The veteran NHL coach warned that if he returned behind the bench next season that there would be major changes to the team’s culture. 

Mark Jankowski scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Hurricanes defeated the Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night at UBS Arena.

Alex Ovechkin hasn’t decided if his final NHL game was Tuesday night. If it was, the Russian superstar made sure he got on the scoresheet.

Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Mammoth held on late to defeat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night. Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, Nate Schmidt had two assists, Alex Kerfoot scored a goal and Karel Vejmelka made 21 saves for the Mammoth (43-32-6, 92 points), who snapped a two-game skid.

Gabriel Landeskog scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period, Martin Necas had an assist to reach 100 points for the first time in his career, and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday.

Pastrnak gets 100th point, Geekie scores for Boston, which will face Buffalo in 1st round

The Kings lose to Vancouver in overtime, ending their five-game winning streak, but they did earn a point for the eighth straight game.

Wallstedt makes 35 saves for Minnesota; McTavish scores twice for Anaheim

More than a decade into the return of a division-focused playoff format, the arguments persist about whether it is the best thing the NHL can do to determine a Stanley Cup champion.

We are less than a week away from the start of the 2025-26 Stanley Cup playoffs, and things are starting to get settled. There is a lot we already know.

Holloway has 2 goals, assist for St. Louis; Avery Hayes scores twice for Pittsburgh

Nikita Kucherov scores 27 seconds into OT to give the Lightning a victory against the Red Wings

The playoff picture is nearly set after the Philadelphia Flyers, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings clinched the final spots on Monday.

Pete DeBoer’s earliest work is often his best work.

Mavrik Bourque had his first NHL hat trick and added an assist as the Dallas Stars rallied from a pair of deficits and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5.

The Philadelphia Flyers have clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2018, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout

Eichel has goal, 3 assists for Vegas, which improves to 6-0-1 under Tortorella

San Jose Sharks next face the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday to continue three game road trip

Former forward preceded left wing as Washington captain, will be in attendance for potential last game

The start of the 2025-26 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs is less than a week away, and there are still a few spots up for grabs and matchups to be determined.

Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar suffered facial fractures after being struck by a puck and will miss the final two regular-season games.

Getting eliminated from playoff contention before the last game of the season even took place? Unfathomable, until it became all-but-inevitable on Saturday night. Impossible to digest until it beca…

Rossi’s power-play goal with 10 seconds left prevents Anaheim from clinching

The Stanley Cup will have a new home this year after the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers had their season derailed by injuries.

Game 82 of 2025-26 looks set to be the first preseason game of 2026-27.

Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Islanders 4-1, eliminating New York from Stanley Cup playoff contention

Marco Rossi scored with 10 seconds left in overtime as the last-place Vancouver Canucks played the role of spoiler Sunday with a 4-3 victory over the host Anaheim Ducks, who needed a win to snap a seven-year playoff drought.

Hischier wins it at 3:18 for New Jersey; Ottawa is 4-0-1 in past 5 games

Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game on the power play with 1:45 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators

Pachal has 1st 3-point NHL game for Calgary; Utah has lost 2 straight

Boston’s prized prospect collected a souvenir with an assist in his first NHL game.

With their 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, the Red Wings were officially eliminated from playoff contention for the 2025-26 season, meaning their playoff drought is now at 10 consecutive seasons, which now sits as the longest active playoff drought in the NHL.

The Rangers kept the third-best team in the NHL scoreless for nearly 53 minutes. 

Goaltender Hicks named Most Outstanding Player after making 78 saves in 2 games

Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar was taken to a hospital after being hit with a puck on his right cheek during a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.

Steven Stamkos scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over Minnesota, locking the Wild into the third seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs.

Kokko has 26 saves in 1st NHL start for Seattle; Brzustewicz scores for Calgary, which has lost 3 straight

Washington keeps playoff hopes alive in possibly last game in Pittsburgh for all-time goals leader

Has built core that can clinch Anaheim’s 1st playoff berth since 2018 on Saturday

The Colorado Avalanche have captured the Presidents’ Trophy but their eyes are of course on the Stanley Cup

Brian Leetch’s experience watching Matthew Schaefer this season has been the same as so many of ours. He remembers himself at 18.

An epic rivalry that has now spanned two decades could come to a close when the Penguins and Capitals meet on Saturday

John Carlson has already achieved a career first during his brief time as a member of the Anaheim Ducks. 

For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff hockey in Pittsburgh. The Penguins clinched a playoff spot Thursday night by beating New Jersey, ending their postseason drought that lasted three seasons.

It took being pushed to the brink, it took a coaching change and it didn’t hurt that they played a Maple Leafs roster that resembled an AHL side. 

Stone scores twice for Vegas, which blows 2-goal lead in 3rd

Jared Bednar added the Avalanche hope to work him back into the lineup before the playoffs.

Cole Caufield is the first Montreal Canadiens player to score 50 goals in a season in more than three decades.

Chinakhov has 3 points for Pittsburgh; Jack Hughes scores for New Jersey

Simon Tassy and Ryan Botterill scored 27 seconds apart in the first period and Wisconsin defeated North Dakota 2-1 to put the Badgers in the Frozen Four title game for the first time since 2010.