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EDMONTON — The "cleanup guy" scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings, who surged to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers for an early lead in their playoff series Monday. Anze Kopitar's power-play goal with 16.

Monday's scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Los Angeles 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) (Los Angeles leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Minnesota 3 Dallas 2 (2OT) (Minnesota leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Boston 3 Florida 1 (Boston leads best-of-seven series 1-0) C

DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Hartman scored 12:20 into the second overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in their playoff opener Monday night that dragged into early Tuesday morning.

HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Meyers hit a three-run homer in Houston’s seven-run first inning, and the Astros beat Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Monday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand has had his share of highlight goals in his career. His latest was more of a lowlight for Florida goalie Alex Lyon.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Antti Raanta felt ready when he got the start in net.

LAS VEGAS — The Winnipeg Jets can forget about their inconsistent regular season, a middling road mark and their winless record against the Vegas Golden Knights. A clean post-season slate starts Tuesday night. And despite being a No.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks expect to make changes this summer, says general manager Patrik Allvin. And he's tasked players with figuring out how they can help improve the team going forward.

EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl was a prolific, post-season playmaker for the Edmonton Oilers even with a high-ankle sprain less than a year ago. If the big centre can stay healthy through the 2023 NHL playoffs, the No.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed linebacker Brian Harelimana to a two-year contract extension on Monday.