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If the first round of the NHL playoffs played out almost exactly like the opening series a year ago when the Golden Knights eliminated Minnesota in six games, their next opponent is a striking reminder to the one they just vanquished.
The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning are locked in a 1-1 tie after two periods of their winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday night.
The Montreal Canadiens hold a 1-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning after the first period in their winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday.
It was a rough start for the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Coach Rick Tocchet knows his team has to adjust quickly against the Carolina Hurricanes as the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the hiring of former captain Mats Sundin as senior executive of hockey operations, and John Chayka as the 19th general manager in franchise history.
Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin can appreciate how much room for improvement there is for a power-play unit that produced at one of the worst rates in an NHL playoff series over the past 50 years.
The Minnesota Wild will be without centre Joel Eriksson for the first two games of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche due to a lower-body injury.
Montreal is bracing for a defining night of hockey, and for many fans, Game 7 of the Canadiens’ playoff series is as much about ritual and memory as it is about the score.
Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Dobson is in the lineup for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Tampa Bay Lightning after being a game-time decision earlier in the day.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman skated with the scratches at the team’s optional session Sunday morning ahead of Game 7 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his post-season tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett is not available to his team and is considered day-to-day as the Flyers open their second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
LaCombe just finished dominating his first Stanley Cup playoff series, scoring nine points — second-most in the entire NHL — and tirelessly spearheading the Ducks’ defensive efforts against Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl while upstart Anaheim eliminated the two-time conference champion Edmonton Oilers in six games.
The Carolina Hurricanes had a long wait for Round 2 of the NHL playoffs, even to find out they would be playing the Philadelphia Flyers.
In many ways, Colorado and Minnesota mirror each other. It’s why this second-round series that starts Sunday night in Denver seems so compelling.
Saying Saturday was not a day for big decisions or announcements, Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman did concede next season’s team will “not be the same group as today.”
Four overtimes. Six one-goal games. A single two-goal lead — lasting just 5:37 — in 360 minutes of hockey. It’s only right that the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to Game 7 in a first-round series defined by razor-thin margins.
Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety after swinging his stick at Buffalo Sabres’ forward Zach Benson late in Friday’s Game 6 elimination loss.
Edmonton Oilers superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each agreed on Saturday that the organization took a step backwards in 2025-26.
Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed on Saturday that captain Connor McDavid played through a foot injury in the first round of the playoffs.
Rasmus Dahlin arrived in Buffalo as the No. 1 overall pick of the 2018 NHL draft wanting to be part of the revival for a city rabid about a Sabres team that hadn’t been to playoffs in the six years before his arrival.
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