Ilya Sorokin will start in goal when the New York Islanders host the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon, Head Coach Patrick Roy announced.

The Flyers' postseason drought matches its longest ever, when it failed to qualify for five straight seasons between 1989-90 and 1993-94. They rebounded to reach the playoffs 11 straight seasons and 16 of the next 17. Here's a look at what happened in the 2024-25 season for the Flyers and why things could be better next season.

Giving back to the community has always been a pillar of who the Tampa Bay Lightning are. This season the Lightning Foundation celebrated their 10th Anniversary of the Honorary Captain program, which gives the ultimate day-in-the-life opportunity to children from Make A Wish and the Children's Dream Fund.

In late summer of 2005, in his final day as a teenager, Alex Ovechkin arrives in DC for his first training camp

Over the past 17 seasons, the Bruins have only missed the playoffs twice, in 2014-15 and 2015-16, a run that saw them reach the Stanley Cup Final three times and win once, in 2011. They lost the Final in 2013 to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games and in 2019 to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

Here are the Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for April 6: The Washington Capitals will clinch the Metropolitan Division: If they defeat the New York Islanders in any fashion (12:30 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS) There are eight games on the schedule for Sunday, all with playoff implications:

MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the third period to rally past the Philadelphia Flyers for their fourth straight win, 3-2 at Bell Centre on Saturday. Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist, and Brendan Gallagher and Lane Hutson each scored for Montreal (37-30-9). Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, and the Boston Bruins ended a 10-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden on Saturday.

The Washington Capitals have re-assigned forward Ludwig Persson from Jukurit of Liiga (Finland-1) to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Persson is not expected to play for Hershey today.

Montreal heads south to Smashville to round out second game of back-to-back

TORONTO -- Nicholas Robertson and William Nylander each scored twice for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.

BOSTON - Justin Robidas scored his first NHL goal on Saturday, providing the lone highlight for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins.

The LA Kings have officially clinched a berth in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs by virtue of their victory over Edmonton and Calgary’s loss against Vegas today. The Kings, with a 44-23-9 record and 97 points through 76 games this season,

Sportsnet 650 MATCH-UP INFO - Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the Canucks and Golden Knights this season: Dec. 19 (road, 3-1 L), Feb. 22 (road, 3-1 L), Apr. 6 (home), and Apr. 16 (home).

The Vancouver Canucks came out firing in the opening period and rode that momentum through the game to secure a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks. We saw the Canucks break their record for fastest five goals in franchise history with Elias Pettersson,

The Nashville Predators are back home to host the Montreal Canadiens tonight for a 6 p.m. CT puck drop at Bridgestone Arena. This evening’s contest is the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season; the Preds fell to the Habs back in December.

The Islanders haven’t faced the Capitals since Nov. 29 where they fell 5-4 in overtime to open the season series. The Isles will face the Caps twice in a short span, as the two teams will meet again for the third and final time on Apr. 15 at UBS Arena.

Community will receive $250,000 for arena upgrades, $10,000 of new youth hockey equipment, host NHL preseason game

A stellar showing by Casey DeSmith and hat trick by Evgenii Dadonov weren’t enough to overcome critical errors as Dallas fell to Pittsburgh

Last year during the 2024 NHL Draft, Curry gave Celebrini the nickname Chester “cause his hands are so filthy, just like after eating a big ol’ bag of Cheetos.” Curry and the Warriors play about 45 miles north of the SAP Center at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

April 6, 2014: Sergei Bobrovsky earns his second shutout in four days and the Blue Jackets inch closer to clinching a playoff spot in a 4-0 victory against the New York Islanders in Nationwide Arena. Bobrovsky makes 31 saves while Boone Jenner, Jack Johnson and Ryan Murray each notch power-play goals.

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, and the Boston Bruins ended a 10-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden on Saturday.

Mark Scheifele became the second player in franchise history to reach 800 career points when he got the Jets on the board in the third period tonight. Winnipeg had been 0-for-3 on the power play leading up to the fourth opportunity in the third period and down 3-0 to the Utah Hockey Club.

The Avalanche lost 5-4 to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Saturday. Ross Colton, Miles Wood, Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Malinski each scored for the Avs, who posted 38 shots on goal in the game. St. Louis' Zack Bolduc opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 49 seconds of the first period.

A look at the game “by the numbers.” - Seattle earned this win. In 5-on-5 play, the Kraken created 56.7-percent of all shot volume and 58.6-percent of all shot quality. - The Kraken had ten rush chances while only allowing five.

FINAL | Sabres 3 - Lightning 2 (SO) The Sabres are back at it Sunday night versus the Bruins. Tickets are available here. Coverage on MSG begins at 5:30 p.m. with puck drop scheduled for 6.

1. Karsen Dorwart's NHL debut: The now-former Michigan State Spartans center skated 10:32 over 15 shifts in his first game in the National Hockey League. Dorwart had two shots on goal, two credited hits and went 2-for-5 on faceoffs.

Smith made it 2-0 at 9:57 of the second period when he tipped Theodore's point shot by Wolf's outstretched glove. Hanley cut it to 2-1 at 19:52 with a wrist shot from the high slot by Schmid's glove.

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues set a franchise record with their 12th straight win when they held on for a 5-4 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Enterprise Center on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES -- Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, and the Los Angeles Kings moved four points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers for second place in the Pacific Division by defeating them 3-0 at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.

Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick as the Penguins ended the Stars' seven-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory in Dallas on Saturday night. Crosby extended his point streak to 12 games, the longest active point streak in the NHL;

The Florida Panthers will get to defend their crown. By virtue of the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, the Panthers officially punched their ticket to the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This marks the sixth straight trip to the postseason for the Panthers.

TORONTO -- Nicholas Robertson and William Nylander each scored twice for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.

Karel Vejmelka made 32 saves for the Utah Hockey Club in a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Delta Center on Saturday.

The Flames got a massive point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Pacific Division leading Vegas Golden Knights Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. And it could have been possibly two if not for a bad bounce.

"It sucks, you know what? I feel like we haven’t gotten any bounce to go our way in numerous amount of games. Like how many times has the puck just sat on the line and not crossed? A tough way to go, but we got a point and we got a good stretch here where I think we can make some ground." On continuing to scratch and claw their way to points:

Brayden Point and Gage Goncalves each scored for the Lightning in the second period to claim a 2-1 lead and offset Tage Thompson’s second-period goal. Jason Zucker’s power-play goal tied the game in the third period before the Sabres won the game in the shootout.

The Sabres knotted the score at 5:07 of the third when they converted on a power play. Jason Zucker slid in a rebound from the side of the net. The Sabres had the better chances through the rest of the third period. J.J. Peterka and Jack Quinn each had open looks in the closing minutes, but Johansson stopped them both.

Utah improves to 2-1 on their five game homestand with a win over Winnipeg

On Sunday on Long Island, in the 21st anniversary of the day the Capitals won the draft lottery and the rights to draft him, Caps captain Alex Ovechkin takes aim at one of the NHL’s most hallowed marks, the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky (894) for the last 31 years.

DALLAS -- Sidney Crosby had a hat trick, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Dallas Stars’ seven-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory at American Airlines Center on Saturday. Evgenii Dadonov had a hat trick and Casey DeSmith made 35 saves for Dallas (50-22-4), who are second in the Central Division.

The Ducks could not recover from a slow start today in a 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena. NHL GAMECENTER | DUCKS STREAM The loss dropped Anaheim to 33-35-8 on the season with six games left to play.