Forward scores at 18:54, Ehlers has goal, assist for Carolina

The Rangers enter the NHL draft lottery Tuesday with the third-best odds of winning the No. 1 pick for the second time in six years.

The Ducks fail to capitalize on their speed advantage and give up a late goal to Ivan Barbashev to lose 3-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Maple Leafs CEO Keith Pelley got into a heated exchange with a reporter over why new GM John Chayka was hired.

The Colorado Avalanche beating the Minnesota Wild in a 9-6 game that included 14 goals scored with a goaltender in net is an anomaly in playoff hockey, especially at the start of a series.

Defenseman facing discipline for slashing Sabres forward Benson

After one of the most tightly fought, evenly matched series in NHL playoffs history, it was the Montreal Canadiens that eeked out a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 to reach the second round.

Makar scores twice in 3rd for Colorado, which recovers after blowing early 3-goal lead

Each game of the series was decided by one goal and four went to overtime. The score was tied or within one goal for all but six minutes in the seven games.

Hall of Famer returns to where he played 13 seasons; 36-year-old back in League after role with Coyotes

The Toronto Maple Leafs hired former captain Mats Sundin as senior executive adviser of hockey operations and John Chayka as general manager Sunday

Call it the man disadvantage in Buffalo. The Sabres beat the Boston Bruins in six games in the first round of the NHL playoffs despite their power-play unit producing at one of the worst rates in a playoff series over the past 50 years.

Philadelphia Flyers coach Rick Tocchet says his team must adjust quickly after losing the opener of its second-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes

The Golden Knights are gearing up for a playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks starting Monday in Vegas

The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Joel Eriksson Ek and defenseman Jonas Brodin for the first two games of their second-round playoff series against Colorado because of lower-body injuries

The whole series has come down to a bounce, so let’s not expect that trend to change in the final stage. 

The Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres ended their playoff series with Charlie McAvoy taking out some of his frustration with a brutal slash on Zach Benson.

Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series.

Philadelphia forward Owen Tippett sat out the Flyers’ 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Game 1 of the second-round playoff series

There is no team in the NHL that is going to be facing more pressure this offseason than the Edmonton Oilers. That pressure is already starting, and it is coming from the franchise’s two best players, forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.

Saying Saturday was not a day for big decisions or announcements, Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman did concede that next season’s team will “not be the same group as today.”

The Carolina Hurricanes still have yet to trail for a single moment of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Key factors include Tampa Bay’s possession success, opportunistic play of Dobes, Montreal’s rush offense

Veteran coach Joel Quenneville took over the Anaheim Ducks last year and helped the long-suffering franchise earn a playoff series victory.

BOSTON–Early last December, the Sabres found themselves in a position they’d been in too many times in their 14-season playoff drought: the floor of the Atlantic.

Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist, Carter Hart made 21 saves and Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 5-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to wrap up the first-round series.

For the first time in 19 years, the Buffalo Sabres have won an NHL playoff series by beating the Boston Bruins in six games.

Anaheim defeated Oilers in 6 games to advance for 1st time since 2017; Vegas eliminated Mammoth in 6

Took over on interim basis in March, helped Los Angeles reach playoffs

The Carolina Hurricanes were the first team to advance past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs when they completed the sweep of the Ottawa Senators las

The first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs continued to wind down on Friday.

The Mammoth have generated a buzz in Utah, igniting a new fan base with a trip to the playoffs in their second season.

Defenseman, acquired in midseason trade, has 3 points and game-winning goal in elimination win against Dallas

The Minnesota Wild can clinch their first playoff series victory since 2015 on Thursday.

Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry and Chris Kreider each had a goal and two assists as the Ducks eliminated Connor McDavid and the Oilers with a 5-2 win in Game 6.

Jessica Campbell, the first woman to be an on-bench assistant coach in NHL history, will not return to the Seattle Kraken next season

The Carolina Hurricanes have been looking for a long-term solution at its second-line center position

Cam York’s overtime goal eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6, and the Philadelphia Flyers defenseman launched his stick into the stands in a wild celebration.

Another season of the Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl era has come and gone for the Edmonton OIlers, and it once again ended without a Stanley Cup. 

Montreal on verge of winning 1st-round series after rookie goaltender’s midseason turnaround

The Golden Knights take a 3-2 lead into their best-of-seven NHL playoffs series in Salt Lake City.

A handful of first-round series are nearing their end as the Stanley Cup playoffs continue.

Check out our NHL betting preview with odds, picks, and predictions for Game 5 between the Vegas Golden Knights and Utah Mammoth.

Alexandre Texier broke a tie 1:06 into the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round series

Brady Tkachuk is frustrated by rumors about his future with the Ottawa Senators

Another home loss in the playoffs has the Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink of an early vacation again.

Hope to apply lesson from loss in Edmonton on Tuesday, close series

The biggest save in Buffalo Tuesday night came before puck drop.

BUFFALO — The easiest thing anyone could have done after the Buffalo Sabres embarrassed the Boston Bruins in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead was to dismiss the Bruins out of hand and declare the series was over.

The Wild go home for Game 6 on Thursday with a chance to advance to the second round for the first time since 2015.