Hockey

Before the series started, Anthony Stolarz made a prediction about the first playoff Battle of Ontario since 2004.

In the government’s opening statement in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, assistant Crown attorney Heather Donkers told the jury on Wednesday that the case against the five players, "is about consent. And equally important, it is about what is not consent."

The five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team appeared in a London, Ont., court together for the first time Tuesday morning as their sexual assault trial began.

Ridly Greig missed the Senators morning skate, but Ottawa head coach Travis Green confirmed the feisty forward will be available to suit up in Game 2. Mark Masters has more.

Ridly Greig is always looking to get under the skin of the opposition. That was evident in Game 1, and as Mark Masters writes, controlling how they respond will be key for the Maple Leafs the rest of the series.

Los Angeles dominated opponents at even strength this season, using a defensive structure that is difficult to crack, Travis Yost writes.

Brady Tkachuk has waited a long time for this. Tkachuk, the fourth-overall pick in the 2018 draft, will make his Stanley Cup playoffs debut on Sunday night when the Senators take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Anthony Stolarz will make his first ever Stanley Cup playoff start on Sunday night when he leads the Leafs onto the ice for Game 1 of their first round series against the Ottawa Senators.

The heart-and-soul defenceman seemed both exhausted and emboldened to answer questions about his playing career. Blueliner Rasmus Andersson, who revealed on Saturday that he played through the team’s playoff push with a broken fibula, is eligible to sign a contract extension this summer and can become an unrestricted free agent next July when his six-year, $27.3 million contract expires.