basis....

By the time the clock struck 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 25, 20 transactions were completed with 32 players shifting teams on Monday alone. MORE TRADE DEADLINE: SN grades every major trade from 2019 NHL deadline day The biggest movers and shakers were Columbus and Vegas. Their veteran GMs, Jarmo Kekalainen and George McPhee, put the rest of the NHL on notice by adding key pieces that could help their squads compete in the postseason with the likes of expected finalists, Tampa Bay and San Jose....

The Flyers traded a fifth-round pick in this year’s NHL draft to the Jets in exchange for Kevin Hayes, the team announced Monday. Hayes, 27, will become an unrestricted free agent in July and Philadelphia already has plans to work on a new contract with him. “By gaining the rights to Kevin at this time, it provides us with an opportunity to negotiate with him prior to July 1 when he is due to become an unrestricted free agent,” Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher said in a statement....

Despite there being three Republican candidates on the ballot, Democrat Mary Peltola was ultimately selected by voters to finish out the remaining term of late Congressman Don Young, the longest-serving Republican candidate in congressional history. The results of the special election were a political upset in a race where Peltola had finished fourth in June’s crowded primary of 48 candidates vying for four spots on the August ballot. But as Alaska tested out its new ranked-choice voting system, the Democrat emerged ahead of the pack, receiving more than 51 percent of the vote to former Governor Sarah Palin’s 48....

Bollettieri, the respected coach who has previously worked with Williams, considers the 33-year-old to be the best women’s player of all time. MORE: Serena could face Venus in fourth round | Wozniacki has injury scare “In my opinion, it appears that way,” he told Perform Media. “What’s unfair in answering that question is that if Chris Evert or Martina [Navratilova] or many of the other people, Monica [Seles], had the physical training, the equipment, the strings as we do today, they would have been better also....

Tori announced on Instagram on Wednesday, she had a miscarriage with the couple’s second child. “As several of you knew, we were about 15 weeks pregnant with our 2nd baby,” she wrote. “Early Sunday morning after a rough couple days fighting a “virus” of some sort, I went into sudden labor and knew something was wrong. “Not long after we learned we had miscarried our baby boy. To fully labor and deliver and even see our baby boy was a pretty devastating process....

Foles’ wife, Tori, announced on Instagram on Wednesday she had a miscarriage Sunday. She was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple’s second child when she unexpectedly went into labor and “knew something was wrong.” Foles returned to OTAs on Thursday and addressed the tragedy for the first time Friday after practice. “She knows how important family is to me, but she also wanted me to be here to be with the team,” Foles told reporters....

With the Australian making the final at the All England Club and winning the recent Citi Open, he would be ranked No.10 in the world if ranking points for Wimbledon counted - which would be higher than the No.13 he achieved in October 2016. Instead Kyrgios is currently ranked No.37 in the world and will only be seeded at the US Open later this month if he achieves strong results in warm-up tournaments....

I’ll let you take a minute to process that. MORE: MJ releases statement on Stuart Scott | Jackson’s Knicks in teardown mode | Bigs dominate mock draft Speaking with the Orange County Register, Young expounded on his warm feelings for the organization: “Being a Laker, there’s nothing like it,” Young said. “I think I learn more just being here and being around an atmosphere of winning, toughness and learning how to play under a great player like Kobe (Bryant)....

The Frenchman showed off his resourcefulness Wednesday night against the Cavaliers when he passed the ball through the legs of unsuspecting Canadian Tristan Thompson for an asisst to Marvin Williams. MORE: Every NBA team’s worst season since 1990 | Is Steph Curry getting cocky? Juventus soccer star Paul Pogba, a countryman of Batum’s, would be proud of his skills. The homestanding Cavaliers led the Hornets 63-52 at the half.

The 54-year-old Oscar-winning actor was photographed wearing a skimpy ensemble from Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collection, comprising a low rise micro-mini skirt and top and an equally tiny top, displaying her rock-hard abs. The cover was styled by Katie Grand, and Vanity Fair shared the shoot on their Instagram with the caption: “Presenting our 28th annual Hollywood Issue, starring Academy Award nominee @NicoleKidman.” Kidman is nominated for an Oscar for her role in Being the Ricardos and the actress shared the cover to her own socials, writing: “Honored to join my fellow actors on @VanityFair’s 28th Annual Hollywood Issue #BeingTheRicardos....