NHL

With the Broncos set to play in their first Super Bowl in 15 years on Sunday, it’s easy to understand why regional sports fans will be bleeding blue and orange over the next week. But win or lose on Superbowl Sunday, it will be the last NFL football game for more than six months. But that’s an awful lot of time to kill for diehard sports fans.

Do you eat, sleep, and breathe hockey? Love deep dish pizza and lake effect weather? So do we.

Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored within 17 seconds of each other late in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins, 3-2, in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Monday night to win their second championship in four seasons.

UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks still lead the NHL's Western Conference by five points over Anaheim after both teams won on Sunday. The Hawks trailed 3-2 until Brandon Saad and Jonathan Toews (tayvz) scored 55 seconds apart midway through the third period of a 5-3 triumph over Nashville...

UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins' acquisition of 41-year-old Jaromir Jagr (YAH'-roh-meer YAH'-gur) has paid immediate dividends. Jagr scored off his skate in his Bruins debut and Tuukka Rask (TOO'-kah rask) stopped 40 shots to lead Boston to a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils...

UNDATED (AP) — — Ryane Clowe, Derick Brassard and John Moore injected instant offense just hours after being acquired by the Rangers, and New York scored a season-high three power-play goals in a surprisingly dominant 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins...

UNDATED (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins' run at a record-breaking streak is over. Playing without injured star Sidney Crosby, the Penguins fell to Buffalo 4-1 to end their 15-game winning streak. Kevin Porter scored his first two goals of the season for the Sabres, who won for the first time in five games...

UNDATED (AP) — Derek Stepan scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, to lead the New York Rangers to a 4-2 victory over Winnipeg. Ryan Callahan had a goal and three assists as the Rangers snapped a two-game losing streak, picking up two vital points in their fight to hold onto a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference...