Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night.
While the Los Angeles Kings have received contributions from their entire roster this playoffs, it was Jarret Stoll's turn to shine in Los Angeles' 2-1 win on Thursday. With his checking ability, his doggedness as a penalty killer and his hard work to help set up linemate Dwight King's game-winner early in the third period, Stoll was very noticeable in the Kings' eighth win.
The Los Angeles Kings took a stranglehold over the Phoenix Coyotes, Tom Renney was cut from the Edmonton Oilers' plans and Canada fell to Slovakia at the hockey worlds. Here are your five stories from Thursday.
Roy Hibbert had 19 points and 18 rebounds, George Hill scored 20 and Danny Granger 17 as the Indiana Pacers, showing more balance, toughness and togetherness than Miami, throttled the Heat 94-75 on Thursday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia each homered and Drew Hutchison scattered five hits over six innings to help the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the New York Yankees 4-1 Thursday night.
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The Edmonton Oilers are parting ways with head coach Tom Renney. The team announced via Twitter account his contract will not be renewed. The rebuilding team has not had a winning record in two years with Renney behind the bench.
The New Jersey Devils are seven wins from the Stanley Cup and still not pinching themselves because their defencemen have permission at long last to come down the wall and join the rush.
Team Canada was eliminated from the world men's hockey championship Thursday as Slovakia tallied twice late in the third period for a 4-3 quarter-final win.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic overcame a poor first set and a smashed racket to beat 14th-seeded Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals.
This season, Adam Lind has gone from the cleanup spot in the Toronto Blue Jays' batting order, to being pinch hit for in the late innings, to the eighth hole and, on Thursday, shipped to the minor leagues.
Hundreds of Greeks huddled beneath umbrellas and sat on the stone steps of the ancient stadium in Athens on Thursday to watch the ceremonial handover of the Olympic flame to the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics.
Now in his 34th season at Kent State, Herb Page of Markham, Ont., has recruited and coached several top Canadian amateurs in building a successful collegiate golf program.
Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers finished third in NBA MVP voting this season, and San Antonio's Tony Parker was fifth. Yet heading into Game 2 Thursday (8:30 p.m. CT), they're so far together being outscored by Spurs rookie Kawhi Leonard.
CBC Sports soccer contributor Ben Rycroft explains the Canadian women's soccer team's novel approach to tackling the enormity of the challenge facing it at the London Olympics.
Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded Thursday he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.
The New York Yankees are hardly free of question marks in their struggling starting rotation. They're hoping Phil Hughes is no longer one of those as he'll attempt a third consecutive quality start Thursday night in the series finale at Toronto.