Avs' playoff streak in serious danger
29481
Captain Joe Sakic's not panicking. So his Colorado Avalanche teammates won't either &#151; not yet at least.
548665
The Bruins' road to a postseason berth remains steep, but it would be more difficult today if two other teams also struggling for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference hadn't also squandered points last night.
714555
The hockey league&#39;s labor deal expires at midnight tonight, and a work stoppage threatens the entire season. By Susan Bourette | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.
244647
The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
248166
Welcome to the winter home of cockeyed optimism. The Minnesota Vikings could be thinking about their latest disappointing defeat â-nd fifth in seven games
73195
The Rangers rely on Henrik Lundqvist to lock things down on defense. They just never counted on Nigel Dawes to supply all the offense.
580504
The Edmonton Oilers are struggling and hurting &#151; a prime target for a team with designs on a division championship.
130731
A six-game losing streak to start this season put Bob Hartley's job in danger. A quick ouster in last season's playoffs did not help his cause.
627837
If the Carolina Hurricanes are going to make a playoff run, they're going to have to do it without their captain and leading scorer.
599263
TAMPA -- Perhaps it would be foolish to consider last night's match against the Tampa Bay Lightning a must-win game.
642733
Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
42820
There is no secret that time is running out to save the hockey season. How the NHL and the players' association are working to prevent that has become a very big mystery.
312900
If this is hockey&#39;s Armageddon â-nd it&#39;s hard to find anyone in the NHL who doesn&#39;t view the current 61-day owners&#39; lockout in cataclysmic terms â -n Bob Goodenow is the beast who will bear much of the
15792
In the new NHL, no lead is safe. Truth be told, even in the old NHL, the 1-0 lead the Bruins were nursing in the second period last night wouldn't have offered much comfort.
763463
First, the talking stopped. Now, the games have, too. Hockey has run out of time and tournaments. All that's left is a lockout.
341089
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - Colorado's Karlis Skrastins will take his place among sport's greatest on Thursday by setting an NHL record for consecutive games by a defenseman when the Avalanche host the Atlanta Thrashers.
606442
Olie Kolzig, who has faced more shots and made more saves than any other goaltender, is the primary reason the Capitals are only one standings point out of a playoff spot