Nick Foligno injury: Bruins forward leaves with upper body injury, doesn’t return after second period fight

Brad Marchand has annually been emotional when the Bruins’ season ends in the playoffs. That moved to another level after Saturday’s 5-2 loss to Carolina in Game 7 when he was asked about whether he thought Patrice Bergeron would return in 2022-23. Bergeron, who turns 37 in July,...

Two days after the Bruins’ season ended, Boston captain Patrice Bergeron said he’s still not ready to make a decision about his future. But he did toss cold water on the idea of playing elsewhere. During Monday’s end-of-the-season interviews, he was asked if he could see himself playing somewhere other than Boston, Bergeron said “No.”

WILKES-BARRE, Penn. - The Springfield Thunderbirds erased a 4-1 first intermission deficit to stun the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 7-6, on Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. The win completed a three-game series sweep of the Penguins and advanced the Thunderbirds onto the Atlantic Division Finals. Springfield will...

The Dallas Stars kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive after beating the Calgary Flames on Friday night to force a Game 7. The Flames and Stars square off on Sunday night at 9:30 p.m. ET to find out who will advance to the next round to take on the Edmonton Oilers, who recently ousted the Los Angeles Kings in their postseason series.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Alex Verdugo’s X-rays came back negative but he was limping after Friday’s game. The Red Sox left fielder was removed from the game in the top of the seventh inning because of a right foot contusion. It happened when he fouled a ball off his foot, manager Alex Cora said.

The Celtics will have their usual starting center back available for Game 7 as Rob Williams dresses in uniform for the first time since suffering a bone bruise in his left knee in Boston’s Game 3 loss. Williams was originally deemed questionable before the game but Ime Udoka said...

MILWAUKEE — After all those twists, comebacks, disappointment and more, the Celtics and Bucks fly back to Boston with just one more game left between them in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The C’s beat up the Bucks in Game 6, setting up the all-important Game 7 back in Boston.

BOSTON — Because of the Celtics’ failure to close out Game 5, the margin/clock combination of what constitutes a safe or comfortable lead isn’t as obvious as it used to be. But with 5:24 left in the fourth quarter and Boston up by 19, Marcus Smart missed...

For Springfield Thunderbirds and Boston Celtics fans, the best part of last weekend’s results is that they assured more weekends to come. The Boston Bruins were not so fortunate. Their season ended with a painful, seven-game Stanley Cup playoff series defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes, leaving their fans only to wonder if venerable Patrice Bergeron — one of Boston’s most admired and popular athletes — will be back next season at age 37.

The New York Rangers will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, to play the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Eastern Conference NHL playoffs. New York beat the Penguins 4-3 in Game 7 Sunday night, advancing to the second round for the first time since 2017. The Hurricanes defeated the Bruins 3-2 in Game 7 Saturday.

As expected Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry won’t be available for Game 1 of the best-of-seven series with the Boston Celtics that begins Tuesday in South Florida. Lowry, who is battling a hamstring injury, only played three games in the Heat’s first-round series against Toronto (Games 1-3) and twice (Game 3 and 4) in the second round win over the Philadelphia 76ers and wasn’t at full speed even when he did play.

A ninth-inning lead wasn’t enough for the Worcester Red Sox to snap their losing streak Sunday at Polar Park. Zach Kelly allowed the game-tying run in the ninth and then gave up four more in the 10th as the WooSox dropped their 10th straight game, 7-4, to the Rochester Red Wings on Sunday at Polar Park.

BOSTON — In the opening moments of Game 7, the Bucks made one thing clear: They were going to dare anyone outside of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to beat them. Mike Budenholtzer doubled down on his defense-first, protect the paint mentality that had led the Bucks to a road win in Game 1, leaning heavily on the frontcourt of Brook Lopez and Giannis Antetokounmpo in drop coverage, protecting the rim at all costs.