Red Wings win 7th straight, beat Flames

One of hockey’s most iconic shrines still stands at the corner of Atwater and Rue Ste-Catherine, overlooking Cabot Square and amid the Shaughnessy Village’s Victorian grey-stone row houses and Parisian-styled apartment blocks in downtown Montreal. Aside from a few identifying banners on its black, painted-over walls, there are few remaining hints of the rich history of the Montreal Forum. The building where the Stanley Cup was awarded 15 times — including 12 to the hometown Canadiens — is now home to a multiplex theater.

Kirill Kaprizov scored his first NHL goal with 1:13 remaining in overtime and finished with three points as the Minnesota Wild rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in the season opener for both teams Thursday night. Kaprizov, the third Russian-born player to make his NHL debut with the Wild, also had a pair of assists. ”He gets a puck on a break and you see what he does,” said defenseman Matt Dumba, who had an assist.

The Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs both thought they were playing the Eastern Conference first round for the right to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round. They were wrong. In an upset of epic proportions the Lightning were knocked out by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday, with the